WHY FEMINISTS SUPPORT THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK

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Feminism means that, regardless of gender identification, people should be treated equally. There is nothing feminist about policing the sexual choices of consenting adults of any gender.

Feminists have fought and continue to fight for bodily autonomy and access to birth control, medically accurate information, and safe and legal abortion. These crucial rights protect the choice of whether and when to become a parent, and also the ability to choose whether, when, with whom, and why to have sex.

Prohibitionists believe that sex work is inherently coercive — and therefore, every act of prostitution is an act of “paid rape” that should be criminalized and prosecuted.

Feminists believe that people of all genders are active agents of their lives, operating on a spectrum that includes choice, circumstance, and coercion. No one should be criminalized for the sexual activity in which they engage with other consenting adults, whether money is exchanged or not.

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