Canada Supreme Court Strikes Down All Current Restrictions on Prostitution

[NoOneMan]

21. Pimps prevail in prohibition

Allowing women to come out of the shadows and take control of their own careers and safety--hiring bodyguards and drivers if they so wish--is definitely a positive step in terms of harm reduction and empowerment.


As far as pimps and madams are concerned, if they can add more value (in terms of safety and opportunity) to a sex workers job than they cost the workers, then their jobs can be self-justified. Legalization only makes the typically negative connotations (trafficking/exploitation) associated with pimps/madams harder to pursue, as the workers themselves can now have a legal route to protect themselves (criminals have a difficult time asking police for protection while performing a criminal job). If being a pimp does become legal after December 2014 (and it may not!), it will likely be subject to the same typical regulation at least that all employers in Canada are subject to (and the sex-workers will get the protections that all other workers get, if they are not self-employed). And that is not a bad thing.


But by all means, knee-jerk it up