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[–]anonymale 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

New Zealand's decriminalisation works very well because the reform was led by sex workers.

Yeah, sounds like it:

"I thought it would give more power and rights to the women," she says. "But I soon realised the opposite was true." One problem was that it allowed brothel owners to offer punters an "all-inclusive" deal, whereby they would pay a set amount to do anything they wanted with a woman. "One thing we were promised would not happen was the 'all-inclusive'," says Valisce. "Because that would mean the women wouldn't be able to set the price or determine which sexual services they offered or refused - which was the mainstay of decriminalisation and its supposed benefits."