We could indeed make a law that makes it illegal to profit from the exploitation of others, across the board, for example. Problem solved. Well, kinda. Of course, that would effectively result in the end of capitalism, a system in which exploitation is literally a *feature* rather than a bug. Fair enough. So what are we waiting for?
I think as a society we decide on practices that are unacceptable, then address those practices through legislation: murder, rape, domestic abuse, slavery... The argument that everything made illegal will make it worse doesn't make sense because we also, for example, have made it illegal to breed and kill tigers for profit (for anything, really). This has created a black market in places like Thailand, but would you argue we should simply legalize?? I mean, that's insane. The argument that prostitution and porn are jobs like any other (i.e. all exploitative in exactly the same way) also makes no sense, considering having sex for money is like no other job... We all *know* porn is abusive and degrading. We can all see this. Why do we pretend otherwise?
We could indeed make a law that makes it illegal to profit from the exploitation of others, across the board, for example. Problem solved. Well, kinda. Of course, that would effectively result in the end of capitalism, a system in which exploitation is literally a *feature* rather than a bug. Fair enough. So what are we waiting for?
I think as a society we decide on practices that are unacceptable, then address those practices through legislation: murder, rape, domestic abuse, slavery... The argument that everything made illegal will make it worse doesn't make sense because we also, for example, have made it illegal to breed and kill tigers for profit (for anything, really). This has created a black market in places like Thailand, but would you argue we should simply legalize?? I mean, that's insane. The argument that prostitution and porn are jobs like any other (i.e. all exploitative in exactly the same way) also makes no sense, considering having sex for money is like no other job... We all *know* porn is abusive and degrading. We can all see this. Why do we pretend otherwise?