On the opposing side are advocates of decriminalization, including unionized “sex workers” and other groups, who see a wide range of transactions taking place under the heading of prostitution. Captive trafficking victims—“modern-day slaves”—occupy one end of that spectrum. (In Calcutta, organized sex workers campaign against trafficking, identifying victims, especially minors, and turning them over to rehabilitation centers.) Some of these critics see a self-admiring narrative at work in the “rescue industry,” one that seeks to turn all prostitutes, but particularly migrants, into victims.
The Countertraffickers: Rescuing the victims of the global sex trade by William Finnegan in The New Yorker, May 5, 2008
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I'm bothered by the fact that in modern day society, it's sex workers that are seen as the messed up people, rather than the people that use the services of sex workers. "You can not request a service and degrade the people who provide it for you"
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