patrexes:

you cannot decriminalize trafficking survivors and not decriminalize sex work as a whole. we as a society are simply not equipped to investigate the situation of every sex worker ever to prove we are or aren’t being coerced, and even if we had the tax dollars to do that the process would be hugely dangerous for anyone and revictimizing the trafficking survivors to boot.

if you care about victims, if you want to ensure victims’ safety, whether you like consensual adult sex work or not you’re gonna have to suck it the fuck up and acknowledge that the criminalization of prostitution will only ever harm the same people you claim to be defending.