Its Time to Recognize the Profession of Sex Work
This exhibit has displayed how sex work is a legitimate business form and that this is seen with its existence in an economic market. This exhibit has also shown how the workers and clients come together to form a market for sex work and how this market fits the characteristics of a traditional economic market. Since, sex work is a legitimate business form, it should be decriminalized as such. This decriminalization is supported by the workers and clients in the market for sex work. From decriminalization many benefits can arise from regulating the profession, such as better business practices and creating safer circumstances for the workers. Overall, I hope you can walk away from this exhibit seeing how the profession of sex work operates in an economic market and its existence, in such, shows the legitimacy of the profession. As well as the benefits that decriminalization will have on the whole market for sex work.
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