Worldwide, sex workers are vulnerable due to reluctance of governments to regulate the industry.
This could be the beginning of a chain reaction, like when Ireland banned smoking. It was a groundbreaking move at the time that was subsequently followed by over 70 countries. Now one quarter of the world’s population are protected by those prohibitions.
There was a lot of scepticism at the time. We didn’t think the pubs would obey or that the state could enforce it. But the next day it went of without a hitch, from what we could tell anyway.
Worldwide, sex workers are vulnerable due to reluctance of governments to regulate the industry.
This could be the beginning of a chain reaction, like when Ireland banned smoking. It was a groundbreaking move at the time that was subsequently followed by over 70 countries. Now one quarter of the world’s population are protected by those prohibitions.
I didn’t know that Ireland was ahead on this. A quick search confirms that this wiki page exists: Smoking in Ireland.
There was a lot of scepticism at the time. We didn’t think the pubs would obey or that the state could enforce it. But the next day it went of without a hitch, from what we could tell anyway.