Prostitution should absolutely be decriminalized! As an SF resident I completely support it...It's about time! Sex workers have no rights! If they are raped or in danger they can't call the police because they will be penalized for being a sex worker. Instead they have to rely on pimps for "protection" which sucks because most of them beat the women anyway as well as make them pay them a portion of their earnings and utilize their "services" whenever they want. Not cool. Decriminalizing prostitution could give these women/men a chance to organize a union and have some rights/ protection without using a pimp! The truth of the matter is that prostitution will always be prominent in San Francisco, I can't remember a single time I've walked/ driven around the Tenderloin/ Nob Hill area and not seen a prostitute. So why not give them some rights? And as for people who are scared or being solicited...get a sense of humor, most of those girls/ guys do. They're not going to strangle you with their weave unless you're fucking with them. xo
Sex workers have no rights! If they are raped or in danger they can't call the police because they will be penalized for being a sex worker. Instead they have to rely on pimps for "protection" which sucks because most of them beat the women anyway as well as make them pay them a portion of their earnings and utilize their "services" whenever they want. Not cool.
Decriminalizing prostitution could give these women/men a chance to organize a union and have some rights/ protection without using a pimp!
The truth of the matter is that prostitution will always be prominent in San Francisco, I can't remember a single time I've walked/ driven around the Tenderloin/ Nob Hill area and not seen a prostitute. So why not give them some rights?
And as for people who are scared or being solicited...get a sense of humor, most of those girls/ guys do. They're not going to strangle you with their weave unless you're fucking with them.
xo