Or their "right" to get fucked by a never-ending stream of men, be in contact with their body fluids and subject to physical dominance in an enclosed space for twenty quid?
For the most vulnerable of women who engage in prostitution, those with drug addictions, the British system of prescribing diamorphine has been shown to provide the safety and security that these women need to assist them in existing prostitution.
If feminists genuinely care about the situation of the most vulenrable women in society they should get busy with supporting the reintroduction of the British system ASAP.
One consequence of this would be to free up olice time and resources so as to better deal with and investigate rapes and sexual assaults.
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Other vulnerable women, although not quite as vulnerable as those with drug addictions are mothers living in poverty.
I recently had a conversation with a woman, already in FT employment, who is the mother of an adult child with severe learning difficulties and physical disabilities. She disclosed that she enganged in occasional prostitution in order to pay for essential items that she cannot otherwise afford.
She told me that she was happy doing this and that it was the best way she had found to pay for things she needed, an example of one of those things being a high quality mattress for her son that she would otherwise not be able to afford. His existing matress had been saggy and causing him pain.
Apparently she has several "regulars" who she sees from time to time and she believes that they share friendly, mutually supportive relationships.
I am unconvinced about the genuine nature of all of these relationships, however I do belive that not all men who pay for sex are rapists and monsters.
As with so many issues, there is a continuum of exploitation, some is extreme at one end, at the other is people engaging in mutually consensual comercial sex.
People deluding themselves is common in all aspects of life, inculdiing in the sex insustry.
Are these men really her friends? Honestly I do not know. Speaking from personal experience of such things, there may be elements of genuine friendships and there may be, and probably is, delusion as to exploitation.
These things are nuanced.
My main concern is always, always to support the most vulnerable women in society and this means listening to them and to their concerns.
I will also always, to the best of my ability, expose pimps, traffickers and abusers who get involved in these debates, whether they are involved in sex workers unions and rights organisations or involved in organisations campaigning for prohibition.