How sex work explains the economy
Germany and the Netherlands have legalized sex work wholesale. The “Swedish model” makes selling sex legal but keeps buying it illegal — Norway, Iceland, and France have followed that framework. And here in America, brothels are famously legal in Nevada.
.. But Lopez observed that, when sex work is legal, sex workers aren’t just free to not worry about the cops, they’re free to go to the cops if anything goes wrong. Furthermore, because sex workers no longer had to fear prosecution, the potential for police corruption (i.e. cops demanding sex from workers) also dropped.