120 December 2022 Examining Alternatives to Criminalizing Sex Work in the United States By Stacey McKenna and Chelsea Boyd A growing body of international research shows that any criminalization of sex work is associated with a range of health and safety consequences. [...] work is recognizing that many organizations, politicians and activists promote strict, gendered narratives and conflate consensual sex work with sex trafficking to justify prohibition.8 Evidence from diverse political, cultural and socioeconomic contexts across the globe indicates that prohibitionist policies “undermine the rights and safety of sex workers,” which harms sex workers who have been c. [...] 120 Sex Work in the United States December 2022 (STIs); experiencing violence at the hands of clients and law enforcement officers; and having difficulty accessing health care services.11 Furthermore, the stigma and isolation associated with sex work’s social and legal status can be harmful to mental health.12 Recognizing these harms, sex worker advocates around the world are calling for decrimina. [...] 120 Sex Work in the United States December 2022 Thus, while all of the advocates we consulted and many others across the United States and the globe call for wide-scale decriminalization of sex work, many also recognize that such a controversial ask may be out of reach—at least for now. [...] public health have long been used to The Health Harms of Criminalization justify the prohibition of sex work, a growing body of literature implicates Although risks to individual and public health have long been used to justify the criminalization itself as the main prohibition of sex work, a growing body of literature implicates criminalization itself driver of public health harm, with interperso.
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