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Pretty slow news week huh? Puppy buckle up. Because New York District Attorney Cy Vance just said hold up my beer, we’re not going to prosecute prostitution or illegal massage:
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District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced today, April 21st, that his office will no longer prosecute prostitution or illegal massage. This is a big step towards criminal reform and the way the judicial system defines and views sex professions.
Although sex work has often been portrayed in a negative light in the mainstream, liberal attitudes are advancing to normalize it as a socially acceptable profession. Illegality, as Vance Jr. said, serves no one.
Cy Vance, you visionary. You old dog you! Check out the “normalization” of prostitution in Manhattan, which seeks to do what GTA III didn’t and make it a socially acceptable profession. What?! Seriously?!!! Out of nowhere. Exactly what the doctor ordered.
To be honest, I’m a complete ignoramus when it comes to prostitution in New York. I know this sounds exactly like a guy who routinely deals with sex workers would say, but listen to me. You see films set in New York in the 70s and 80s, and the streets are lined with scantily clad ladies of the night who call the protagonist and offer him their services. Crocodile Dundee comes to mind. Apparently Times Square was the epicenter of prostitution in New York. I’ve lived here for over a decade now and have never seen a sex worker lean into the car window of a potential John. I avoid Times Square at all costs, but the only unusual outfits I see there are Elmo, Buzz Lightyear, and the Naked Cowboy. And as far as I know, he’s not circling the block in anyone’s stretch limo. The times have changed!
These days I suspect that prostitution has been digitized. Instead of looking up an escort service on the back of one of these free newspapers, you need to know a guy who will direct you to an email list server or an automated text messaging service. As a result, the industry is no longer that open. My guess. Exactly what I heard.
As with drugs, the data has clearly shown that legalizing and regulating the sex industry is much safer than the zero-tolerance crime method. Sounds like this is a step in the right direction. Hooray, sex!