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It’s effective at its purpose, its purpose just isn’t stopping the conduct banned.


What is the purpose, then?


Marginalizing sex workers.


There's no actual benefit to that, so I'm not sure it's the reason.


There are people who benefit from it; there’s no (or negative) net social benefit, but that’s true of lots of the things that motivate laws.


Who benefits from sex workers being marginalized?


People who exploit sex workers.




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