I think that Sex Tourism and prostitution exist in very different ways that makes me feel that sex tourism should be outlawed and prostitution should be legalized to an extent and with regulations. For me, sex tourism is often used as a way for people from wealthy countries to take advantage of women from poorer regions in the world so that they can live out some sort of power fantasy or do something that would otherwise be considered illegal or reported in the country they come from. While both sex tourism and prostitution both involve capitalizing off of vulnerable women in need of money, sex tourism has a higher population of sex trafficked individuals, especially children. While prostitution sometimes has that too, there are women of legal age who do it. If prostitution was more regulated, maybe people wouldn’t be so tempted to go to other countries and take advantage of the people there. By regulations, I mean getting rid of pimps or ringleaders and making sure that underage people aren’t trying to sell themselves as well as providing protection to sex workers. After writing this all out, though, I’m not really sure of either anymore.
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