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Re:Backpage Shuts Down Adult Ads in the U.S., Citing Governm... by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @07:32PM (#13370712)
> Most importantly: so long as prostitution is formally illegal, men and women can't be pressured by social norms to participate in sex work.

Untrue, social norms can pressure people into formally illegal acts quite easily, and that absolutely happens with sex work now.

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