Legalising prostitution risks normalising the idea that women’s bodies are mere commodities, which contradicts national efforts to promote respectful relationships, according to an Australian academic.
The comment comes after the Queensland government committed to decriminalising all aspects of the sex industry, making it on track to become the third jurisdiction in Australia after New South Wales and the Northern Territory to consider prostitution as legitimate work, not as a crime.
Currently, in Queensland, prostitution in a licensed brothel and in private is legal, while other forms of prostitution, including street-based prostitution, prostitution in an unlicensed brothel, and outcalls from a licensed brothel are unlawful….