Decriminalize people exploited in prostitution, not the people exploiting them.Įsperanza Fonseca North Hollywood, Calif.Īt Covenant House we empathize greatly with Cecilia Gentili’s experience of being mistreated as a sex worker when she was merely trying to survive. Expanding the rights of those who profit and benefit from our exploitation won’t make us safer. And it still holds pimps, brothel owners and sex buyers accountable. The “equality model” decriminalizes people exploited in prostitution and provides exit services. This untenable “solution” would only exacerbate the problem and offer no exit services. “Full decriminalization,” or what we call the “exploitation model,” throws our fate into the hands of the free market and under the control of a multibillion-dollar industry placing profit over people. I wanted to leave prostitution but, like most in prostitution, couldn’t. Sex buyers dehumanized and treated me like a fetish and commodity. When I began my gender transition, circumstances forced me into prostitution for survival. However, I fundamentally disagree that expanding the rights of pimps, brothel owners and sex buyers will keep women like us safe. Gentili, was forced into prostitution because of economic coercion. I’m a transgender woman and sex trade survivor who, like Ms. Re “ Only Full Decriminalization Will Help Sex Workers,” by Cecilia Gentili (Opinion guest essay, Oct.
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