pimps

Fighting pimps and such is all good but cut off supply then there is no need to deal with pimps.

The pimps act like pimps with the characteristic dehumanization of prostitutes and the prostitutes, knowing that they are the lowest of the low..

Lots and lots of women enter prostitution when they are <18yo, many of them manipulated by older men(pimps).

That's for pimps and drug dealers (and they expect that even pimps and drugs should start doing that as soon as they're successful enough to figure out how to launder it).

This seems like it's going after the sex workers themselves, instead of the real criminals like the pimps and johns.

While not all sex workers are trafficked, even those who are not trafficked have pimps.

So now researchers know what pimps, prostitutes, rappers, and hustlers have known for years.

If an attempt at legalization with measures to curb trafficking didn't work, how would literally letting pimps operate with impunity be a better solution?

My only issue here is that sex work is somehow still illegal and that means the ladies on AM can be, and probably are, victimized by pimps, human trafficking, etc.

The public perception of prostitutes, johns, madams and pimps.

Indeed, one of the key features of Redbook (as I understand it) was that it reduced the traditional leverage of pimps over prostitutes.

The most common reason I've seen for my friends to be trapped in agencies or abusive pimps has been immigration status, by far.

Everybody pays their "fair share", even the pimps and drug dealers mentioned earlier in the comments.

The use of unions has also been stigmatized by the pimps -- sorry, "Brothel owners" to the point that they're completely ineffective.

In my experience pimps (Im sorry, "contract agencies") just add their costs on top of your requested rate, and offer that to the client.

Why would legalising sex work "let pimps operate with impunity"?

Pimps are illegal, prostitutes must be legal and independent.