Barbara G. Brents

How to Legalize Prostitution: An Exchange

Brents: The Nevada brothel industry is small, but it is one workable alternative to criminalizing prostitution. Bindel’s conclusions fly in the face of the evidence we have. Bindel: Brents talks the language of workers’ rights, but without backing up the rhetoric with data of her own. Prostitutes’ unions not only have very low membership, but can’t offer what most women want: economic alternatives to prostitution.