clipped from humantrafficking.change.org

Prostitution may be related to human trafficking, but it is the "world's oldest profession", and therefore, it will always be around.  So it's silly of us to waste our energy trying to figure out how to fight it, reduce it, regulate it, protect women and children from it, or make it safe.

Slate.com is the most recent outlet to publish an article making this claim, but it's neither a new nor creative one.  I can't even say it's just lazy, since this goes a step beyond lazy.  It's quite simply, bullshit.  The "oldest profession" argument esentially says, we know that prostitution exists and is harmful to women and girls, but we're not going to do anything about it, because we don't think we can.

I fully support debating how to best create a policy around prostitution that reduces human trafficking and keeps women and children safe