Matthew SheffieldNov 18

The Epstein case is a really important illustration of why erotic professionals deserve full legal rights and workplace protections.

Epstein & others were able to victimize so many ppl because the victims risked imprisonment if they told police about his crimes.

ETA: When you criminalize a normal product or service, you don't eliminate demand for it, you give criminals a monopoly.

Terrible inequality was a big part of this also. We have much work to do. https://abc7.com/post/grand-jury-docs-2006-epstein-case-palm-beach-county-florida/15018104/

Grand jury docs in 2006 Epstein case reveal alleged victims accused of prostitution

A grand jury in Palm Beach County on July 19, 2006, heard from two alleged underage victims of Jeffrey Epstein, according to newly unsealed transcripts.

Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceNov 18
@mattsheffield having laws isn’t enough. We have plenty of laws & rights that could have protected those girls & women. But they didn’t. Those laws are false hope most of the time bc they are not enforced. They put victims at further risk thinking they have safety in the system, and people look away thinking nothing happened if no charges.
They weren’t afraid bc of their ‘jobs’, but bc of the system that protected abusers despite laws. Women speak up all the time & are ignored or worse.
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@JoBlakely @mattsheffield

Think this is right. Those women were not afraid of the law, the were afraid for their lives.

Nov 18 at 2:49amWeb