‘Forbes’ Op-Ed: 2020 Candidates ‘Fools’ for Not Talking Sex Work (AVN)

Read the full article by Michael French at AVN.com

Columnist says presidential hopefuls who make sex work an issue would set themselves apart.

CYBERSPACE—With 20 Democratic 2020 presidential candidates taking the stage over two nights of presidential debates on Tuesday and Wednesday, not a single one mentioned, or was asked about the one issue that would set them apart from the rest of the field, according to an op-ed published Wednesday by Forbes.com and titled, "POTUS Candidates Would Be Fools Not to Talk About Sex Work." That issue is, as the title implies, the decriminalization of sex work.

“One topic that could set presidential hopefuls apart—but about which most of them have demurred, more or less—is sex work, and the ever-present sex industry,” wrote Forbes.com columnist Janet Burns. “It’s one of several key topics that may help, in a sea of candidates, to keep the savvier ones afloat. And at this point, any of the candidates could still sink or swim.”

Though no one on stage at Detroit’s historic Fox Theatre last night, or on Tuesday, discussed sex work-related topics of any kind, in fact (as AVN.com has documented) six Democratic candidates—including three of the top tier candidates in terms of polling—have already stated their support for sex work decriminalization, albeit with a certain degree of equivocation.