Kari Lerum Publishes “Should Prostitution be Decriminalized?”
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum published at The Conversation in partnership with The essay was posted at PBS as recommended reading material for a debate on “Should paying for sex be a crime?” In this opinion piece Lerum argues that “it is becoming increasingly difficult for naysayers to ignore the well-documented ways that sex workers are harmed by criminalization,” and that “decriminalization of consensual sex work is one key step toward social and sexual justice.” An , also about decriminalization of sex work, was also included by PBS as recommended reading.