ABSTRACT
Recently, the public heard intimate details of powerful men in the US buying sex, e.g., the case of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution, possibly from sex trafficking victims. Sex scandals, such as the one discussed, raise some awareness about social actors within sex trade, but public is not very informed about their perspectives. There are many policies and laws that try to encourage, incite or force sex workers or pimps to quit sex trade. The perspectives of different social actors in sex trade, particularly their reasons for slowing down or quitting, should be given more weight in the crafting of prostitution policy and legislation. In 2018, the US passed anti-trafficking legislation, that is, fighting online sex trafficking act and the Senate bill, the stop enabling sex traffickers act that target online sites where sex is sold, such as backpage, by making these sites responsible if third parties post ads for prostitution, including consensual sex work.
