The World’s Oldest Public Policy Puzzle
The controversy surrounding Amnesty International's decision to advocate for decriminalization of prostitution suggests that public opinion on this issue has not shifted greatly over the past century. It is time to reconsider.
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NEW YORK – In 1893, the playwright George Bernard Shaw, an ardent proponent of women’s suffrage and equality, wrote Mrs. Warren’s Profession, a play whose title character is the proprietor of several brothels. The play justifies her profitable exploitation of the business of prostitution from a feminist standpoint.