Laws with unintended consequences

The legalization of prostitution in Germany has provided a way to force unemployed women to turn tricks for money:

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A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing "sexual services'' at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year.


Prostitution was legalised in Germany just over two years ago and brothel owners – who must pay tax and employee health insurance – were granted access to official databases of jobseekers.

Not intended to delve into the complex area of the law and sexuality, this post is only to serve as a reminder of unintended consequences as well as the sort of thing that happens to the working class when unemployment rises and they lose the power of choice. In essence, capital can simply starve labor out of power and then demand anything it wants, including their wives and daughters.