It's fashionable for anti-prostitution activists to frame all sex workers as victims and to say it's really the people—generally men—paying for sex who should be punished. But in practice, sex workers still bear the brunt of punishment, according to an analysis by WBUR.
The Boston public radio station analyzed Massachusetts court data on prostitution hearings from 2020 through 2022. It found "disparities are common in how courts handle prostitution cases in Massachusetts, with justice often meted out more harshly for sellers than buyers."
