The Equality Model
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  1. Decriminalize Individuals in prostitution
  2. Criminalize the buying and selling of other people for sex
  3. Provide protection and support to individuals so they can avoid and exit prostitution (welfare, housing healthcare, counseling, and other support services).

The Equality Model directly targets the demand for buying sex by criminalizing sex buyers and traffickers, while decriminalizing the people who are being bought and sold for commercial sex. The decriminalization of prostituted persons recognizes those who are bought and sold for sex exploited, not perpetrators of crime.