While some arguments and staements made in this article are backed up by the evidence and explained clearly, and while i am glad to see sex workers and sex worker organisations rightfully referenced as the key stakeholders and those with the expertise to be leading and informing debates about sex work law reform and policy change.... it was a bit disapointing to see the author still seemingly fail to understand the difference between decriminalisation of sex work and so called 'legalisation' or licencing frameworks.

Decriminalisation is not "no regulation" but rather means that its a whole of government regulation- sex workers are not governed by a special set of criminal codes and laws dictating minute details of our lives and work- and relegating the vast majority of us into a criminalised sector- for minor things such as advertising using the wrong words, or failing to comply with overly restrictive registration and surveillance regimes.



Agains, while its reassuring that the true impact and colours of the swedish model are touched upon- as a form of social control and something that has massively negative effects on sex workers- in terms of undermining our rights and driving isolation, stigma and discrimination (as well as deportations) ...its disapointing that the basics around decriminalisation and "legalisation" have been (once again) so poorly misunderstood and articulated...