In years gone by sex workers might have been viewed by society as people to be pitied mocked or even judged with whispered stereotypes about ‘fallen women’ dominating discourse. But recent cultural shifts have seen the tide turn towards viewing sex work as a human rights issue with workers’ safety the core concern. Now it appears the UK may be on the cusp of making the historic decision to decriminalise prostitution.
过去这些年，性工作者也许被社会可怜而又嘲笑者，在主流的话语中经常被称为“失足妇女”，但是最近观念转变了，把性工作视为人权问题成为一股潮流，性工作者的安全受到核心关注。现在的英国也许就站在作出是否使性交易合法化历史性决定的边缘。
Last summer Amnesty International caused outrage around the world when the human rights organisation voted to give their backing to a ‘decriminalisation model’ which would mean it is no longer a criminal offence to sell sex.
去年夏天，大赦国际激起了全世界的愤怒，这个人权组织表决支持性交易合法化，它意味着性交易不再是 一个犯罪行为。