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These underage sex slaves were pimped on myredbook:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/south-san-francisco...

users have always been alerted if there is any foul plays regarding how these workers are treayed and reported any foul plays(robbery, violence, theft, etc.)

i havent seen any ads exploiting them at all. most of times, workers are at least 5-6 years older if not 10+ years than advertisement.

You're dodging the question. You're equating pimping with violence, but that's not always the case. How do you know sex workers who use RedBook were not, for example, having to pay back bogus "debts" to their pimps for having to come into the country? You've already said in a previous post that some sex workers using RedBook were from overseas. I somehow doubt you were you asking them for their I-94s as proof they were in the country legally.

I can fully believe there are a number of sex workers who found RedBook truly useful, and provided an extra layer of safety and security. What I can't believe is that for a line of work that is inherently illegal there were not at least some people who had abusive relationships with people coercing or even forcing them into it. You seem to be suggesting not a single woman (or man!) who used RedBook was being exploited, even a small minority. I think you're being naive.

youre equating myredbook to prostitution in general. its hard question, since its the oldest profession. there will always be bad pimps, debts whatever. that is why in my opinion myredbook was so popular, because it acts as a great medigator suchas airbnb, uber etc.

the culture in myredbook is to treat them well and be alerted with foul plays at all times. myredbook is innovative in that sense, because it made a lot of people's lives both clients and provider easier and safer conducting business

users know whats best to protect themselves. youre naive to think if users can go for foul plays and manipulate these presumably exploited sex workers thru websites like redbook. users know there are pigs whos watching all the time ...

>What I can't believe is that for a line of work that is inherently illegal there were not at least some people who had abusive relationships with people coercing or even forcing them into it.

I also can't believe that for most lines of work that are entirely legal. That's a very high bar.

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