Meanwhile, someone already under the control of a "trafficker" will still be, but in a location further underground. 315) will do is make it illegal for young adult women inclined to work at a strip club to do so-driving up the likelihood that some of them will instead engage in more risky forms of sex work and/or fall into the arms of exploitative third parties (those who police call "traffickers" and "pimps"). Texas lawmakers-and their counterparts in Congress and in states across the country-love to Do Something About Sexual Exploitation even if that thing has serious ancillary consequences and no chance in hell of accomplishing its stated goals. There's no evidence that legal strip clubs in Texas are rife with underage workers (which would already be against the law), nor that young adults working in these clubs are at higher risk of human trafficking.
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The state also updated part of its penal code to define "child" as anyone under age 21. In a performative bid against "human trafficking," Texas has raised the legal age for working at a strip club from 18 to 21 years old, putting many employees out of work and putting clubs that hire them-even inadvertently-in risk of serious legal penalties, including up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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