Spain's $26.5 billion unregulated prostitution industry sparks debate over whether sex work constitutes violence against women

• A nationwide protest against gender violence in Spain revealed a deep division among feminists over whether sex work constitutes violence against women.
• Prostitution is neither regulated nor criminalized in Spain, which has allowed a sex market to blossom to the tune of $26.5 billion per year.
• So, while businesses line their pockets, the workers themselves can't claim basic worker rights.
• But some Spanish feminists believe legalizing sex work would increase trafficking.

A nationwide protest against gender violence in Spain on Sunday revealed a deep division among feminists over whether sex work constitutes violence against women.

Tens of thousands of people dressed in purple — the color traditionally associated with the women's liberation movement — marched through the streets of major cities from Barcelona and Madrid to Seville and Toledo to mark the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

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