All that was written above in this section shows the paradox between the national law that made prostitution legal and local politicians who don't dare or don't want to grant licenses to any form of brothel, even those where sex workers manage themselves without bosses or pimps. Not granting licenses to brothels has made sex workers in the Netherlands more vulnerable for abuse, which is exact the opposite of what lawmakers intended to do when they decided to legalize prostitution. The original intention of the new law was to move prostitution out of its dark corner and into the visible part of society, where local police forces and social workers could keep an eye on sex workers. In the years after legalization of prostitution the Dutch government has made financial cuts on police forces and social workers, so sex workers in abusive situations were too often left alone without help. If help was provided, it often came from people who think they need to rescue sex workers from the consequences of their 'bad choice to sell sex'. A wave of young women from Eastern Europe has flooded the sex work scene and spoiled the market in Western Europe, which has made competition stiff and unfair and on top of that, safe workspaces have become rare.