Should Prostitution Be Legalized?

The main reason many people believe that prostitution should be legal, would be because a person should have the rights to chose what they want with their body. On an

Why shouldn’t prostitution be legalized? Through all the research I have done it provides information that prostitution shouldn't be legalized. Many prostittes are runaways or lead into that type of life because of sexual assault as a child and beatings. Even though prostitutes sell their bodies for sex it doesn't mean they are always willing to do it. Most cases prostitutes put their minds somewhere else to think they're not having sex. Prostitutes also have high risk of being raped and beaten by any person who purchased them. Violence will not end just by legalizing prostitution for prostitutes and yes it will continue to go on as it is now if it is not legalized.

An article in The Business Insider gives seven reasons on why prostitution should be legal in all fifty states of America. These reasons include: 1) It Would Reduce Violence Against Women. 2) Legalization Would Make Sex Workers Healthier. 3) Prostitution Is Arguably A Victimless Crime. 4) Legal Prostitution Can Be A Source Of Tax Revenue. 5) Legalization Could Save Precious Law Enforcement Resources. 6) Legal Prostitutes Could Get Labor Rights.

Prostitution is defined as the act of “providing or receiving sexual acts, between a prostitute and a client, in exchange for money or some other form of remuneration” (Hock 557). The idea of exchanging sex for valuables has been around since the beginning of human society. The first reported data about prostitution was reported around 3000 B.C.E in one of the first known civilizations, Mesopotamia (Caraboi and Fierbinteanu 362). It is often referred to as “the world’s oldest profession.” Today, even though prostitution is illegal in most parts of the world, it is still prevalent worldwide with different ways to exchange sexual services for payment and many different types of prostitutes. One of these types of prostitutes are brothel workers; brothel workers work in “a house of prostitution,” a brothel, which are normally in areas where prostitution is not criminalized or is legalized (Hock 560). Like prostitution, human trafficking has been around for thousands of years and is still present today.

By legalizing prostitution, prostitutes will get the chance to automatically be, and feel, safer. Prostitution is not a necessarily dangerous job, but other people make it that way for the workers. It being an illegal occupation does not help either. Prostitutes are afraid to go to the police for help or protection, due to the fact that they fear that their cry for help will be thrown back in their face, due to their (illegal) profession. In Philadelphia in 2007, a 19-year- old went to the police and set up a court case claiming to have been raped by four men while held at gun point. She brought forth the point that she was indeed a prostitute and expecting to get paid. Instead, the men refused to pay and proceeded to rape her. Judge

If we legalize prostitution we will be able to better regulate the conditions of prostitutes. Currently, many prostitutes are take by force, beaten, and given drugs in order remain submissive. But an equal if not greater amount of prostitutes willfully go into the business as they see it as a viable option, if not the only viable option, to make a living. The current solution to a public official finding a prostitute, no matter if they are willing or not, is to punish them through arresting and fining them. In some areas police are familiar with the prostitutes, not because they themselves use their services but because they are impounded so frequently before being bailed out by their pimps. If prostitution was legalized prostitutes would be protected by workers rights laws. They would be given a fair pay, possibly enough to get them out of their current situation and quit, and would be better protected from any violence a pimp may normally have to resort to. Furthermore, if it’s legal then more people will decide to join the occupation which will greatly diminish the need to obtain prostitutes with unethical methods. And even if said prostitutes were obtained with unethical methods the regulations against it will cause the people in charge of the kidnapping and not the victims to be punished.

Prostitution in the United States is very dangerous unless you are in Nevada. Making prostitution legal will protect sex workers not only violence and abuse but STI as well. Legalizing it will force brothels to test their employees frequently for any harmful sexually transmitted diseases. These frequent tests are similar to annual health inspections for restaurants. If sex workers were tested

Prostitution or commercial sex has always been a heavily debated topic around the world. The world’s oldest profession dating back to ca. 2400 BCE has been considered degrading for the dignity of a women and the feminist community. Critics claim that legalisation of prostitution can result in violence against women, human trafficking, exploitation etc. However, data collected from nations such as Germany and New Zealand, where the profession of commercialized sex is legalized, reports an utterly contrary results. Citizens of Canada need to develop a positive mentality towards prostitution and sex workers as legalization has been accomplished in the House of Commons. Prostitution needs’ to be legalized around the world due to multiple

These two stories are very sad and difficult to read. Prostitution is illegal in most countries and where it is illegal it is considered a back-alley business. It can be a dirty and dangerous act, but it can be fixed. Prostitution should be legal, because it may be able to help society. If prostitution was legal, the act could be cleaner than most people think it could ever be. It could be a new job for unemployed people, so it could bring down unemployment. Crime rates could go down and some poor people could start gaining money. A nation can also gain money from taxes.

Prostitution is defined as the engaging in, or agreeing to engage in, sexual conduct for a fee. Women are pushed into entering prostitution for many reasons including lack of education, poverty, and personal choice. Prostitution is currently illegal, but there is much controversy surrounding this issue.

For my paper I chose the topic “Prostitution In the U.S” I picked this topic because I feel as if there’s a lot to discuss about the subject itself. Prostitution in my eyes, should be illegal in all parts of America. I feel as if the crime itself is degrading not only to women, but the families of those involved that choose to commit these acts. My personal opinion, going more into detail is that I grew up viewing sex as a sacred act between two people that love and care about eachother. Sex, in my opinion is something that should be private and should be with someone that you know, and that mostly, you trust. I feel as since “buying” sex actually became a

There is no surprise that the world today is shifting and becoming overwhelmingly sex driven. Sex has always been a natural part of life, but it is becoming more prevalent and dominating as the years go by. This is not to say that prostitution, either forced or voluntary, did not exist long ago, just simply that it has become more of an issue as time has progressed. Perhaps this is due to the media, celebrities, social media, the now early on-set of puberty, and the wonderful use of technology and cell phones. Nevertheless, prostitution, sex tourism, and child exploitation tend to be a bigger deal in Latin American countries than the United States. Overall this is likely due to the fact that many Latin American countries have legalized prostitution. The legalization of prostitution has made these countries more attractive for sex tourism as well as using the body as a business for the mean to make money, even though not all prostitution is by choice and a lot of it is forced. Although Latin American countries have laws trying to prevent and protect those who are forced into and those who choose prostitution the government is not holding a firm hand on enforcing them.

First reason that prostitution should be legalized is for women’s right. As upper mentioned, prostitution is a kind of occupations. According to research among the women, some women said that they take advantages from prostitution for way of earning money. For instance, Kenny, an American woman, is a mother of two daughters. She interviewed that she prostitutes by herself for money. However, she said that she have never felt unpleasantness or humiliation to her occupation.

Did it feel good to use me like I was just a piece of dirt?

Prostitution has been a growing concern on a global scale. Supporters of legalization argue it is a person’s right to decide how they want to use their body, while opponents argue that most people in the sex trade are trafficked, sold, bought, and do not have a say over their own bodies. It seems the world is split on the right and wrongs of this issue. Many countries seem to have no definitive answer to the illegality of this issue. While some countries (such as most of Europe, Australia, and even her in the U.S. in parts of Nevada) have “legalized” prostitution, many strongly condemn the practice. While many people strongly condemned due to cultural and religious factors, many others have no problem in hiring prostitutes for sexual pleasure, creating a multi-billion dollar industry. So what is the right answer? Prostitution shouldn’t be legalized, not because of a morality issue, but because like with many aspects of legal acts it would get abused since it would be easy to obtain and legal to participate in, and unfortunately we are not talking about sodas, or alcohol, or marijuana, we are talking about human lives.