Summary: The Decriminalization Of Prostitution

To combat the problems associated with prostitution: trafficking, violence, and the objectification of women, two approaches are generally promoted. While advocates of prostitution as a form of employment suggest that legalization will improve these problems, policy makers tend to recommend penalties as a means to deter prostitution.

However if the goal of criminalization is to end prostitution, it is clearly not yielding the desired results. Making the act of selling sex illegal actually causes the sex workers to go further underground, making them more vulnerable to police and poor working conditions. It creates a culture permitting violence against sex workers. In countries such as China, Cambodia and Vietnam where prostitution is also illegal, sex workers are detained in facilities for ‘rehabilitation’ or ‘re-education through labor’. The approach of these facilities is to punish sex workers for engaging in behavior that is regarded as a

I believe that prostitution should not be legalized because it gives men power to dehumanize women, it can be dangerous to the prostitute and the one using the prostitute, and it hurts people financially. Prostitution is the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment.

All over the globe different countries have adopted different models for approaching prostitution. Here in the United States, our government employs the prohibitionist or criminalization model regarding prostitution. This model criminalizes the prostitute or sex worker as well as the customer (Nichols, 2016). On the other hand, Hungary employs a legalization model in regards to sex workers. “In this model laws preventing sexual commerce are eliminated, however the state is still involved by regulating the industry, including the locations or “zones” prostitution is allowed, and under what circumstances individuals are allowed to buy and sell sex” (Nichols, 2016). Under the legalization model, sex workers should feel safer, and less ostracized by their fellow county men because they are no longer conducting an illegal act but are seen as business entrepreneurs. Also, sex workers should feel more comfortable seeking help from the local law enforcement officials if they are

The 21st century has seen many changes in the worldviews of the global community. Different bodies campaign for the rights of people indulging in practices that the global society has seen as taboos for the last twenty centuries. These include the rights of same sex marriages, human cloning, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, and prostitution. This is because the society realizes that each individual has a right to choose his or her lifestyle in a democratic world. The legalization of prostitution raises a lot of controversy in the world today. Prostitution is an old practice in most countries, but few countries have legalized the practice to date. This paper discusses the controversy surrounding prostitution legalization, and supports the

The legalization of prostitution as a recognized profession is something that creates too much controversy, because some people

Finally, legalizing prostitution would cut back immensely on sex trafficking. After making prostitution legal. Plus one other big movement behind the push for legalization is, ironically, feminism. Specifically, a new kind of feminism that acknowledges and seeks to defend women’s agency from all encroachments. It would save many more sex slaves than before. Trafficking for sexual exploitation trumps the analysis of human trafficking. There are worthy reasons for this. The sex manufactory is extra evident than, for instance,

The public health issues that the legalization of prostitution seeks to address are those faced by the sex workers themselves. These issues include: higher prevalences of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (compared to the general population), limited accessibility to health services, sex trafficking, workplace violence, and poverty. Sex workers are at a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections due to a lack of education regarding safe sex, condom use, and access to health care services for testing (1). Criminalization can discourage sex workers from actively seeking education and access to health care services due to fears of arrest or harsh judgement (1). Moreover, criminalization does not eradicate prostitution, but rather forces it to be done in underhanded ways, hence encouraging the elusive recruitment of unwilling participants into the sex industry (3). With the government only targeting those openly involved in sex work, the focus is shifted away from eliminating sex trafficking (1). In addition, the criminalization of prostitution forces the act to be done in areas away from the public. As a result, sex workers are at a higher risk of violence and death at the hand of their customers (1). They are also less likely to report

After reading William Yarber’s discussion on prostitution in “Human Sexuality and Culture” I adopted new values toward prostitutes. After learning of the background of prostitutes I was shocked that they can separate sex from their intimate and romantic lives but I sympathize and relate to the emotional struggles that prostitutes experience at an early age such as having a negative outlook, feeling insecure, being economically disadvantaged, and not given adequate emotional support from their parents

Prostitution is one of the world’s oldest “profession” but it is the oldest “oppression” , while others oppose to legalization it will have many benefits such as reducing sex trafficking, it can be source of tax revenue and if legalized it will keep the HIV/AIDS cases down.

While I agree that child prostitution is a significant global problem, both in developed and undeveloped countries, I must argue the involvement of sex workers. A primary reason why we have a child prostitution increase is due to the criminalization of adult prostitution. When a sexually ambitious person cannot find an adult sex worker, they would turn to pimps, who mostly use underage sex workers, to satisfy their sexual urges. By keeping sex work illegal, victims of sex trafficking are less likely to go to the police out of fear of being arrested, also, sex trafficking victims are often treated like criminals. Sadly, 100,000 children are forced into prostitution every year in America. But at the same time, there is evidence to support that legalizing prostitution reduces sex trafficking. In 2001, Germany legalized sex work. Over the course of the next 10 years, instances of sex-based human trafficking decreased by 10 percent within the country. “Working with instead of against sex workers will lead to more slaves being rescued. In Germany, it already is. While prohibitionists claim that legalizing prostitution has increased human trafficking in the country, the data doesn't support them.” Proclaimed by Cathy Reisenwitz of the Daily

The Nevada system, like most legalized prostitution, often forces the prostitute to trade her pimp for a legal one. The regulations in place have little to do with empowering the workers and more to do with enriching their employers. Legalized prostitution models aren’t inherently exploitative, but once tax revenue is raised from prostitution it can be a corrupting force that overlooks the workers’ basic rights. In other words, a prostitute should have the choice to enter into a licensed system while not facing criminal penalties as long as her activity takes place between consenting adults behind closed doors. Therefore, the ideal prostitution policy is a hybrid of legalization and the decriminalization of indoor prostitution. New Zealand has a similar type of system and it will be examined in the next

Prostitution has been present in nearly all cultures throughout every period of human history. It is one of the world’s oldest professions. Prostitution has survived throughout the years as a profession based on the idea that most civilizations are driven by some form of economics and are made up of individuals who are driven by sex. Our modern society, with our improved knowledge of health and safe sex practices, as well as better screening methods and means of social control, is ready to responsibly sustain this ancient profession. By approaching the subject from a variety of angles, I will illustrate that legalizing and regulating prostitution is better than just a socially feasible option. It’s a beneficial one.

In this paper I will examine prostitution in two contexts, one where it has been legalized, using case studies based in the countries of the Netherlands and Germany the other where it has it become illegal, in the country of Sweden.. I will first explain what is prostitution, human trafficking and what are the scale and substitution effects, as many are uninformed to the many types,definitions effects that pertain to prostitution and trafficking. I will then examine both countries where it has

In modern society, prostitution become a pretty controversial topic to discuss. Prostitution is the sexual services which involves selling and buying, it is just a simple act for both of two persons without any compulsion. Most people think prostitution should not be legal, certainly some people have different opinions. As we know, prostitution has been called the world’s oldest profession for a long time, it should be allowed to exist, if a person choose to use his or her body to make money, what right can make government to deny his or her choice. In many countries of the world, prostitution is illegal, that caused some women forced to walk on the street to search clientele instead of working in a safety brothel, and most of them are in a disadvantageous position because there is no laws to protect their legitimate interest, so make prostitution legalize is a very urgent thing to the society. If the prostitution become legal. Firstly, the percentage of crime will have a obvious decline, many people will not choose rape somebody innocent rather than the people who prostitute, then people will not do stupid things like rape, thus to cause the rape rate decrease to make the society more stable. Secondly, prostitution can provide opportunities of employment, many people lost their job after the global financial crisis, and the society become unstable, the government has a responsibility to help people find a job. But to the people who do not have a highly educated, they are