How To Legalize Prostitution

By keeping prostitution illegal, it keeps the doors open for a victimless crime to have many victims. Many prostitutes are people looking for a way to get out of a certain situation they are in, but do not have the skill set for what society considers a better quality job. These people then turn to prostitution in hopes of making money, earning a living and getting an education (Reynolds, 13). Prostitutes could become victims of their own career choice. Prostitutes who are beaten or abused by clients are often scared to report the crime to the police in fear they will be charged with a crime instead. As Reynolds points out, there are no real laws

Girls develop a dependency on their pimps. Kristina Davis wrote in her article "How Girls Get Lured into Brothels" for The San Diego Union Tribune "They are plied with alcohol and drugs."(Davis) The pimps get the girls hooked on drugs and alcohol to get the girls to need them. The girls become addicted to the substances and need their pimps to supply them with more. In return, the pimps make then work as prostitutes for them. Although the girls develop a physical dependency due to drugs and alcohol, girls can also become emotionally dependent on their pimps. The pimps use friendship and kindness to trick the girls into having an emotional dependency to them. Kristina Davis wrote in her article "How Girls Get Lured into Brothels" for The San Diego Union Tribune '"They are made to believe in the beginning that they are cared for, and by then it’s too late,"' (Davis) The pimps make the

Sexual addiction cannot be blamed on prostitution any more than alcoholism can be blamed on alcohol, but never the less the link still exists. Decriminalization of prostitution would make this vice more accessible to someone whom suffers from sexual addiction. Some addicts consider the legal boundary to be one that they would not cross. Removing this boundary would allow some addicts to accelerate their addiction and spiral deeper into prostitution to gain the same feeling of arousal felt initially. This technique is similar to the drug dealer giving young kids meth laced candy; it

Imagine driving down the street at night seeing no one on the corner half dressed trying to get money, or scrolling through a website and have a pop up come up about buying someone. Sex trafficking has become apart of everyday life. Many people are taken everyday and forced into the ring of sex trafficking. One girl spent her whole childhood getting raped by her father and then forced to go out to bars every night and sleep with other men, then go to school the next day (Sher). Sex trafficking is a problem in the United States that can not be ignored no longer.

The main reason thousands of women are forced or have to enter into sexual slavery and prostitution is because of poverty. According to the VTVPA, sex trafficking “means the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act" (p. 8) and that a commercial sex act is "any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person" (p. 7). It is critical to understand that this includes the "pimping" or "prostituting" of

Most of the prostitutes are bought at a young age from consensual parents, or recruited. Once the brothel owner or pimp has them, they are beaten into submission and are raped until they are controllable. Prostitutes are hardly paid anything for their services and most of their earnings will go to the brothel owners and pimps. Prostitutes face various risks from being beaten, broken bones and even contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Those that get too old, scarred or diseased to continue working are discarded like trash to fend for themselves. This is a lot like old slavery where the slaves were beaten, hardly made any money for their services and when they got too old they were discarded or sold.

The legalization of prostitution has been a compelling two sided argument for many years. When morals and reasoning combine, it is often hard to come to one solution. Prostitution is considered to be a serious issue in countries around the world. The amount of prostitution has been increasing tremendously every year and it seems to be getting more serious than the past centuries. The government has legalized prostitution in a few countries and people are wondering if this will become an all over the world thing. There are two very different views to legalizing prostitution that I would like to explore.

This article focuses on how women who engage in sex work in Canada (whether it is by choice or not), are exposed to dangerous conditions and are often times abused, because of the prostitution laws that have been imposed over time. Abrol forms comparisons between several different countries in order to discuss the outcomes that may result from the legalization and/or decriminalization of prostitution (Abrol 2014). After looking closely at the data, Abrol's research has led him to the conclusion that although there is "no simple solution to the question of sex work" (Abrol 2014) criminalizing it will not help control the issue in the long run. The criminalization of prostitution has not worked to protect sex workers but has had the exact opposite

The continued illegality of prostitution prohibits the government from taxing the business, thus, prohibiting the economy from reaching its full earning potential. Currently, prostitution in the United States is a multi-billion dollar industry that goes largely untaxed. According to Devin Bowen, a political analyst for i360, and an alumna student of Dr. Antony Davies, a professor of economics at Duquesne University, the only money that is taxed from this industry stems from when sex workers and other people involved in the prostitution business make purchases and pay sales tax, but, much like the illegal drug industry, most of the money goes untouched by the local, state, and federal treasuries, due to its criminalization and illegality. Most

Prostitution has been around as long as human beings have engaged in sexual activities, and it is even touted as the world’s oldest profession. Despite these proclamations, the subject of prostitution continues to spark controversy in the United States in moderns times as it is a hot debate topic. Off and on, throughout the years, various states around the country have proposed that the practice should be decriminalized; however, it remains illegal nationwide, except for a few counties in Nevada. The reasons for this stem from both sides of the argument, as anti-prostitution advocates claim decriminalization of prostitution is immoral and sexually exploitative, while pro-prostitution advocates want to keep the government out of the bedrooms of consenting adults. No matter the stance for or against prostitution, the current legal construction surrounding it is undeniably harmful. Regardless of the arguments against prostitutes, it is time to decriminalize the laws against this practice to protect the rights of sex workers.

Opponents of legalization, contend that that prostitution is “a degrading and abusive practice that fosters crime, exposes prostitute to violence, and increases the spread of sexually transmitted diseases” (“Prostitution”). Some maintain that prostitution is not a victimless crime, and it damages women emotionally and physically; for example, street prostitutes experience high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder that are comparable to those among rape survivors, battered women, and survivors of torture, and have high rates of anxiety and depression. They also claim that there is no evidence to support the claim that legalizing prostitution would reduce the prevalence of assault; some analysts even claim that prostitution may foster attitudes that contribute to violence against women (“Prostitution”). The Coalition against Trafficking in Women claims that “prostitution affects all women, justifies the sale of any woman, and reduce all women to sex”,

Being sold as a prostitute damages the individual physically. Many girls all over the world are being tricked into thinking that they will have a good paying job. They do not know that they are being sold for prostitution. Terrible actions happen by horrible people. Living in poverty and seeking for a better future can lead them into thinking they will get a better job without knowing what is really going to happen to the girls.

Most people have the common misconception that prostitutes are miserable, and need to drown themselves in drugs just to get through a day’s work for cash, but this is not always the case. In a recent article, Sara Greenmore (who works at a legal brothel in Nevada) touches on this topic as she states, “The relationships I develop with my clients are genuine and I’m happy to see them leave basking in a glow, relaxed and relieved. Making people feel good about

Prostitution is a profession that has been around for thousands of years despite being a controversial topic in many parts of the world. In the modern world, the ethics of prostitution have been debated with many people viewing the profession as immoral. Prostitution is an exploitative and harmful profession for the sex workers. Since women account for a majority of those who engage in prostitution, these negative impacts affect women more. Also, prostitution is a gendered institution that strengthens and

The integral research question for this study is what factors lead to successful exiting of street-level prostitution? The hypotheses are that completion of a drug treatment program, and the use of informal and formal support will increase the likelihood of success. Completion of a drug treatment program will entail finishing the recommended number of days and attending all sessions of a program whose primary goal is drug rehabilitation. Informal support will be determined by whether the woman interviewed has a close family or friend they can talk to about the process, and formal support will be determined by the use of any formal group meeting that’s goal is to assist the women grow and change. Formal