The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Prostitution

 

The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Prostitution   Prostitution Prostitution Prostitution  may be the world’s oldest profession; however, it is still very controversial. Let's review both the advantages and disadvantages disadvantages of legalizing prostitution. Reasons For Legalizing Prostitution  Prostitution   1. Victimless Crime: Prostitution Crime: Prostitution is considered a victimless crime as long as the people involved are consenting adults and no one is hurt. Prostitution does not imply there is always a victim. 2. Free Choice: Consenting Choice: Consenting adults should have freedom of choice as they see fit, as long it is does not restrict the freedoms of others. 3. Free Sex is Legal: Having Legal: Having sex without a fee is legal, therefore charging for something that is not illegal should not make that something illegal. 4. Acceptable Morality: Having Morality: Having sex with someone who you are not married to is legal and morally acceptable in most cultures. Having sex for entertainment purposes is also legal and morally acceptable in most cultures. 5. Less Violence, Rapes, and Human Trafficking: Trafficking: In  In countries and states where prostitution is legal, it has been proven to be physically and emotionally safer than where prostitution is illegal. Furthermore, legalize prostitution even reduces reduces crime rates, rrapes, apes, and human sex trafficking. It is obvious that the number of rapes decreases when there are legal alternatives that are more easily available. Furthermore, human sex trafficking decreases because legalized prostitution decreases the need for middle men or pimps and increases the number of prostitutes. 6. Fewer Diseases: In Diseases: In countries and states where prostitution is legal, the risk of sexual transmitted diseases is slower than where prostitution is illegal. This is because prostitutes have better access to doctors, medicines, sex education, and contraceptives that prevent and reduce sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as condoms. Furthermore, countries that legalize prostitution and require periodic testing for STDs have an even further lower rate of transmitting STDs. 7. Lowers unemployment: Without unemployment: Without the illegality and stigmatism of prostitution, more people work as prostitutions. And with fewer middle

 

men and pimps, prostitutes even earn more, thus increasing the number of people willing to work as prostitutes. 8. Big Business and Taxation: Prostitution Taxation: Prostitution has always existed and has been proven impossible to be completely eradicate. Therefore, the obvious solution is to turn prostitution into a business that can be regulated, monitored, and taxed (increase government revenue) like every other business. 9. Other Employment: Without Employment: Without less stigmatism of prostitution, it would make it much easier for prostitutes to transition to other lines of work that are more respectable, better pay, and safer.

Reasons Against Legalizing Prostitution  Prostitution  1. Morally Wrong: Some Wrong: Some (not all) cultures and religions believe prostitution to be morally wrong. These cultures and religions typically believe that people should only have sex with people that they are married to. This belief is extremely controversial and inconsistent. 2. Degrading: Degrading: Prostitution  Prostitution is considered degrading to everyone involved. This belief is also inconsistent inconsistent.. 3. Forced Economic Reasons: Many Reasons: Many prostitutes do not choose their profession; but rather, some prostitutes are forced into the profession because of economic needs with no or few alternatives. 4. Human Trafficking: Many Trafficking: Many prostitutes are forced into the profession by others; and therefore, prostitution prostitution is not their freedom of choice. 5. Violence: Violence: Prostitution  Prostitution has a very high rate violence when compared to other professions even where prostitution is legal. 6. Diseases: Prostitution Diseases:  Prostitution promotes the spread of diseases, since not everyone uses protections. 7. Social Instability: Legalized Instability: Legalized prostitution results with a higher rate of unmarried men. Furthermore, legalized prostitution increases the rate of husbands cheating on their wives.

 

  Other advantages:

 Women who work work legally enjoy h huge uge benefits: better access to health health care, pro protection tection from violent customers and protection from exploitation. Antwerp has apparently one of the best bordellos in Europe, equipped with its own police station and high tech sensors. If prostitution is legalized, society gains income tax revenue that would have been otherwise lost. Granted, legalizing the profession might make it attractive for sex traffickers but the  benefits outweigh this this prospec prospect. t. By legalising prostitution, the government could provide a safe environment for women and men alike. Those soliciting could be routinely health checked so all parties are kept free from disease. Sanctions could be introduced so that women no longer feel threatened when they are doing their job. As things stand, thousands of women are taking to the streets with no guaranteed safety, even though the government acknowledges that such activities take place. Ignoring them will not make them go away. Prohibiting them will only heighten the danger these women could be in. Economically, if the government would recognise it as a real job, taxes could be collected, and this would evidently go back into the community.

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