Can Legalizing Prostitution Have Negative Consequences?
Legalizing prostitution will lower the rape frequency, but what harm could it do?
Yes, it can.
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No, it cannot.
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This is a very superficial article that fails to account for a very basic explanation for the data it presents. The critical observation is not that the incidence of rape went up, but that the incidence of reported rape went up... which is to be expected since workers no longer face criminalization for coming forward about sexual assaults that occur in their line of work. Side: No, it cannot.
The negative consequences will be riots, protests and potentially civil war in outrage at the legalization of it. On top of that, the actual pimps and former prostitutes who could charge really unfair prices and enjoy sex being a rare commodity are now suddenly out of business and forced into poverty by it being legal and mainstream. This will lead to the criminal minds using their talents for other purposes and it isn't going to be nice. You don't just take out a monopoly and expect no backlash, especially not a crime-ring run one. Side: Yes, it can.
On top of that, the actual pimps and former prostitutes who could charge really unfair prices and enjoy sex being a rare commodity are now suddenly out of business and forced into poverty by it being legal and mainstream. This will lead to the criminal minds using their talents for other purposes and it isn't going to be nice. I am interested in hearing some hypotheses about particular backlashes that could occur in which a pimp is the cause. Side: No, it cannot.
Objectification and STDs happen under systems of criminalized prostitution as well, arguably with greater severity. An unregulated market means that sex workers have less agency in controlling their situation, less ability to file legal complaints for abuse or assault, and less access to reliable testing and treatment. Side: No, it cannot.
Yes, but again prostitution is not a better "Option" for female workers to have, the best solution to this would be Education, wherein people learn independence, where they don't need to suck a persons dick just for money. I pity these people selling their own bodies just because of poverty. Side: Yes, it can.
Criminalizing prostitution reduces access to contraceptives and testing, while also limiting the agency of sex workers to control with whom they engage with, to what extent, and how. There is nothing to suggest that legalizing the sex industry leads to any significant increase in workers, but it does mean the industry can be regulated which reduces transmission of STIs and also increases the efficacy of outreach to transition workers out of the industry if they would like to do so. That sax is generally pleasurable for most people increases the odds that people will have sex and therefore reproduce. While this means that the practical function of sex is reproduction there is no reason it therefore follows that people cannot do it for other reasons as well. Our sense of hearing evolved to help us evade predators, hunt more effectively, communicate, and the like... does that mean we should not also enjoy the sense through things such as music? Of course not. Side: No, it cannot.
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As is often said this is the oldest profession on earth that continues to exists and it is going to exist whether we legailze it or not It is better to make it as safe as possible for everyone concerned. Legality via brothels protects the prostitutes, as a legal entity brothels can be properly registered and managed and promote access to sexual health workers so the prostitutes get a regular health check up and STI screening Street walkers should become registered so that they receive the same protection as in a brothel and safety from prosecution Unregistered prostitution should remain illegal Side: No, it cannot.
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Why son't they legalize prostitution fucking is legal. Selling things is legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal? Soldiers get medals for bombing people but normal people go to prison FOR SELLING A FUCKING ORGASM. There should be a waver listing the risks of fucking that person though. Side: No, it cannot.
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