Yes, they are willingly doing a service for willing customers.

Sure, they may not LIKE what they are doing, but they are WILLING themselves to do it to survive.

desperate needs call for desperate measures.

It has long been my opinion, that a law which is patently unenforceable, ought not to be a law at all. Who, I ask, shall bear witness to the crime? What man will admit to it? What prostitute will hazard her situation by an admission?

It is one thing, to prosecute those who would be pimps, as their methods, if egregious, will surely drive their victims to testimony. But to ban the act itself is sheer folly.

I think prostitutes should be able to unionize, get better health care benfits, and be better protected by abusive pimps.

I don't see why two or more consenting persons can't trade services, sexual or otherwise.

If legalized, it will distinguish those whom are voluntarily choosing prostitution to those are coerced.

According to many constitutions, people have basic and human rights to choose their trade, occupation, profession, which should not be accused or violated. Different people have different brains and circumstances. A lot of woman do not choose to be a prostitution. In some cases, it is the only choice or "it's best alternative (work) available " (Veronica Monet, prostitute).

Human behavior varies under different circumstance but it is his or her right to make choices.

There is a working paper named "Prostitution and Sex Crimes" written by Kirby R. Cundiff, PhD, Associate Professor of Finance at Northeastern State University. According to it, it has been calculated that if the prostitution was legal in the United States, the crime rape rate would decrease by almost 25% and there would be a decrease of 25,000 victims each year

Yes, it should. There are too many issues created by not having legalized prostitution...Health issues, sexual predators, employment to name a few.

Do you want to lower STD rates? Do you want lower the amount of child prostitution? Do you want lower the amount of violence, abuse and crime in this enterprise? Then yes legalize it!

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Do you want to force your own morale values on the world? Do you want to have an authoritarian society? Do you enjoy knowing the prostitution laws create loads of crime and money for gangs and criminal organizations? Then yes, keep it illegal!

Prostitution will always exist.

Always.

At least, as long as humanity stays human.

Therefore, it is only a good idea to make sure that prostitutes are healthy, as to not disease customers, and are legal, as to prevent them from being abused by illegal caretakers.

And while personally I abhor promiscuity, I also abhor the abandonment of common sense. I will not abandon common sense over a personal preference of morality. And common sense would have it that we let prostitution be legal, or else the people involved in it will always suffer, and the people who profit from it will always be evil.

1. If the prostitution were legalized woman basing on their civil rights could start to protect themselves from rape and other sex crime (not being afraid of being arrested for being a prostitute)

2. Prostitutes (sex workers) are one of the essential members of the society who contribute to their families, and to the economy of country they live in

3. There could be another reason why prostitution is not legalized - taxation. The government probably do not know how to tax it properly

Based off of my quick google search, I can see no compelling reason for why prostitution should be made illegal.

I personally have no interest in prostitution for myself, or for purchasing the service, but I see no reason for it being outlawed.

If people want to have sex for money, then let people have sex for money. It's not government's job to tell people what they can and can't do with their own body.

Sure. Make it legal, then remove all money from use and we'll simply have lots of sluts screwing around. Wait... would they still to it if they received no money? I'm thinking no.

An argument a lot of people forget: making something illegal does not necessarily make it vanish, but it does make it a lot more dangerous for both victim and perp.

Prohibition was the perfect example: you had alcohol outlawed. Did it stop people from drinking? No, it just made it a criminal activity and thereby invited criminals (Al Capone being one of the most famous), to partake in it for profit. Not only that, but the average guy who only wanted some booze was in danger because of the nature of large gangs like the Mafia.

In summary: Lives pointlessly risked and lost for a failed attempt to control something.

Today's drug wars are also a good example: A lot of drugs (Weed, Cocaine, Meth) are illegal. Criminal gangs, taking advantage of the fact that a substance being illegal is going to drive up prices, make a profit by selling drugs and killing each other over territory. Not only that, but the average Joe who just wants a fix is going to be in danger from both police brutality and the gangs he's buying from:

In summary, lives being pointlessly risked and lost for a failed attempt to control something.

Now, as for the topic at hand. Take a good...50 minute walk around the seedier part (red light district) of your town or city. Then come back and say that the law against prostitution has worked with a straight face. If you can, you either have a good poker face or you are in Heaven and have somehow obtained an internet connection.

The thing that makes illegalizing prostitution inherently worse than my other examples is that there is another, vulnerable human in the mix: The prostitute his/herself.

Due to the fact that this is illegal and therefore profitable, criminals are drawn to this profit. That already is a pretty rough life for the average brothel-worker. But the criminals are usually not generous with the sizable profit they make with these people. As a result, the prostitutes are treated more like objects, which is not good for their health.

First and foremost: They usually don't have reliable ways to scan for STDs. That's a huge problem with things like AIDS and Hepititis. Second: They are treated poorly by their pimps, and cannot recieve help due to the illegality of their profession. Third: A common techique used by pimps is to get their prostitues addicted to something, therefore making them rely on their pimps against their will.

In summary: lives being pointlessly risked and lost by both the consumer and the producer, and at least hundreds of thousands of prostitues caught in the crossfire, sometimes against their own will.

Lol at the butthurt people on the other side downvoting without a response.

Lol at the butthurt people on the other side downvoting without a response.

Yes prostitution should be legal, because your body is your body you should be able to do what you want with it. The government shouldn't be able to put regulations and bans on a person's body. Whats next will they start outlawing certain clothing and hair styles? When will it end if it starts here?

I don't think there should be any doubt about it. Prostitution is the world's oldest profession, so the idea that you can get rid of it is incredibly naive. And just like with the banning of "narcotics", it creates another underworld of criminals and crime.

A couple of people on this thread have justified the ban on prostitution by asserting that all women (and men, for that matter) who become prostitutes do so because they had a traumatic childhood full of physical/sexual/emotional abuse. Even if that statement were true without exception, it wouldn't be relevant. A legalization issue is always centered around the question of "Which solution contributes more to the well-being of society?" And to me, the answer is clear.

Yes prostitution should be legalized. Being a prostitute is merely a job, much like being a lawyer or a chef. The only difference is what their job involves. Paying for sex is not inherently negative, it is the possible after effects of having sex with a prostitute which can be negative. As long as prostitution is carefully regulated, then there it should be legal.

The people that argue that prostitution is not a free will because they grew up in an abusive childhood or some other situation like human trafficking, should note that, if it was legal then law enforcement could spend more time preventing real crimes like kidnapping, child molestation, or rape. If a woman charges money for sex because her pimp is threatening her with violence, wouldn't that be considered rape. That would be non-consensual sex. A crime should only be a crime if someone's acts violates someone else given unalienable rights.

Legal or not, prostitution will always be around in some form or another. If it's legal, the women (or men) can be protected, and are not in quite so much danger.

The problems prostitutions have caused I believe could be greatly decreased if legalized. Don't get me wrong, I do not encourage such acts to be done, yet crimes like rape, or murder......if criminals had such a way to release their lust, crimes would surely decrease rapidly.

One could argue that it might have bad influence towards the young, but isn't that the purpose of law, of education? To teach the ups and downs instead if merely blindfolding them.

Just had this discussion with some people the other day. Since this type of activity doesn't appear as if it will ever be wiped out, legalizing it makes more sense. It would be safer for both the working women and their clientele, medically more sound (regulations) and will provide revenues ( through taxes) for the government.

There are many European nations where prostitution is legalized. Time to get rid of that Puritan mind set that we have in America, and do the same thing here.

yes...why not?

its a proper job.. u do ur work u get paid...

its not rape..its done willingly

Yes,it should be legal.The government is always bitching and moaning about being a trillion dollars into debt.Legalize prostitution but make it government regulated.That way,the government gets to tax the brothel,make sure none of the hookers or clients have STD's,etc.

I honestly don't see the point of the police having an undercover cop pretend to be a prostitute and arresting the guy who tries to hire them.They're practically setting the guy up for it.Just legalize it and put the police force to better use.

If prostitutes had legal protection they would be protected from human trafficking. By criminalizing prostitutes we make them outlaws, ergo no legal protection from being enslaved by anybody with impunity. If prostitutes are criminals they will be too ashamed to report abuses by their enslavers to the police, giving the Human Trafficking community massive freedoms in doing whatever they desire to the exploited prostitutes. In the end the law caused what it is exactly trying to prevent. The law's intent to protect prostitutes from their pimps ended into where prostitutes are unprotected from their pimps.

About the STD problem, there is a solution for that: government regulation. People will choose the alternative of clean and licensed prostitutes rather than underground prostitutes.

I believe that prostitution should be legalized however I believe that if it ever were then it should never be advertised. No body wants a child/sister/relative/friend to become a prostitute but I doubt that she would want to be a prostitute either. A lot of women who become prostitutes feel as though they can't do anything else because maybe they haven't achieved good grades or have been kicked out from home and so on. I feel as though it is good that these women have an open option even though it is not a desirable one. Why would a woman WANT to become a prostitute? There must be a reason for going on that route. So that final option should really be legal, otherwise they are dealing with a huge fine and/or imprisonment on their hands, wont that make things worse?

thats okay if a person is willing to make love. and having a good source of income thats there life and they can live it on their way

Yes and they should have to be checked every week because if I caught something I would prob. kill someone.

I think prostitution should be regulated as a business sector and should be legalized. The spread of diseases and increase in abuses of prostitutes without regulation of the government can be damaging to society. Besides, prostitutes are often victims of crimes and treated as criminals at the same time. If the government cannot provide proper and stable employment alternatives, then it becomes the responsibility of these individuals to provide for their families. Also, pornography is considered legal even though money is involved for the act of sex so why can't the same logic be applied to prostitution? Why should the government be able to control my body if the act itself is mutual among two people?

hell yeah! I would love a chick to suck me off for £10, i never get any sex and need to make up for it with letters to girls i never talk to.