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Debate Score:125
Arguments:101
Total Votes:136
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Should prostitution be made illegal everywhere in this world?

Here I am talking about male and female prostitution. And I am not refering to forced prostitution or forced child sex industries. I am refering only to the trade of sex for money, by those (presumably adults) that give their full consent to this act. 

Yes

Side Score: 41
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No

Side Score: 84

Prostitution is something everyone with a vagina can do, and I know that there are some women out there who ''love what they do'', but I bet that 90% are there because of poverty, trafficking or somebody made them do it.

No girl grows up dreaming about being a prostitue.

Prostituion should not be made legal, they should take those girls and put them in homes, give them an education, so they can have a life worth living.

Side: Yes
Jace(5222) Disputed
4 points

Prostitution is something everyone with a vagina can do

Prostitution is something everyone can do. Period.

and I know that there are some women out there who ''love what they do'', but I bet that 90% are there because of poverty, trafficking or somebody made them do it.

Your point? Criminalizing prostitution penalizes what can be a safe and consensual exchange, while doing nothing to actually help those pushed into prostitution by the forces you name. If you are genuinely concerned about their well-being, then you should not advocate turning them into criminals and punishing them (usually with jail time and a fine which pushes them even further into dependency upon prostitution).

[...] put them in homes, give them an education, so they can have a life worth living.

Yes; housing, education, support, and going after the actual criminals (e.g. trafficking rings, etc.) makes sense. These can still be done, and are actually easier to do, when prostitution is legal.

Side: No
1 point

My point is, that prostitution doesn't really do any good to the society or to the victim (the prostitute). I agree with you when you say the prostitute is the victim, not the criminal. I don't really remember saying that. When I say that prostitution shouldn't be legal, that doesn't mean I imply that the prostitute is the criminal.

There are multiple reasons why prostitution should be illegal, but I fail to see a solid argument why it shouldn't. You say that it's easier to give the prostitutes a home and education with prostitution being legal - how?

Side: Yes

Many prostitutes out there are highly educated and choose to work as a sex worker. Human trafficking and selling people as sex slaves is illegal and should remain illegal. This is a linked but separate issue. Illegality of prostitution increases the black market for sex slaves and human trafficking. If it is regulated, the call for this would be reduced and the remaining black market can be dealt with just like it is now.

Side: No

Thank you. job training and assistance is far more effective than prostitution.

Side: Yes
heavydebater(24) Disputed
1 point

What about those who have a university education and still go into prostitution? The fact is that there are people who chose to go into prostitution and enjoy the sex trade.

Supporting Evidence: Love For Sale - Channel 4 TV Series (www.channel4.com)
Side: No
Atrag(5666) Disputed
1 point

Prostituion should not be made legal

In Denmark prostitution is legal.

hey should take those girls and put them in homes, give them an education, so they can have a life worth living.

I don't understand. We're talking about adults. You want to force someone to stop doing something they have chosen to do and go for re-education? Sounds scary. No one should be punished for the harm they do to themselves.

Side: No
3 points

If you think prostitution is selfharm, then you are very unaware of what is going on.

Have you ever heard of trafficking?

No woman wants to be a prostitutue - most of them are forced to by other people, or because they need money to survive.

I know prostitutions is legal in Denmark.

Side: Yes
2 points

But people should be punished fror putting the community at risk for disease.

Side: Yes
1 point

One the main reasons so as to why they are doing this is money I bet poverty and the evil society . This is not love its selling love on a trade , something that is not a good thing at all . I believe problem is in the countries . Officials must take full responsibility for stopping this malpractice at all costs.

Side: Yes
0 points

why the hell they must be legal?? its a yes! 100% yes... why the hell do we need them anyway?

Side: Yes
5 points

It should be legalised because only then can it be regulated.

Side: No
heavydebater(24) Disputed
1 point

I agree. Through regulation, there can be better controls.

Side: No
4 points

In theory, requirements of regular STD testing by the workers should help reduce the spread of them. You can't exactly expect that to happen when the industry is illegal.

As long as it is illegal, most prostitutes feel they have no recourse if their pimps or Johns get abusive or refuse to pay for services rendered.

It is, on premise, a victimless crime. The exception to this is the spread of stds, which, as I stated above, I believe should decline on legalization.

Side: No
3 points

What individuals choose to do with their own bodies is their own damn business. Criminalizing prostitution penalizes what can be a safe and consensual exchange, without actually helping those who are driven into prostitution by financial or other pressures.

Side: No
1 point

Not when it spreads disease. No one has the right to spread disease.

Side: Yes
Jace(5222) Disputed
2 points

By your logic, then, it should be illegal for people to share drinks or have not-for-profit sex outside of a steady monogamous relationship. The reality is that prostitution does not inherently have to spread disease anymore than other sexual encounters; that it does so presently is largely a consequence of its being illegal and thus wholly unregulated and actively pushed into arenas where workers cannot care for themselves properly.

Side: No
Paradox44(736) Disputed
2 points

No one has the right to spread disease? Most people spread diseases without knowing they are infected. Take the common cold for example. Once you catch it the bacteria takes awhile to bring you the symptoms of being sick. However you can still infect other people. Same can be said for people with HIV. Some may not have a clue they have a disease until a symptom appears. So if a prostitue has sex 3 times a day in ome week then she may have potentially infected 21 individuals unknowingly.

Side: No

Most of the problems of prositution come from the vunerbilities of the workers since they have no protection under the law. If it was legal, they could unionize and create better working condtiontions and be safer when conducting buissness.

Side: No
2 points

Predominantly, I have nothing against prostitution, that is regulated. It pains me to see prostitution is films, with women seen to be abused and constantly on drugs - complete messes, frankly. That sort of prostitution should not be condoned.

However, I believe the trade would be perfectly adequate, should the world's governments regulate it - allow businesses to specialise in such an industry, and create an industry that must provide safe environments for their 'staff', regular health checks, security features (alarms, etc), and ensure a fair payment for those in the trade. Really, legalising and regulating the industry, instead of ensuring its criminalisation and maintaining what can only be described as a dangerous practice (as it stands), will ensure the safety of so many vulnerable women whom have little other choice for work, and are in danger because of what they do.

Even if against the law, prostitution will be a part of life for so many, but governments can make the practice safer.

Side: No

What individuals choose to do with their own bodies is their own damn business. Criminalizing prostitution penalizes what can be a safe and consensual exchange, without actually helping those who are driven into prostitution by financial or other pressures.

Side: No
1 point

Whatever a person chooses to do with their body is their own business, not anyone else's. If they wish to sell their own body for sexual activities then let them do it. While it is generally not morally encouraged, some people are not as fortunate and have to resort to prostitution for a living. No one is asking or forcing you to have sex with a prostitute.

Side: No

Prostitution should not be illegal because plenty of money can be made through State controlled houses of prostitution.

Side: No