legalise prostitution??

Question

When are we going to grow up about sex and prostitution? Even serial killers who do not directly target these desperately vulnerable women usually have, at the heart of their drive to kill, some form of sex-based dysfunction.

We condemn women who offer sexual gratification in return for money yet lionise women who seek out rich men to marry for money. And we sell everything from toilet cleanser to cars with sex. For those with sexual hang-ups our society must be like being an alcoholic required to work in a brewery.

Legalising prostitution is a no-brainer: the women are kept healthy and safe, do not pass on or acquire disease and get a fair share of the money that their work generates. The whole process is removed from the exploitative power of criminals. Police are freed to pursue more worthwhile targets.

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Answer 1

It is legalized, it's called marriage.

Answer 2

In some states, prostitution is legal.

I like that it's legal in Nevada and not where I live. I am happy with it being a State issue and not a federal issue.

How on learth would you know the mind of a serial killer when in fact there are hundreds of law enforcement agencies struggling with the very notion that you can predict deviant criminal behavior?

Sex has very little to with violent sex crimes. It's about power and control of someone else because the offender feels powerless.

Also, prostitutes aren't in it for the sex, they are in it for the money. They are just trying to get paid like anyone else with a job. It's also really ignorant to assume that all prostitutes under the protection of a law, as in Nevada, are "healthy and safe", do not "acquire and pass on disease" and "get a fair share of the money they generate".

Are far as lionising Gold Diggers, whatever. Everyone is entitled to their way of life, if some chicks wanna get through life on someone else's dime, so be it. When they get dumped for someone younger and prettier, they have nobody to blame but themselves.

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Answer 3

Do we lionise women who seek out rich men? Are the women kepy healthy and safe? Is the whole process removed from the exploitative power of criminals? If prostitution is the oldest profession, pimping must come a close second. I'm not sure your facts are correct LFC.

Answer 4

Of course. This is a simple public health issue, not a criminal law issue. Prostitution happens whether it's legal or not and whether anybody else approves or not. The only people who have to agree that prostitution is a victimless crime are the buyer and seller. Everybody else can pound sand.

What I would also compare it to is illegal immigration. As long as the worker is possibly illegal, the employer can bid lower for services. The illicit nature of the employment contract gives an advantage to the buyer of the services.

Answer 5

Yep all very true but they have to do their home work properly because there would be bored house wife's etc etc,,thinking yep this is great,i can now do this job and not get in2 trouble for it,,so the police should check their records and see the girls that have been nicked,fined and got a criminal record because of it all,,yes it would be allot safer but u would still get the twats wanting their money back because of some pathetic reason or another,,dangerous game what ever way u go around it,,,,

Answer 6

Actually I agree with you, and I am a woman... In a controlled environment it would really be no different than a massage parlor. There is a show on HBO called Cathouse that is about a house of prostitution in Nevada. The environment is very clean, very safe. Much better than women (or worse children, and teens) on the streets in a world of violence and drugs.... There will never come a day when we can stop people's sexual urges, but a means of controlling the way they are handled is possible...

Answer 7

Who said selling with sex was a good thing? I certainly do not condone it. Our society in a whole has a negative attitude for sex. Hence the fact women use sex to get what they want, and hence the fact we sell things with sexual inuendos. Does any of this make it right? No, so why should we go one step further and legalize something that is morally wrong, and in most cases very damaging to the woman. Most prostitutes are mentally damaged from abuse and such. Most, not all, escape to drugs and alcohol to get away from their horrible lives. Why do you think this is a good thing and should be legal? Instead of fighting to get it legalized, why don't you fight to help get these women off the streets and fight to change the way our society looks at sex. Legalizing it would just be going in the same direction we are now, downhill. I say you need to focus you energy on matters that have a better outcome for everyone.

Answer 8

Legalizing prostitution would cut down on STD's. To date, there has never been a case of an STD in a Nevada cathouse. Add to that, why is it illegal to sell something that is legal to give away for free.

Answer 9

Even though I am not an advocate of prostitution, I tend to agree with the statement made here. Most would benefit from such actions with legalized professions. It would yet not stop the serial killers from pursuing thier needs though. It would not stop disease either....being so...if one were already infected, who would hire them? thus they would ineveitably still remain on the streets for those with not enough money to gratify....serial killers included.

Answer 10

I am agree: it is the ancient profession actually and it had a great influence in the World culture. it is not a crime. We made a crime out of it and by ignoring that prostitution is alive and breathing very hard we put so many possibilities for an exploitation and.. crime again!

Answer 11

I agree... I'll be 1st in line for the 1/2 off coupons ... or buy one get one free deal.. Money back guarantee and 'try before you buy' could also be good marketing ploys.