why is prostitution illegal?

Question

i mean dont get me wrong i really cant undrstand why anybody would want 2 sell there body, but isnt it there business as long as its not on street corners and disturbing neighborhoods why does the law really care.

Answer 1

The only part of prostitution that is illegal is solicitation for money.

If they don't ask for money they are doing nothing wrong, that is why the police can't arrest them unless they give a price.

Answer 2

Well, we must assume that it's only illegal where you are... In the United States prostitution is only illegal in MOST areas. Specifically some areas of Nevada have areas where the practice is quite legal and there are established businesses based on it.

In various other countries, prostitution is legal as well...

But WHY is it illegal in all the rest?

In the United States, there seem to be two major reasons to outlaw the practice, possible three.

One: MORALITY -- The government has decided that prostitution for the most part is an immoral act and therefore has adopted law to enforce their morality code on the general public.

Two: CRIME -- It is a general, albeit false, belief that the activity brings an element of other crimes. Drugs being an obvious tag along. There is evidence to support that this is not the case and can be found merely looking at the legalized prostitution in Nevada.

and possibly:

Three: DISEASE CONTROL -- Many diseases are transmitted through sexual contact; HIV, Herpes, Syphilis and quite a few others.

Many ways have been devised to try and circumvent the criminal charge of prostitution but the courts always seem to break down those defenses.

For instance, a common defense is that it was not sex for sale but companionship and the sex occurred spontaneously and as not part of the bargain. Escorts are completely legal in most areas as long as there's no promise of sexual contact.

Court systems do not 'buy' this defense and routinely find those involved as guilty.

In the end, it's about morals and the governments insistence to impose the morals of the masses to those of the few.

Like many things, legalizing the practice but restraining when and where it can occur would eliminate many crimes, clear up jail cells, take burden from the judicial system and eliminate alot of headache.

Answer 3

As mentioned by others, it is not illegal everywhere, but there are several reasons why it isn't legal in most jurisdictions.

To name a few, there is the spread of disease, tax evasion, and some people can get hooked on sex just like any drug. When that happens, those individuals do not think straight and will do most anything to get what they want. Like stealing. Either stealing to buy it, or kidnapping the prostitute. It is also immoral, but the laws will not say it's illegal for that reason. By the time you are expected to follow the laws, you should have basic morals already instilled by your guardian.
But, to each their own. Just like any other crime, people are going to do it weather they'll get in trouble or not. It all depends on what they want to risk.

Answer 4

It's because of the "moral" right. Conservative christians would have a fit if such a SINFUL practice were allowed. They don't seem too understand or care that prostitution will continue whether legal or not, or that prohibition of prostitution simply creates an invironment that makes victimization of prostitutes easier for pimps and sadistic johns.

Answer 5

Because America was founded by Puritans and is currently run by the (VERY) Far Right Religious Minority. If prostitution was legal, medically monitored, and/or licensed, it would be much safer for all concerned...rather like drugs. Medical monitoring would keep the 'girls' and 'johns' safer and healthier...considering AIDS, Chlamydia, Genital Herpes, resistant strains of Gonorrhea, and a resurgence of Syphilis, to mention just a few. It might even weed out a few of the nastiest pimps. When one considers the terrible life these women lead, it makes me weep for them and the children born to them. This is not a life choice I would want for myself, my child or any family member. But if it were, at the very least, controlled....perhaps it could save some lives.

Answer 6

Its tough to tax prostitution since its usually a cash transaction. Its also very tough to regulate how or where citizens will/can engage in fornaficary acts as a business transaction. As well, our laws are comprised of a Judeo-Christian set of beliefs and prostitution smacks of immoral proprietary activities of non-maritial relations.

Hence, it is illegal.

Answer 7

One thing that is not realized here, it is not the law that really cares. They have better things to do then busting whores and the desperate men who have to pay for it.
It is mothers and fathers of kids who do not want this kind of garbage in there neighborhoods. The drugs the diseases. The element that brings those into our neighborhoods.
Do what you want to, just do not do it in my town. One main road you would stick out like a soar thumb......

Answer 8

I would say that we need to have standards of sound law in order to remain as the kind of America we need to be.

Now, prostitution is legal in some areas of Nevada for those that feel like they have to have it. That's enough, and we don't need it all over the country.

I really wish they'd make sodomy illegal again, just as it was before The Homosexual Agenda got it changed, apparently.

Eric's "people are going to do it anyway" argument above does not make sense, and this is typical liberal thinking...that standards should be done away with.

Answer 9

Because of all the different sizes, types, and experiences of the prostitutes, the government does not know to configure a variable tax chart for collecting use/services rendered tax chart... or it is just because of all the bible thumpers that control the government by the pressure that special interest groups put on them...

Answer 10

It isn't illegal everywhere.

Reasons that such laws get on the books - is because those within that particular portion of society find that such does not reflect their values.

Laws are nothing more than a reflection of the moral values of those that it represents.