Interpretation of prostitution from our varied cultural pertinences in makes the debate all the more complicated because sociologists maintain that culture is not static. This means cultures evolves and changes all the time. Cultures that refuse to evolve by being assimilative changes from a generic or dominant culture risks being extinct. Proponents of legalizing prostitution believe it would reduce crime, improve public health, increase tax revenue, help people out of poverty, get prostitutes off the streets, and allow consenting adults to make their own choices.
They contend that prostitution is a victimless crime, especially in the 11 Nevada counties where it remains legal. Opponents believe that legalizing prostitution would lead to increases in sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS , global human trafficking, and violent crime including rape and homicide.
They contend that prostitution is inherently immoral, commercially exploitative, empowers the criminal underworld, and promotes the repression of women by men.
See below is an extensive collation of various quotes and excerpts arguing for and against the legalizing of prostitution. I will let you be the judge. Arguments for Legalisation of Prostitution. No law has ever succeeded in stopping prostitution. Prostitution is the provision of sexual services for negotiated payment between consenting adults. So defined, prostitution is a service industry like any other in which people exchange skills for money or other rewardβ¦.
Non-consenting adults and all children forced into sexual activity commercial or otherwise deserve the full protection of the law and perpetrators deserve full punishment by the law. Workers in the sex industry deserve the same rights as workers in any other trade, including the right to legal protection from crimes such as sexual harassment, sexual abuse and rapeβ¦. There are some unscrupulous people in all walks of life -government, law, journalism, banking, law enforcement, the stock exchange, medicine, the clergy, prostitution, etc.
