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Prostitution

Should prostitution be legalized?


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They aren't regulated.

Sure they are. The regulation is "No".

Let me rephrase the question. Why would sex trafficking rings give any information to regulators regarding their operation? How can the regulators inspect the operation if the whereabouts are kept secret? Sex traffickers hide their operations from law enforcement. Why wouldn't they hide their operations from regulators?
 
Sure they are. The regulation is "No".

Let me rephrase the question. Why would sex trafficking rings give any information to regulators regarding their operation? How can the regulators inspect the operation if the whereabouts are kept secret? Sex traffickers hide their operations from law enforcement. Why wouldn't they hide their operations from regulators?

Why would customers go to them when they could go to a safe place?

Is there a back alley abortion industry thriving today?
 
Why would customers go to them when they could go to a safe place?

Price. Convenience. Anonymity. Among others.

But it doesn't actually matter why. It's a known fact that sex trafficking still flourishes in nations where prostitution is legal, despite your insisting it magically goes away. In fact, the evidence shows that sex trafficking actually increases as a result of legalization.

Human Trafficking Persists Despite Legality of Prostitution in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking? by Seo-Young Cho, Axel Dreher, Eric Neumayer :: SSRN
 
Price. Convenience. Anonymity. Among others.

But it doesn't actually matter why. It's a known fact that sex trafficking still flourishes in nations where prostitution is legal, despite your insisting it magically goes away. In fact, the evidence shows that sex trafficking actually increases as a result of legalization.

Human Trafficking Persists Despite Legality of Prostitution in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking? by Seo-Young Cho, Axel Dreher, Eric Neumayer :: SSRN

That may be a European issue. I doubt America is going to import poor Romanian girls. The study is interesting though.
 
What woman of high self worth would be a prostitute?

I don't know. I am not saying that women should be prostitutes. But if they choose to, it should be legal and regulated.
 
That may be a European issue.

And it may not. The theory purported to explain the statistics implies that it is not necessarily exclusive to Europe.

But, hey, don't let the facts get in the way of your beliefs...
 
And it may not. The theory purported to explain the statistics implies that it is not necessarily exclusive to Europe.

But, hey, don't let the facts get in the way of your beliefs...

Have any evidence of human trafficking to Nevada?
 
No, that fails for the same reason the prohibition analogy fails. The supply of marijuana and alcohol can easily be increased to meet increased demand by simply planting more pot or distilling more booze.

The supply in prostitution is fundamentally different. Women willing to sell sex don't grow on trees. You can't just build another prostitute factory. If the demand for sex (men willing to buy) is larger than the supply for it (women willing to sell), there will be a black market for sex.
Meh. You are laboring under the sordid and dirty practice of the illegal sex trade of yesterday. No one is suggesting a continuation of status quo with legalization. You are warped by stigma. You cant or wont see what a legal prostitution business could be. Regardless...the laws today dont help. At all.
 
Has anyone said why they think it should be illegal to begin with?
 
I was simply stating there would still be a huge black market for it.
Black people should be just as entitled to pursue it as white people.
 
Legalizing whores is not bringing back the US.

Not just women...man whores too!

Prosititution isnt going anywhere....'oldest profession.....' and all.


Stop trying to tell people how to act....reduce the burden on the rest of us in cops, courts, etc.

I hate useless 'feel-good' legislation and making prostitution illegal is probably the oldest of those pointless laws :)

(And since when is sex 'deviant' behavior?)
 
Not just women...man whores too!

Prosititution isnt going anywhere....'oldest profession.....' and all.


Stop trying to tell people how to act....reduce the burden on the rest of us in cops, courts, etc.

I hate useless 'feel-good' legislation and making prostitution illegal is probably the oldest of those pointless laws :)

(And since when is sex 'deviant' behavior?)
How about people act with a little self respect and personal responsibility. You want Trixie standing on your street corner? Or in front of your house?
 
How about people act with a little self respect and personal responsibility. You want Trixie standing on your street corner? Or in front of your house?

That's kind of like asking if I want Wal-Mart building next to my house. There are still business regulations, such as zoning and all.
 
That's kind of like asking if I want Wal-Mart building next to my house. There are still business regulations, such as zoning and all.
Yea, and hookers are known for adhering to laws and zones.
 
Yea, and hookers are known for adhering to laws and zones.

Same could be said of black market video games and movies makers. It's simply a false comparison. Trixie is not standing on my corner now. Why should she all of the sudden do so simply because prostitution in and of itself is legal?
 
Same could be said of black market video games and movies makers. It's simply a false comparison. Trixie is not standing on my corner now. Why should she all of the sudden do so simply because prostitution in and of itself is legal?

Why not? New market. YOUR neighborhood.
 
How about people act with a little self respect and personal responsibility. You want Trixie standing on your street corner? Or in front of your house?

It never ceases to amaze me...the people who want to use laws to control personal behavior. Wow. Esp. those that consider themselves American (the whole 'personal liberty' thing is important to most of us). (And the success rate for that 'concept' is only moderately successful. Certainly not sexually related behavior.)

If you thought about it, would you realize that brought under the umbrella of commerce, they would be subject to zoning and other laws? Exactly where do you live? lol
 
Why not? New market. YOUR neighborhood.

So then why hasn't she already entered into this new market? Again you're just throwing out something random that is not influenced by making prostitution legal.
 
Why regulate it? Because people might harm themselves by getting a disease? Is that not a risk of what they are doing?

To make sure no-one works with transmittable diseases. To make sure no one works in the prostitution industry that is doing this against their will. To make sure they get a fair share of the income they generate (no take all or almost all pimps allowed). Brothels need to be safe and clean to ensure health and safety for clients and prostitutes.

Street prostitution should still be banned to protect both the women and the johns.
 
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