The United Nations’ Convention held in 1949, stated prostitution to be “incompatible with human dignity”. According to the Oxford Dictionary, prostitution is defined as "The practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment." Often referred to as the “oldest profession” in the world, prostitution has become a burning issue in today’s world. The ongoing debate on whether to legalize, criminalize or decriminalize prostitution seems to be quite unresolvable. This paper investigates the negative impacts of legalizing prostitution such as 1) encouragement of prostitution, 2) increase in the incidence of human trafficking and 3) exposure of prostitutes to severe harm such as drug abuse, infection from sexually transmitted diseases and violence, which clearly supports the fact that prostitution should not be legalized. Firstly, legalization of prostitution leads to the impression that it is socially acceptable which further encourages the recruitment of prostitutes. Although it seems like legalizing prostitution may actually control and reduce the number of prostitutes, the case is actually the opposite. The core idea of legalizing prostitution is to impose a sin tax on prostitution to discourage its continuity and also to boost the country’s economy. However, if we think about it practically, those who are conducting illegal prostitution at present will never pay the taxes once they are legalized. So, there is no outcome of such action.
The sexist origins of the criminalization of prostitution tie into the issue of criminalizing victims of sex trafficking in that the blame has historically been on those providing the service instead of the individuals paying for it; in fact, “young girls are prosecuted at reportedly higher rates than even the men who exploit them” (Annitto, 2011, p.
Consequently, we have all asked these questions, what present prostitution? Should it be completely forbidden or overlooked? And should an economical method be used to help sustain the economy
Sex Trafficking is a form of modern day slavery that exists throughout the United States and globally. It is one of the biggest lies in society (Farley et., 2014). The Vanderbilt Law Review indicates that the majority of prostitutes do not enter the prostitution lifestyle on their own free will choice, but instead becomes a prostitute due to a variety of vulnerabilities that both pimps and traffickers exploit. This explains why young women get blindsided and think they are becoming a prostitute when in reality they are a sex trafficking victim (Elrod 2015). When the United States made prostitution illegal, it did not change the mentality of the johns.
1. A) During the 1950s and 1960s, there was very little political attention paid to prostitution. It was not until the mid 1970s that perceived problems with the prostitution law began to show. In 1983, the Liberal government appointed the Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution to consider changing the policy.
In the past few decades, a debate has arisen over the legalization of prostitution in America. Proponents of the cause claim that legalizing and regulating it would bring about a reduction in crime, improve public health, aid the poor, boost tax revenue, improve conditions for existing prostitutes, and allow those who willfully choose this path to do so without fear of punishment. Opponents claim the practice to be immoral and believe that permitting prostitution would escalate sexually transmitted diseases, cause increases in human trafficking, and further the oppression of
When it comes to prostitution, many are quick to judge. Although a lot of opinions are actually close to the fact and statistics about the subject, there are still aspects not understood and a great lack of knowledge. Prostitution as a whole is either right or wrong depending on a person 's values, morals, and religion. This paper is not to support nor discriminate the act of being a prostitute. Hopefully there is a better understanding of the risks of being a prostitute, the riddance of a “female only” stigma and the several types of prostitute occupations as well as legalities of
Prostitution is a widely recognized topic, anyone and anywhere can get involved into this line of work with just one thing, themselves. Do the men, women and children really have a choice whether or not they want to use their bodies to earn a living? Or are they forced by outside influences that make them have no other choice. Preliminary research covered numerous topics about prostitution; When the victims started and why they started was not uncovered by these findings. There have not been a sufficient interviews with these subjects to
An estimate made in said that if prostitution became legal that the rape rate would decrease by 25% or roughly 25,000 rapes a year, which is a lot and would definitely have a major impact. The other side of the argument says that prostitution should be illegal because it is not the woman's choice, that they are involved in human trafficking or that their pimp is forcing them, or that they just need the money, and that none of that is the prostitutes choice, but what's wrong with that is that they do have a choice, waking up and getting out of bed every day is a choice, if you don’t want to do something, you don't have too, nobody can make you. Also, critics say legalizing it will not prevent rape, human trafficking of women and underage kids will still happen, nothing will stop that. The flaw in that statement is that rape and prostitution are two different things, prostitution is selling you for money and rape is against
This in return makes them vulnerable to attacks and rapes on account of there being no witnesses. According to an article by Linda M. Rio, titled Psychological and Sociological Research and the Decriminalization or Legalization of Prostitution, a survey was taken and “65% of the respondent prostitutes had been seriously injured by a customer” (Rio, 1991, 8). The article then outlines that “because of their illegal status, prostitutes are unlikely to report such incidents, and clients are well aware of this fact” (Rio, 1991, 9). Therefore there are many unreported crimes regarding prostitutes. There is also the issue regarding the individual who backs the prostitutes, what we call the pimp.
Today 's continuously evolving world is the breeding ground for many legal issues, surfacing and flourishing into numerous controversial debates. Among these regular disputes, the topic of prostitution and it 's legalization is one of the most prominent ones. Countless diagreements emerge when trying to argue whether prostitution should be legal or not, and ultimately it is a battle between the importance of having a personal choice, and the morals possessed by the the society we live in. Oftentimes, it becomes very difficult to come to a definite decision on a serious topic like this, just like the topic of aborition, same-sex marriage, and the legalization of drugs have all been controversial and highly debated topics in the past.
I find that prostitution as a whole is currently not possible with the models that we have now. There is just too much corruption, deceit, and lies, that completely ruin the whole process of making prostitution a safe and healthy profession. So in conclusion, I believe that prostitution should not be legalized as of now. I do think that with more education and regulation, a more well developed model of prostitution could come to fruition and grace the women, and men for that matter, who do find that prostitution is the profession that they chose to do in life, and it could ultimately make prostitution a safe and healthy form of sex
Can the government tax this kind of trade and profiteer on this profitable business? Or is it necessary to apply all kinds of legal, social and cultural prohibitions and measures against prostitution in order to eliminate it? One of the strongest arguments of legalization of prostitution is decreasing crimes and violence in sex industry. It’s not a secret that prostitution is a dangerous profession, and brothels-keepers very often allow their clients to scoff at prostitutes, to beat and humiliate them for a special fee.
It disables women to find love, get married and have children. Therefore it can be implied that the trade of prostitution degrades a women’s life and disables them to live a happy
Since the act of prostitution the customers are not arrested and that’s why the law enforcements are against it. The prostitutes are confronted with unequal treatments. From all society pushed into criminal onset on prostitutes. All law enforcement procedures fail because they tent to reduce prostitution but try to remove them from it but they can’t (stated in John
Additionally, legalization of prostitution would open a new source of tax revenue. Prostitution should be legal in the United States because it would make sex workers healthier, reduce violence against women, and it would be a substantial source of tax revenue. By definition, prostitution means the performance of sexual acts in return for payment. Prostitutes may be of either sex, but the majority of them have been women, most clients men.