Post by Sar on Jul 29, 2012 18:51:41 GMT -5
Some may find that prostitution is an old, unneeded, and outdated profession. With the spread
of disease and abuse many find it obvious to see why the trade has been outlawed. However, as many
laws have been created to prevent the trade of sex for goods, none have truly been successful. As men
and women continue to participate, it brings up the questions: Is it wise to criminalize a career path
which gives consenting adults the right to choose? The illegalization really helps those who chose to do
this job? Some find that prostitution is an immoral way to take advantage of others, but is it really their
place to push their beliefs onto others. It has been shown in other countries that the legalization of
prostitution to bring help to the men and women who have chosen this path. In America it has been too
long that we have let the morals of some dictate the laws of the country. Living in a country based on
the freedoms of speech and liberty we must consider the benefits of legalizing this trade. By legalizing
prostitution in the United States, the trade would become a safer job for workers and clients.
Prostitution has long been debated to be one of, if not the, oldest profession to exist in human
civilization. No matter the economic status of the society or class of its people, there has, and seem
always will be the desire to have prostitutes to alleviate a basic human need. Some of the oldest traces
of prostitution referenced are in pieces of literature, like The Bible, and ancient laws, like the Code of
Hammurabi. Even though almost every culture shares this profession, the “Prostitution Problem” has
been dealt with in many ways, shapes, and forms over the thousands of years of written human history.
One of the most common ways of organizing prostitution in areas where it is legal, have certain district
set aside for prostitutes and their business. This system has been traced as far back as 600 B.C. in
Ancient China, and to 594 B.C. in Ancient Greece, these events starting almost four hundred years
before The Silk Road. As the world slowly started to connect itself and Western Culture started to
advance, more restrictions started to come down on prostitution. In 500 A.D. the Visigoth’s outlawed
prostitution, punishing it with exile. The Holy Roman Empire was even more brutal, going to the point of
cutting off the nose of the prostitute if they were to be found with a member of the Holy Roman Army.
Yet as civilizations advanced further, punishments became less barbarous. England, for example, passed
the Contagious Diseases Act in 1964, making it legal to arrest prostitutes to test them for diseases. If a
prostitute were to pass they would be let go, if they failed they would be hospitalized until cured then
sent on their way. Though these systems had their flaws, a main issue being lack of funding, it still
helped set the foundation of an idea that Prostitution could be successfully tolerated and legalized in
any governmental system. However, in America, not much was done with prostitution until 1970 with
St. Louis’s passing of the Social Evil Ordinance. Before this, prostitution was seen as wrong but was really
swept underneath the rug, hundreds being infect with diseases each year but nothing to be done about
it then fine those for being prostitutes and then free them to let them spread more disease. This
ordinance gave funding for local examiners to test prostitutes for STD’s and tax brothels to pay for the
funding. Though this helped protect the spread of disease, Missouri state legislature nullified the act and
prostitution laws once again one hundred percent illegal. 1897 prostitution legalization with limitations
was approved in New Oreleans’ Storyville but in 1917 was once again made illegal, like many places
elsewhere in the United States. To the years following many attempts have been made to legalize
Prostitution in the United States but all have failed, leaving the only legalized places for prostitution in
eight different counties in Nevada.
Though we live in a country based of the beliefs of separation of church and state, many morals
of a few dictate what we can and cannot do legally, Prostitution being the prime example of this. In a
relationship, a couple is expect to, at some point, have sex. Though sex has different meanings in
modern society, very few humans can get past the basic instinct to reproduce, if they are with someone
they’ve known for years or someone they just met, but for this example, one would use an adult
romantic couple. In this relationship there is sex. If one partner in the relationship has a higher libido
then the other, the satisfaction need would not match up, and would leave the more sexual partner to a
certain form of unhappiness. However, let’s say that their partner decided that in order t make their
other half happy, they would have sex even if it wasn’t as wanted by them, to bring happiness to the
other. This happiness of the high sex driven partner would increase the happiness of the lower sex
driven partner and both would end up happy. Looking at this in a “black and white” scenario, it is one
partner giving sex to the other in order to receive something in return. If these two consenting adults
agreed to this then wouldn’t prostitution be legal? By Untied States law, one does not have to be
married or even in a committed relationship to have sex and if, in basic thought, sex is just the trade of
goods (pleasure for pleasure, pleasure for happiness, ect), then where is the government
constitutionally allowed to say that prostitution is illegal? That is where issue is found. Prostitution isn’t
illegal because it goes against some constitutional code, prostitution is illegal do the morals from
centuries ago that still exist today being forced on those who want to move forward as a society and a
species. Until sex is no longer needed or wanted by any person on this planet, and due to the recent
study by the Asexual Visibility and Education Network(AVEN) showing that less than 5% of those
surveyed considered themselves as asexual, we are far away from the point where prostitution is not
needed. Prostitution should be embraced as a culture with the rest of our rights instead of stolen away
from us do the moral beliefs of some.
Though many ideas have been thrown around in the argument for the legalization of
prostitution, there seem to just be too many flaws with this idea. With prostitution, many diseases are
spread. Though there are the well-known sicknesses that have been around for years, such as syphilis
and AIDS, knew cancerous diseases are becoming more exposed such as HPV, a disease that has a
heightened catch rate with the higher your amount of past and present sexual partners. With the
legalization of prostitution, these diseases would legally support to spread between the workers and
clients. With prostitution being illegal, the law breaking workers and clients wouldn’t be able to stay
public and advertise their “Business” to as many people, reducing future clientele and in turn, reduce
the spread of these diseases. However, the most important factor to remember when discussing
prostitution is the effect that this career has on those working on it. With abuse ramped and, as stated
previously, diseases running wild these workers never have a break or true days off from their career for
their jobs become a life style for them. Members of Women Hurt In Systems of Prostitution Engaged in
Revolt(WHISPER) released the statement “ the act of prostitution is intrusive, unwanted, and often
overtly violent”. With WHISPER containing many members that are ex-prostitutes, they feel that though
a person can choose their career, that prostitution is never the aspiration of a child and no human being
should have to live every day receiving “paid rape”.
As prostitution continues to be illegal, the workers in the field suffer from the spread of diseases
caused by improper care and abuse due to fear of being fined or arrested is they report it. Both woman
and men have to fear for their safety and even life, due to their career choice being made illegal by the
morality of others. Though these workers are face with a serious problem, the public prefers
“Prohibition and cold abandonment” instead of managing the problem properly. Recently, in Ontario,
Canada, prostitution has been legalized and rules have been set in place to help prevent abuse and
increase safety of these workers. These laws allow prostitutes to higher support staff such as body
guards and drivers without the staff being liable of arrest for aiding a prostitute. Not only offering more
jobs in this economy, these members of a prostitutes support staff would keep the workers safe and
accounted for, instead of alone on the streets working. When talking to those who are for legalized
prostitution, they are positive that the legalization of prostitution would prevent the underground
prostitution that happens today. Though one cannot always be so optimistic it is obvious that having
prostitution no longer be a crime would drastically increase underground prostitution and would give
our tax dollars better use at finding real illegal activities, instead of just a “swinging door system” of
arrest, fine, release, repeat and wasting much time on a “victimless crime”. With taxes in mind, with
prostitution legalized, it would give a new job and career to be taxed to help pay for new systems that
could be put in place to help prostitutes. These new systems could range from the social awareness of
prostitution as a career to health benefits and the mandatory testing needed to keep workers and
clients safe from diseases such as Syphilis and HIV AIDS. As stated earlier, the Contagious Diseases Act
started the testing of Prostitutes for diseases and giving help to those who test positive and to remove
those who are incurable from the work force, to prevent the spread to others. This funding could also
become a resource to educate the public. Prostitution holds many levels as what is illegal but by social
standard, when two consenting adults agree to something the opinions of others should not apply.
However, in the United States, there is a high percentage of runaway youth who turn to prostitution.
Studies by the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children have shown that by thirty-six to forty-
eight hours, sometimes even sooner, a runaway youth will be solicited for sex. Out of desperation, many
of these youth comply in order to survive on the streets. With more funding and less criminalized
prostitution it will be easier to find, rescue, and rehabilitate the youth before they get trapped as
children into the sex trade before they have time to choose.
The debate on the legalization of prostitution has been around almost as long as the career, and
yet, as a society, countries still haven’t found a way to agree on how to treat the issue. Though there are
flaws that are presented when discussing a system of legalization, the positive outcome that would
protect the workers lives far outweigh the down falls and especially the moral beliefs of the few that
interrupt societies advancement as a whole. The Legalization of prostitution will protect the workers
and clients in the trade, bringing the world closer to another step in advancement.
of disease and abuse many find it obvious to see why the trade has been outlawed. However, as many
laws have been created to prevent the trade of sex for goods, none have truly been successful. As men
and women continue to participate, it brings up the questions: Is it wise to criminalize a career path
which gives consenting adults the right to choose? The illegalization really helps those who chose to do
this job? Some find that prostitution is an immoral way to take advantage of others, but is it really their
place to push their beliefs onto others. It has been shown in other countries that the legalization of
prostitution to bring help to the men and women who have chosen this path. In America it has been too
long that we have let the morals of some dictate the laws of the country. Living in a country based on
the freedoms of speech and liberty we must consider the benefits of legalizing this trade. By legalizing
prostitution in the United States, the trade would become a safer job for workers and clients.
Prostitution has long been debated to be one of, if not the, oldest profession to exist in human
civilization. No matter the economic status of the society or class of its people, there has, and seem
always will be the desire to have prostitutes to alleviate a basic human need. Some of the oldest traces
of prostitution referenced are in pieces of literature, like The Bible, and ancient laws, like the Code of
Hammurabi. Even though almost every culture shares this profession, the “Prostitution Problem” has
been dealt with in many ways, shapes, and forms over the thousands of years of written human history.
One of the most common ways of organizing prostitution in areas where it is legal, have certain district
set aside for prostitutes and their business. This system has been traced as far back as 600 B.C. in
Ancient China, and to 594 B.C. in Ancient Greece, these events starting almost four hundred years
before The Silk Road. As the world slowly started to connect itself and Western Culture started to
advance, more restrictions started to come down on prostitution. In 500 A.D. the Visigoth’s outlawed
prostitution, punishing it with exile. The Holy Roman Empire was even more brutal, going to the point of
cutting off the nose of the prostitute if they were to be found with a member of the Holy Roman Army.
Yet as civilizations advanced further, punishments became less barbarous. England, for example, passed
the Contagious Diseases Act in 1964, making it legal to arrest prostitutes to test them for diseases. If a
prostitute were to pass they would be let go, if they failed they would be hospitalized until cured then
sent on their way. Though these systems had their flaws, a main issue being lack of funding, it still
helped set the foundation of an idea that Prostitution could be successfully tolerated and legalized in
any governmental system. However, in America, not much was done with prostitution until 1970 with
St. Louis’s passing of the Social Evil Ordinance. Before this, prostitution was seen as wrong but was really
swept underneath the rug, hundreds being infect with diseases each year but nothing to be done about
it then fine those for being prostitutes and then free them to let them spread more disease. This
ordinance gave funding for local examiners to test prostitutes for STD’s and tax brothels to pay for the
funding. Though this helped protect the spread of disease, Missouri state legislature nullified the act and
prostitution laws once again one hundred percent illegal. 1897 prostitution legalization with limitations
was approved in New Oreleans’ Storyville but in 1917 was once again made illegal, like many places
elsewhere in the United States. To the years following many attempts have been made to legalize
Prostitution in the United States but all have failed, leaving the only legalized places for prostitution in
eight different counties in Nevada.
Though we live in a country based of the beliefs of separation of church and state, many morals
of a few dictate what we can and cannot do legally, Prostitution being the prime example of this. In a
relationship, a couple is expect to, at some point, have sex. Though sex has different meanings in
modern society, very few humans can get past the basic instinct to reproduce, if they are with someone
they’ve known for years or someone they just met, but for this example, one would use an adult
romantic couple. In this relationship there is sex. If one partner in the relationship has a higher libido
then the other, the satisfaction need would not match up, and would leave the more sexual partner to a
certain form of unhappiness. However, let’s say that their partner decided that in order t make their
other half happy, they would have sex even if it wasn’t as wanted by them, to bring happiness to the
other. This happiness of the high sex driven partner would increase the happiness of the lower sex
driven partner and both would end up happy. Looking at this in a “black and white” scenario, it is one
partner giving sex to the other in order to receive something in return. If these two consenting adults
agreed to this then wouldn’t prostitution be legal? By Untied States law, one does not have to be
married or even in a committed relationship to have sex and if, in basic thought, sex is just the trade of
goods (pleasure for pleasure, pleasure for happiness, ect), then where is the government
constitutionally allowed to say that prostitution is illegal? That is where issue is found. Prostitution isn’t
illegal because it goes against some constitutional code, prostitution is illegal do the morals from
centuries ago that still exist today being forced on those who want to move forward as a society and a
species. Until sex is no longer needed or wanted by any person on this planet, and due to the recent
study by the Asexual Visibility and Education Network(AVEN) showing that less than 5% of those
surveyed considered themselves as asexual, we are far away from the point where prostitution is not
needed. Prostitution should be embraced as a culture with the rest of our rights instead of stolen away
from us do the moral beliefs of some.
Though many ideas have been thrown around in the argument for the legalization of
prostitution, there seem to just be too many flaws with this idea. With prostitution, many diseases are
spread. Though there are the well-known sicknesses that have been around for years, such as syphilis
and AIDS, knew cancerous diseases are becoming more exposed such as HPV, a disease that has a
heightened catch rate with the higher your amount of past and present sexual partners. With the
legalization of prostitution, these diseases would legally support to spread between the workers and
clients. With prostitution being illegal, the law breaking workers and clients wouldn’t be able to stay
public and advertise their “Business” to as many people, reducing future clientele and in turn, reduce
the spread of these diseases. However, the most important factor to remember when discussing
prostitution is the effect that this career has on those working on it. With abuse ramped and, as stated
previously, diseases running wild these workers never have a break or true days off from their career for
their jobs become a life style for them. Members of Women Hurt In Systems of Prostitution Engaged in
Revolt(WHISPER) released the statement “ the act of prostitution is intrusive, unwanted, and often
overtly violent”. With WHISPER containing many members that are ex-prostitutes, they feel that though
a person can choose their career, that prostitution is never the aspiration of a child and no human being
should have to live every day receiving “paid rape”.
As prostitution continues to be illegal, the workers in the field suffer from the spread of diseases
caused by improper care and abuse due to fear of being fined or arrested is they report it. Both woman
and men have to fear for their safety and even life, due to their career choice being made illegal by the
morality of others. Though these workers are face with a serious problem, the public prefers
“Prohibition and cold abandonment” instead of managing the problem properly. Recently, in Ontario,
Canada, prostitution has been legalized and rules have been set in place to help prevent abuse and
increase safety of these workers. These laws allow prostitutes to higher support staff such as body
guards and drivers without the staff being liable of arrest for aiding a prostitute. Not only offering more
jobs in this economy, these members of a prostitutes support staff would keep the workers safe and
accounted for, instead of alone on the streets working. When talking to those who are for legalized
prostitution, they are positive that the legalization of prostitution would prevent the underground
prostitution that happens today. Though one cannot always be so optimistic it is obvious that having
prostitution no longer be a crime would drastically increase underground prostitution and would give
our tax dollars better use at finding real illegal activities, instead of just a “swinging door system” of
arrest, fine, release, repeat and wasting much time on a “victimless crime”. With taxes in mind, with
prostitution legalized, it would give a new job and career to be taxed to help pay for new systems that
could be put in place to help prostitutes. These new systems could range from the social awareness of
prostitution as a career to health benefits and the mandatory testing needed to keep workers and
clients safe from diseases such as Syphilis and HIV AIDS. As stated earlier, the Contagious Diseases Act
started the testing of Prostitutes for diseases and giving help to those who test positive and to remove
those who are incurable from the work force, to prevent the spread to others. This funding could also
become a resource to educate the public. Prostitution holds many levels as what is illegal but by social
standard, when two consenting adults agree to something the opinions of others should not apply.
However, in the United States, there is a high percentage of runaway youth who turn to prostitution.
Studies by the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children have shown that by thirty-six to forty-
eight hours, sometimes even sooner, a runaway youth will be solicited for sex. Out of desperation, many
of these youth comply in order to survive on the streets. With more funding and less criminalized
prostitution it will be easier to find, rescue, and rehabilitate the youth before they get trapped as
children into the sex trade before they have time to choose.
The debate on the legalization of prostitution has been around almost as long as the career, and
yet, as a society, countries still haven’t found a way to agree on how to treat the issue. Though there are
flaws that are presented when discussing a system of legalization, the positive outcome that would
protect the workers lives far outweigh the down falls and especially the moral beliefs of the few that
interrupt societies advancement as a whole. The Legalization of prostitution will protect the workers
and clients in the trade, bringing the world closer to another step in advancement.
