why do you think the government should legalize prostitution?
101097
There are so many reasons why I think it would be beneficial. I'd also like to say that this issue is VERY different from legalizing drugs. The 'oldest proffession' I believe, will never go away. Unlike drugs, humans are hard wired to copulate, we have no basic need to abuse drugs.\n\n1. You can regulate and tax it. That would in turn would provide for medical checkups and keep std's in check. Revenue would increase for the city/state and less std's will also save the city/state money.\n\n2. It would clean up the streets. Prostitutes would not be seen on the streets nor would pimps. Very stiff penalties for anyone prostituting without a license on the street. Property values would surely benefit.
991503
Depends on how you define crime. \nI think prostitution should be legal. If it were legal, the state could collect taxes and require the registered prostitutes to take health checks and those taxes could pay for it. It'd make the world a safer place. So long as there's a demand, there will be a supply and keeping it illegal won't change the fact that there's a demand for sex.\nThe conservative religious right thinks it would lead to the moral corruption of young women which, as can be seen in western countries where it is legal, is simply wrong.\nI bet my shorts that rape would decrease quite a bit if sex were available legally... but hey ho.. let's just continue to let the police waste their time and resources to lock up hookers and release them the next day to continue business as usual.
128166
Prostituion is not a crime, and unless women are not force to make that job it sholdn't be considered illegal, inmoral or anything else.\n\nI knew prostitutes that had a great education and culture, and they made that choice because it was fast money and they had a body and attitude according to do that job.
456783
i'm gonna be blunt. the government could care less about society includin' women. the services you ask of are optiionally provoked if this was protested by woman and supported by me. almost everyone, includin' myself, is corrupt. so that's why your less likely to get what'chou want.
576245
to legalize and regulate for example a 'red-light' district which would put the pimps out of work and provide health care for the gals BUT morality steps in and says its wrong to pay for sex, to encourage extramarital sex and to allow this behavior in society.  However, they don't call it the world's oldest profession for nothing.
417650
Yes.  That way we could use the police for more preventative measures.  We could get rid of the drug dealers.  We could regulate the substance - people would get what they paid for - no sugar, flour, Comet, Drano, etc - and the O.D.s would practically disappear.  We could tax it and help remove the national multitrillion dollar debt. \nI don't use drugs, but I don't think it's the government's right to tell me that I can't.  I am a functioning tax paying adult. The government is not my parent.
243729
Yes. It would. If it is legal, everything would have a set rule and control by the government. No longer fighting for turf. \nProstitution will have less diseases going around.Prostitutes will have to check by physician regularly.It is more safe for everyone.
52019
why the heck would they want to legalize it in the first place? If they were doing it for the medicinal value, you'd still need a prescription for it and recreational use would still be illegal, besides, there are a whole lot of drugs out there which are more effective.\nIf it were legal for recreational use, that would just result in increased consumption and more fatal traffic accidents, etc. Nothing good would come from it.
749692
Make it legal, that would do away with the "bad" parts of prostitution.  The very few areas of the US and the countries of the world that allow prostitution handle it very well.
110162
if it was hard, women and girls would go to underground clinics, secret places or somewhere where they can get one. its the law of supply and demand. plus the medical consequenses of a backroom abortion could be devastating. at least clinical is safe. who knows what could happen in an uncertified environment. also, clinical provides JOBS, AND THEY MAKE A TON OF MONEY. just like cigarettes or alcohol, if they know they can kill you why is it legal, simple--MONEY AND JOBS. lobbyists for these groups donate to politicians to get legislation in their favor. money talks. if abortion was illegal all the clinics, doctors, nurses, support staff would be unemployed and have to find another job, not good for the economy. thats why they don't shut down big business, tobacco farmers would be devastated and the grain farmers, distillers, and distributors would have no job. it all about money, politics and keeping your job and the government getting the TAX DOLLARS generated from these enterprises. its sad but thats the system governments use to generate revenue
311688
Some idiots will tell you that it is because men want to control women.  Other idiots will tell you that it is because of religious nuts. \n\nTruth is, society has deemed prostitution to be harmful to society.  Personally, I don't think prostitution should be a criminal activity.  \n\nProstitution is legal in parts of Nevada.  It should be legal in every state.
997858
Yes,,,,,,,,there should be an unambiguous law to protect practitioners.........and customers.........as my momma once said..........Prostitutes are a necessary evil.......well im all into legalising a need and a want,,,with some come back...
356066
Wow. That's a tough question.\nPersonally I disagree with government controls of personal decions. Unfortunately, there are a lot of stupid people out there that don't know how to behave responsibly. Also, meth is an amazingly addictive drug. I know, I became addicted to it. I haven't touched it in over a year and a half, but having been there I can say that there is no positive outcome from using it. It eats your body and numbs your mind.\n\nSo, should it be legal? Probably not.\nDo I feel that it would be safer if allowed to be produced in safer, controlled conditions, not to mention the amount of money it would save the government not fighting that particular war? Plus tax revenues? Probably. Plus our personal freedoms could use every boost they can get, even in this "free" country.
1095997
I totally agree with you. Thats why the pro-choice point of view is seriously flawed. They try to put all the emphasis on the woman but nobody thinks about the baby involved. What about the baby's right to choose to live?\n\nBut anyway - i guess prostitution has been illegal for the fact that its "dirty" and something people don't want to be around thier clean neighborhoods and stuff. But hey - who knows in 10 - 15 years what this country will legalize!
1056398
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.  This country is already in a sh*thole, and you want prostitution legal?  So, you want to legalize transferring STDs including AIDS?!  So are you trying to say that the physically and disabled people should deserve hookers or gigolos?  Just because they may be limited doesn't mean they're gonna lower themselves.  Just because someone can't hold a relationship down doesn't mean they go to prostitutes!  Stop underestimating those people!  Have some respect!  \nYou're obviously one of those "poor people" that need prostitution.  If hookers are your thing, then go ahead and do it, die with an STD, or be jailed...take your pick. \nLike I said,  NOT GONNA HAPPEN!
658130
I do think that people should apply for a license in order to have sex.  This world is so ridiculously overpopulated with idiots, trash, disease, drug addicts, 13-year-olds having babies, and other people who have absolutely no business spreading their DNA on to future generations.  I mean, you need a license to drive a car, why not a license to f*ck?  People should have to go through a special training course on reproduction, birth control, and disease prevention.  Their finances should be in order before they are allowed to bring more mouths to feed into the world.  Sorry, do I sound like Hitler?  Too bad.  Adoption agencies make responsible people go through hell before allowing them to adopt unwanted children, yet anyone who wants to can bring these unwanted children into the world and raise them in terrible homes, no questions asked?  Sex should be a privilege, not a right.
886259
The difference between the two is more like Dolphins and Porpoises not Lions and Bats.\n\nThe reason one is legal and the other is not, is because the law says one is legal and the other is not. The actual difference between the two acts are hard to see. It is not legal to have sex with someone for money, but is totally legal to have sex with someone free. It is not legal to have sex with someone for money, but it is totally legal to have film two other people having for money if you sell that film commercially. A rational, logical human being would never be able to understand this, which is why it is something only lawyers and politicians could come up with.\n\nThe bottom line is they could make prostitution legal, they chose not to, they could make porn illegal they chose not to. It is one of those cases where the difference is only what the court says is the difference. Great question.