Abstract
An argument for the legalization of prostitution.

From the Paper
"Commonly referred to as the oldest profession in the world, tales of prostitution date back to the Sumerian period around 2400 B.C. Documentation exists establishing prostitutes role in societies across all great ancient civilizations such as the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greek and Romans. The brothel served roving travelers and conquering militaries. And since then, through the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, all the way to present times, debate has raged over prostitution's place within society. Although there are a number of ethical and moral issues, there needs to be an acknowledgement that demand for these services has and always will..."

Tags:prostitution, legalization, whores

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This paper examines the detrimental effects of legalizing prostitution, and explains why sanctioning and punitive options are much more effective than creating a legal, economic prostitution market. The writer points out how the legalization of prostitution would only serve to promote the sex industry and provide it economic and political power. The writer strongly asserts that one of the most important issues that many advocates of legalized prostitution overlook is the promotion of child prostitution. The writer also believes that human rights and health issues, in addition to the moral conflict that surrounds prostitution, should be the main reasons for not legalizing prostitution.

From the Paper
"Similar to the ethical debate for the legalization of narcotics and marijuana, prostitution invokes moral and social conflicts unlike any other issue. Prostitution is one of the oldest female occupations in the history of the world, and the sale of sex and the female body has always been a hotbed of debate. With the growing influence of the adult entertainment industry, governments are running out of regulatory options. Many government officials are forced to look at the option of legalizing prostitution, in an effort to economize the market and provide legal jobs for women. The argument for legalization stems from the theory of decriminalization, rather than the government intervening with morality on its coattails."

Tags:sex, trafficking, women, child, decriminalization, human, rights, health, issues

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This paper discusses the fact that existing laws jeopardize the lives of sex workers and explains social learning theories and feminist criminological theories that support the decriminalization of prostitution as a humanitarian undertaking. The author defines prostitution and suggests what feminists and human rights activists could lobby for in order to ensure that prostitutes have rights both as individual people and sex industry workers. The author concludes that if the sex industry was regulated and sex workers were provided with legal protection, safety, and health services, they might be enabled to rise above survival mode and escape from prostitution.

From the Paper
"Proponents of the legalization and decriminalization of prostitution state that prostitution reduces the sex worker to a commodity. However, if prostitution were decriminalized, legalized, and regulated, sex workers could escape the streets, have access to a safer working environment, gain ample access to health care services, and demand legal protection under the law. If nothing else (setting all rape issues aside) a person who forces sex without consent on a sex worker could be prosecuted for destruction of property and theft of merchandise--in the same way that muggers, thieves, and robbers are prosecuted. After all, whose property and merchandise is being referred to? Hers. A commodity perhaps, but still no less a human being."

Tags:outreach trauma behavior, child abuse, victim methodology radical feminism sexual

Abstract
This is a policy proposal for reducing serious crime by legalizing prostitution. The purpose is to reduce serious crime against women prostitutes. The paper discusses the relevant issues involved including health factors, moral concerns, human rights concerns, and also whether legalizing prostitution would prove effective.

From the Paper
This research examines as a policy proposal legalizing prostitution so as to reduce serious crimes against women. The plan of the research will be to set forth relevant issues and then discuss how legalizing prostitution would reduce crime and reasons that ..."

Tags:Prostitution, Legalization, Policy

Abstract
This paper examines how prostitution has been a ubiquitous feature of human societies as far back as the earliest historical records available and how in almost all societies, it has always been associated with social deviance, and with extremely negative social stigmas applicable to its practitioners and customers alike. In its current form in the U.S., prostitution is associated with high rates of criminality, but that is likely a function of its illegal status more than of anything inherent in prostitution. The paper argues that legalizing prostitution can effectively eliminate negative elements of prostitution such as crime and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

Outline:
Introduction
The Argument Against Legalizing Prostitution
The Argument for Legalizing Prostitution
Conclusion

From the Paper
"In Holland, prostitution is strictly limited to specific areas to reduce any unwanted exposure in society; safe sex practices and regular STD screening are both required by law; and the entire industry is regulated in the same manner as other legal professions. As a result, there is virtually no transmission of STDs associated with the legal prostitution trade. That is not to say that certain social stigmas are completely foreign as pertains to women who work in the sex industry in Holland, but in so far as justifying the rational objections to legalized prostitution, that is inconsequential; the objective concern relating to human health has been effectively addressed by legalizing prostitution. "

Tags:sex, industry, STD, AIDS

Abstract
Int his article, the writer maintains that existing laws jeopardize the lives of sex workers. The writer discusses that social workers and others concerned with the welfare of these sex workers often find it difficult to gain the trust of these workers in order to help them. Predators know that prostitutes generally will not report any abusive or violent behavior, and they therefore view the street prostitute as fair game to hunt, rape, mutilate, and kill. The writer maintains that sex workers are thus particularly vulnerable to sexual assault and argues for the legalization of prostitution.

From the Paper
"Sex workers are thus particularly vulnerable to sexual assault. Society also views prostitution as distasteful, somewhat animalistic, demoralizing, and degrading to the human spirit; at the same time, though, sex work provides an opportunity for people to make a living, the majority of whom are poor, displaced ..."

Tags:legalization, prostitution, reasons

Abstract
In this article, the writer outlines why it is that the legalization of prostitution is a positive step towards protecting the safety and dignity of sex-trade workers. In particular, the writer looks at how legalization has been proven to reduce the spread of sexually-transmitted disease, cuts down on violence against sex-trade workers, and discourages the upsetting of public order.

From the Paper
"As well, legalization reduces the gains accruing to unscrupulous "pimps" and "madams", brings the practice out into the light of day (where it can be better monitored), reduces the anonymity that sexual predators soliciting sex-trade workers crave, makes women engaged in the business subject to the same workplace safety standards as anyone else, affords them the opportunity to secure social services for their children through their employer, and gives them a measure of control over their own lives. In the end, legalization is an idea that should now be put into practice."

Tags:prostitution, legalization, pro

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The author of the paper presents an argument for the legalization of prostitution. The writer firstly gives a brief historical overview of prostitution and then carries on to document a number of countries in the world today where prostitution is legal and regulated by authorities. The author continues with an examination as to how legalization of prostitution affects the general public's view of the profession, the women working in it and the clients using the service. In addition, the writer also addresses crime, health and other social arguments for the legalization of the profession.

From the Paper
"Detractors argue that legalizing the profession of prostitution alone may invoke a number of the social ills. However, it is not the legalization of prostitution that is the problem; rather it is the lax regulation of the profession that creates social havoc, as is seen in Germany. Furthermore, the major objective of laws legalizing prostitution have been to prevent the exploitation of women and children in sex trafficking, to reduce the incidence of prostitutes "selling their wares" on street corners, and to protect prostitutes and the public from sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV. Furthermore, the negative social stigma attached to the profession is reduced or eliminated in locations in which prostitution has been made legal as is evident in Amsterdam."

Tags:legal stigma crime, sexually transmitted disease, feminist criminology sex consensual

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This paper discusses the positive effects that legalization of prostitution would have not only on the people involved in this industry, but on society as a whole. The writer discusses a recent study that focuses chiefly upon the impact of legalized brothels in Nevada. The writer further explains how, based on this study, legalization will reduce the spread of sexually-transmitted disease, cut down on violence against sex-trade workers, and discourage the upsetting of public order. The writer concludes that while there is an understandable public aversion to legalizing prostitution, the benefits to women engaged in this industry makes legalization something law-makers should seriously consider.

From the Paper
"One of the first things which becomes apparent with regards to the legalization of prostitution is that several of the rationales which have historically been brought forward in defense of keeping it illegal - reducing the threat of sexually-transmitted diseases, discouraging "violence" against community order, and thwarting inter-personal violence against women who happen to be sex-trade workers - are actually better-served by legalization. For example, a recent study - focusing chiefly upon the impact of legalized brothels in Nevada - reveals that a compelling case can be put forward that legalization of prostitution brings with it a level of public scrutiny and observation, a measure of official regulation, and sufficient "bureaucratization" that the forms of violence detailed above are actually reduced (Brents, 270 and 280-295)."

Tags:sexually-transmitted, disease, sex, workers, violence, women

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This paper presents several cogent arguments for the legalization of prostitution, pointing out that it is not really a question of whether prostitution is moral, but rathe, whether police suppression of prostitution makes society a safer place.

From the Paper
"In the mid-1990 during the height of the Heidi Fleiss, the Hollywood madam, conviction, several cities, including San Francisco and Atlanta, appointed a task force to analyze the issue of legalizing prostitution, however neither city has changed its policies (Bovard Pp). Many feel that legalizing prostitution would help halt the spread of AIDS and moreover, improve law enforcement (Bovard Pp). Too often, says writer James Bovard, "police use their time and resources to stage sting operations against prostitutes rather than to fight violent crime""

Tags:illegal, nevada, agencies, trickery, deceit, arrest, escorts, violating, laws, oldest, profession