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Decriminalize Prostitution, 2002.
An argument in favour of decriminalizing prostitution in America.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper argues that the U.S. should decriminalize prostitution.
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The Decriminalization of Prostitution in Toronto, 2008.
An argument in support of the decriminalization of prostitution in Toronto.
2,975 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper discusses how the decriminalization of prostitution in Toronto may be advantageous for sex workers. It states that although women are supposedly equal in Canada, somehow thousands of Canadian women still end up in sex work - a line of work in which they are at risk of violence, diseases and death. The paper argues that laws meant to protect society actually victimize people who are already at the bottom rung of society - marginalized, poor women - as well as a smaller group of male and transsexual prostitutes, and even some children. Law enforcers and the public frequently launch campaigns aimed at removing sex workers altogether - such as closing brothels and massage parlors. This does not remove sex workers - it merely makes them less safe. The paper concludes that protecting the rights of sex workers and decriminalizing prostitution will help to protect their safety and welfare.
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"The lives of sex workers are fraught with risks and threats. For example, by the very nature of their work, they are at risk of contracting a range of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, which is usually terminal. One might argue that sex workers should protect themselves by practicing safe sex. However, the reality is that these people are in a very disempowered position in society, and consequently, they are very often not in a position to insist on safe sex practices. A key part of their disempowerment is that they have little recourse to the law. In other words, if they are forced to have unsafe sex, they do not feel safe in laying a charge with the police. This is because their line of work is circumscribed by laws that aim to end prostitution, and therefore they do not feel safe phoning the police. Thus, one of the key reasons why the legal system pertaining to sex work should be changed is that this would facilitate equal rights to police protection for sex workers - who desperately need such protection."
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Decriminalization of Prostitution, 2004.
A libertarian argument for the decriminalization of prostitution in America.
4,380 words (approx. 17.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 115.95
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This paper examines how the American public has the choice to continue standing in opposition to reality and trivialize the risks sex workers face or to recognize that, regardless of its reputation or acceptance, it is a viable employment option for a number of people and deserves, at a minimum, protection under the law just as any other profession. It looks at how decriminalization could be the first step in creating a dialogue in understanding what prostitution truthfully entails and why it continues to persevere throughout the ages despite moral and social condemnation.
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"Traditional means of handling prostitution in the U.S. demonstrate a preference for lengthening punishments and the use of strong-arm tactics. Prostitution did not receive recognition as a major social concern until after the Civil War when an abolitionist group sought to draw attention to this issue by launching a ?propaganda battle?, which is considered ?largely responsible for the characterization of the prostitute as the ?fallen woman? recruited by ?vice lords? through an extensive white slave traffic? (Jennings 1239). The group?s efforts led to the implementation of the Federal White Slave Act in 1910, which marked the closing of most legitimate brothels and outlawed pandering and soliciting in a majority of the states (Jennings 1239)."
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Decriminalizing Prostitution, 2002.
A discussion on the decriminalization of vice and sin with a focus on prostitution.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper will endeavor to make a case for the support of the decriminalization of vice and sin, in this case via the example of prostitution by looking at it as an ineluctable part of day-to-day life; the reasons are threefold, although further cases in point can certainly be alluded to.
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Decriminalization of Prostitution, 1993.
Pros & cons. Looking at legal, social, ethical, drug, gender and economic issues.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 47.95
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" Prostitution is a crime that is often listed with several other criminal offenses under the hading "victimless crimes," meaning such offenses as drunkenness, drug addiction, and gambling. Proponents of laws against these offenses point out that they are not victimless crimes at all, that the families of addicts and drinkers and gamblers suffer, that the prostitute is a victim, and today that prostitution can have a wider effect in such anti-social acts as the spread of the AIDS virus and other sexually transmitted diseases as well as being associated with related criminal activity such as violent street crime, drug abuse, and the blighting of neighborhoods because of criminal activity. Efforts toward decriminalization of prostitution emphasize the social and behavioral causes of prostitution and state that criminalization has done nothing to reduce the.."
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Legalizing Prostitution, 2003.
A look at the issues concerning the decriminalization of prostitution.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper discusses the issues and problems involved in decriminalizing prostitution with a resolution to help deal with the issue in the absence of decriminalization. It also looks at whether decriminalization will consign women to greater abuse and the negative impact on the safety of prostitutes.
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"Prostitution is often called a necessary evil primarily because it has always existed and still does in all societies. Regardless of this fact, the issue of decriminalizing prostitution creates as much controversy and debate ..."
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The Legalization of Prostitution, 2006.
An argument for the ethics and morals behind the legalization or decriminalization of prostitution and the possible benefits for American society.
3,534 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 99.95
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This paper discusses the need for the decriminalization or legalization of prostitution in the United States for the benefit of both sex workers and average citizens. It provides an analysis of legal prostitution as compared to illegal prostitution and the concept of privacy rights in regards to the sale of one's own body. It also discusses the impact of religion on the legislative process.
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"The issue of prostitution in the United States is one that has been constantly debated throughout the years. Those who wish prostitution to remain illegal claim that prostitution is harmful to society both morally and physically. Supporters of decriminalization and legalization, on the other hand, feel that prostitution is a harmless private act or a "victimless crime." While matters of sexuality will always be debated and are deep personal choices of all individuals, the benefits of doing away with the archaic prohibition of "the world's oldest profession" are clear. When one analyzes the issue from a moral standpoint, the argument comes down to the common goal of any system of ethics, which is a society in which individuals do the greatest good for themselves and others in any manner of their choosing so long as they do not harm any others. One must ask then, which system provides the greatest good while doing the least harm? The system of prohibition in which a holier-than-thou attitude creates second-class citizens, ignores the problems of prostitution altogether (until said problems affect "normal" citizens), and denies individuals a way to earn a living, or the system of legalization which gives dignity to sex workers, gives them freedom and resources to practice their business in the safest and healthiest ways possible, and participate in a tradition that has been practiced in private since the earliest times of civilization? Clearly, the legalization of prostitution would be an action of great moral value in that it would provide sex workers with the freedom to control their own bodies, achieve legal equality with the rest of society, access healthcare and legal services as a normal American citizen, and receive the same acceptance of any other human being in functioning society."
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Legalization of Prostitution, 2007.
An argument in favor of the decriminalization of prostitution and an analysis of its potential benefits to society.
883 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses the potential benefits to the United States that would come with the decriminalization of prostitution. It describes the potential profits from taxes and commerce that would be created by brothels and how the streets would be rid of crime and raise the property values of surrounding areas. The paper also suggests that the regulation of prostitution by the government would lower the infection rate of sex workers by testing for diseases and prohibiting the use of drugs.
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"Removing prostitutes from the street and placing them in brothels will remove an element of crime that ranges from petty theft to capital murder. Many prostitutes are drug addicts that attract a criminal element that lowers the property value of an area. The first female serial killer to be executed, Aileen 'Lee' Carol Wuornos, was a drug addicted prostitute. Street prostitution causes gentrification in the area that these prostitutes begin to operate, by bringing not only the crimes committed by the prostitutes but by the criminal element that tends to operate in the same area. Placing brothels in these areas with an increased police presence funded by the revenues attained by the brothel would raise property values in an otherwise condemned area and increase the safety for those too porr to move out of the area. The decrease of customers and increase of police presence would also remove the drugs from the area and the criminal element that is so often associated with the use of drugs. The decrease of drug use in these areas would create a decrease in profits for drug smugglers and force these criminals to seek out new markets."
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Legalization of Prostitution, 2006.
An analysis of the arguments in favor of and against legalizing prostitution.
1,590 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper studies the legalization of prostitution, providing a thorough review of the arguments for and against the move. First, the author studies arguments in favor of decriminalizing prostitution, which are: (1) the subject matter itself is inappropriate for governmental legislation or regulation; (2) one's body, like one's other possessions, should give rise to the right to sell and dispose of as one wishes; (3) sex for hire is more accurately portrayed as a failure of the welfare state and not a criminal matter; and (4) the subject matter would be most fit for regulation, to ensure that women are treated humanely and receive appropriate medical attention so as to prevent the spread of disease. Then the author details how opponents of legalization view those same arguments.
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"Proponents of decriminalizing or legalizing prostitution point to the fact that the issue, at its fundamental level, concerns consensual relations between two adults. They contend that the subject matter is simply not appropriate for governmental intrusion, even when that intrusion extends only to placing sanctions, and not regulation. They argue that to say the least, sex, even when it is commercial sex, is a very private affair in which many believe the government has no business meddling. They contend that conservatives, the strongest supporters of the status quo, generally adopt a laissez-faire attitude about governmental intrusion and individual rights, and in refusing to support the same of prostitution, they exhibit extraordinary hypocrisy."
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Prostitution, 2005.
An argument for the legalization of prostitution.
2,760 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 95.95
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This paper argues the prostitution is legal and protected by the Ninth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Other arguments in favor of decriminalizing prostitution are provided, such as lowering crime rates and the transmission of STDs and the violation of monopoly law from making prostitution illegal.
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"Prostitution is often described as the world's oldest profession one that has existed in all societies throughout history. Abramson Pinkerton and Huppin define prostitutes and prostitution as a woman or man who engages in the ..."
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Legalization of Prostitution, 2002.
A case for legalizing prostitution on the grounds that women generally receive a greater level of respect and acceptance for their profession in countries where prostitution is legal.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 71.95
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This essay makes a case for legalizing prostitution. It argues that women generally receive a greater level of respect and acceptance for their profession in countries where prostitution is legal. They also receive more protection from routine police abuse, and get better medical care. However, the very nature of the profession means that the legalization of prostitution still comes with some stigmas and problems continue to proliferate even where it is legal. This essay still makes a claim for the legalization of prostitution, which, in spite of the problems that continue to be associated with it, tends to offer a safer service both for the individuals in the profession, and for their clientele. .
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Children and Prostitution, 2005.
A discussion on how abused children are more likely to turn to a life of prostitution.
6,320 words (approx. 25.3 pages), 37 sources, MLA, $ 147.95
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This paper traces the history of prostitution from ancient Greece until modern day Asia. It links child abuse to the prostitution of young women and shows the role of the media in this phenomena.
Outline
Introduction
Prostitution Through the Ages
Prostitution in the Byzantine Holy Land
Prostitution in the Middle Ages
Prostitution in the 19th Century
Child Prostitution in the United States in the Twentieth Century
What is Paedophilia and How is it related to Child Abuse
Why Do Pedophiles Flock To Asia?
The Media and Child Prostitution
Girls of the Night
Conclusion
Bibliography and References
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"From those early references we can believe that societies beliefs about the rights of children were considerably different than our own. In fact, the only children that were held in any regard were the legal sons of citizens and aristocrats. Free men living at the brink of poverty often sold their excess children in prostitution. In Ancient Greece, excess female babies were abandoned and then usually collected by prostitutes and pimps so they could be trained into the life as early as possible."
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Prostitution in the U.S.A., 2008.
This paper argues that prostitution in the U.S.A. should be legalized.
2,120 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper explains that, although prostitution is often referred to as the world's oldest profession, it is not so much a profession as a job of last resort for marginalized, poor women. The author argues that it needs to be recognized that prostitutes are workers like everyone else and should enjoy the same rights and protections. The paper stresses that, most importantly, prostitutes must not be further victimized by punitive legislation. The author points out that, since the prostitution industry will not go away, society should stop wasting tax dollars on trying to forcibly eliminate it. The paper recommends that steps should be taken to make life easier for these sex workers by such actions as providing health care.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Introduction
Background: How We Think about Prostitution
Purpose of the Study
Scope of the Study: Abuse Faced by Prostitutes
Sources and Methods
Reasons Why Prostitutes Do Not Use Legal and Policing
Resources, and Suggested Solutions
Reasons for Not Reporting Crimes
Why We Have an Obligation to Protect Prostitutes
The Current Legal Situation in the USA
Decriminalization: A Possible Solution?
Treating Prostitutes with the Same Respect as Other Workers
Ensuring Prostitutes have Access to Health Care
Recommendations
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"Since the 1970s, prostitution and related crimes have been totally illegal in the USA (except in thirteen counties in Nevada). The legal definitions of prostitution that are used vary, but most define prostitution as an exchange of money for sex. There are also laws against pandering and procuring, which are directed at people such as pimps. The legal definition of pimping is usually living off the earnings of a prostitute. This is usually totally illegal. All of these laws totally ignore the fact that prostitution is often not a choice."
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Prostitution through the Ages, 2002.
This paper explores the topic of prostitution, attempting to answer the questions of why there is prostitution and how it has been justified.
1,710 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The writer looks at three books that study prostitution in order to give a solid background knowledge of the history of prostitution. The paper then consolidates the information to discover the underlying reasons for prostitution and how it fits in with the societal fabric of which it is a part.
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"With the rise of Christianity came a harsher view of sexuality, which reflected in the way prostitutes were viewed. Many church leaders saw it as a necessary evil to protect and preserve marriage, and they sought to reform not condemn these women. Much of this had to do with the Bible character of Mary Magdalene. She was most likely a ?streetwalker? before she met Jesus, and was reformed through her love of God. It is also important to note that she was the most significant woman in Christian tradition, aside from the Virgin Mary. This says something of the dichotomy that had already become entrenched in the treatment of women, the virgin (good woman) and the whore (bad woman), a theme that you can find across cultures and time. The ideal women were seen as sexless virgins by the Church fathers, wives and mothers barely tolerated, and prostitutes pitied and loathed (p.72)."
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Prostitution in Canada, 2005.
A debate on prostitution in Canada, with reference to the successes of other countries in dealing with prostitution.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper explains conservative opposition to legalizing prostitution and liberal feminist acceptance of de-criminalization. The paper describes the way in which prostitution has changed since the 1980s arrival of the crack cocaine culture in North American cities and the 1990s rise of global trafficking in women. The paper makes reference to countries having changed prostitution laws towards new criminalization or stiffer penalties and its successes.
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"Debate on Prostitution in Canada. Introductory Discussion The last 30 years has seen considerable debate on prostitution towards sometimes opposing feminist views, in contrast with a conservative rejection of prostitution. Canada and the United States have inherited law from the United Kingdom that criminalized the prostitute as opposed to her client, as has drawn automatic criticism from feminists but not from social conservatives. This paper attempts to explore policy options according to conservative, liberal feminist and radical feminist views, towards a conclusion greatly supporting the radical feminist rejection of de-criminalization. One sees that the reality of prostitution has undergone two sets of changes since the early 1980s, towards a situation in which stiffer laws are probably warranted."
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