Legalization of prostitution in all 50 states of America

In regards to your first point, I completely agree. The 10th amendment clearly states that issues not granted to the fed gov in the constitution are left up to the states. I'm going to change the argument a tad, but your points still apply. Instead of all 50 states lets just talk about prostituion in general. In regards to your second point, you are correct in saying that it doesn't force women to do anything. We also have to keep into consideration that women often don't dream of having these types of jobs. They don't grow up with a passion and dream to be a prostitute. For whatever reason, usually they find themselves in an economic crisis, they get involved with this business. If we legalized this, it would condone this business and I don't think that we should be doing that. Yes, legalizing would decrease the amount of women prostituting through black markets but I think that we should focus on women getting actual jobs. Jobs that they can be proud of and feel safe in. As a woman myself (my profile says male because I don't know how to change it) I would not feel comfortable offering up my body to a man I don't know. Bottom line is, by legalizing this we are telling woman that it is okay to sell their bodies, Something that, for centuries, has been looked at negatively and with disrespect. In regards to your third point, we are created to have sex. We are made by two people who had se and we, as humans, are supposed to find someone and procreate. That is our job and it's not that I consider the vagina the most sacred thing, but sex itself. A Sexual relationship is the most intimate and personal relationship we can have with another individual. In regards to your fourth point, I completely disagree with you!!! A lax attitude about sex is exactly why we have so many teen pregnancies. Teens see sex EVERYWHERE. they learn about it at a very young age and often times not even by their parents or trusted adult. Kids learn about sex through the media and everything that goes along with it. The media makes sex look fun, cool, and the greatest thing to do, and that's why they do it! They see that their favorite movie characters are in love and have sex so they think that they're in love with their boyfriend of one week, have sex, and get pregnant! Teaching them about sex has to be done either way and teaching them ways to prevent teen pregnancy often tells kids "hey don't worry, use a condom, and if it breaks get the morning after pill, and if THAT doesn't work (here's the kicker) get an abortion! As long as you don't have a kid, we don't care! Have sex as much as you want, just be smart about it!!!!" Obviously that's an exaggeration but you get the message. With sex looking great from the media, and preventive measures from their teachers, why not have it? That is why teen pregnancy is a problem in our country. By legalizing prostitution we have giving young people yet another way to look at sex in a positive perspective (for cash). And hey..... Teen pregnancy is highest in Nevada..coincidentally that is where prostituion is legal, so I think it does play a factor (HAH I WIN) http://womensissues.about.com... In regards to your fifth point, yes, sex out of wedlock has become the norm. That is another huge issue with our society. People marry people because they like the sex. Then, when reality smacks them in the face, they get divorced. 51% of married couples get divorced these days. I believe that is because of the lack of consideration when it comes to sex. Prostituion should not be the answer to ones economic issues. Women should find jobs worth having and worth being proud of.