Prostitution Should Be Legal

Sorry for the late reply. Got caught up IRL.With regards to the spreading of disease by prostitutes, the solution is simple. The Beatles song, Ticket to Ride, is about a document required of all prostitutes working legally in Hamburg according to John Lennon[1]. A similar regulation would prevent the spread of disease by prostitutes. In addition, a prostitute would be wholly within his/her rights to demand a clean bill of health from a potential customer. By Con's logic regarding the spread of disease, we should also illegalize dating apps[2], promiscuity, or just plain Millenials having sex[3]. Equating prostitution to using methamphetamines is quite a stretch, although I can see the logic. However, those hiring a prostitute do so for the purposes of sexual intercourse, which is natural and normal. The effects caused by meth use (particularly crystal meth) tend to put the user in a state of hyperwakefulness. Some using meth may to react violently and there are those who use it solely to prep before committing a violent crime.[4] It is not the drug itself that makes it illegal, but the criminal activity that tends to accompany its use. Beyond the current prohibition on prostitution, there is no criminal activity that goes beyond sex. And if one were to argue that somehow sex is criminal, one would have to admit that one's own existence is the result of criminal behavior. You also say something of a slippery slope, and that is the same kind of argument that was offered by the Religious Right about homosexuality.To argue against my point on the legalization of prostitution as a way to prevent violence against prostitutes, you say "all brothels do is move this abuse inside to mask the horror involved in being a prostitute". However, the victim would merely have to go to a police station (or reach out to some emotionally attached "john") in order to file a legitimate complaint. If my manager strikes me at work, he has not only committed a crime, but handed me the ability to sue the company. The same would go for the prostitute. In addition, due to legalization, there would no law against prostitutes merely employing themselves, thus doing away with pimps altogether.You make the unsupported assertion (granted, in response to my unsupported assertion) that legalizing prostitution would greatly reduce child trafficking. Of course it would! Under the current prohibition, pimps are safer exploiting children because this implicates any customers in the act as well. However, with legalized prostitution, "johns" would have no need to visit shady underworld pimps or brothels, as that there would be ones with women of legal age (which I think should be at least 21) to be a prostitute. Any suspicion of child trafficking could be immediately reported by a john or a fellow prostitute without any fear of incarceration for themselves.I do like the non-sequitur of associating prostitution with rape. Prostitution is the act of selling sex to a client. Rape is forcing some to have sexual relations. The two are not related. And again, prostitutes who are raped would be entitled to equal protection under the law by police. You say "Endorsing prostitution either means you support sexual violence and the spread of STD's or you are just unaware of the horrid activities contained within a brothel." Well, if we are to prevent these things from ever happening, we should prohibit relations between men and women altogher. Maybe just have matchmakers pick out husbands and wives who can only meet under strict circumstances. I've only offered a way to reduce the threat to prostitutes and clients, who already exist and will continue to exist. As for your the final line, "ignore and disregard the fact that prostitution will never be safe. Thus, it should be illegal.", we should merely examine its logic. If we illegalize all professions which are not safe, than we should illegalize the military, the police, the firefighters, the sewage workers, the electricians, and on and on the list goes. I am merely pointing at a way for men and women who already work as prostitutes to either seek help from police to escape pimps or take control of their own professions. And to others who are either completely without talents or just enjoy sex alot and wish to capitalize on it, I say "why not?"1)https://www.beatlesbible.com...2)https://www.thesun.co.uk...3)http://www.msn.com...4)https://www.drugabuse.gov...