Topic: We should legalize prostitution
prostitution will be practiced anyway, legalizing makes it much safer and easy to regulate.
prostitution will cause a more dangerous environment for those trying to escape and will make sex trafficking more common
prostitution will cause more sex trafficking and provide a more dangerous environment to those already in the business
prostitution will continue regardless, legalization woueld make it safer.
Prostitution will happen either way, this way the state will have some method of oversight that can only make things better.
providing men with the legal ability to cheat will just encourage infidelity.
regulation would offer protection for these vulnerable workers.
religious groups and activists would go nuts.
religious groups will go crazy as this activity is unrighteous.
rights to individual autonomy and privacy allow adults to make their own decisions and sexual activity is a private, individual choice that should not be subject to criminal penalties
selling sex for money is immoral, and it is very dangerous especially when it is unregulated.
selling sex, and paying for sex, are both immoral deeds.
sex for money contributes to men seeing women as sex objects and this would encourage that behaviour.
Sex for money is immoral and should remain immoral.
sex is a choice between two people, and if someone wants to sell their body to make money, we should not stop them.
Sex is not a dirty word and if we are free to make our own choices about having sex in any other setting, why should we not be allowed to do so in exchange for money?
sex work is often exploitative and we need to protect people from that.
sex workers are often exploited by pimps and clients and have little choice,many are trafficked and so this should be a crime.
Since prostitutes provide a fantasy and not an authentic response during sex, legalizing prostitution will contribute to the spread of already existing norms around what female pleasure looks like and how women should respond during sex.
society does not want to send a message to women that prostitution is ok & acceptable
society might not be ready for such a bold move. it could lead to girls being coerced into the industry.
some people may like the seedy back street nature of it
some women have no other way to support themselves and their children
some women need the income to provide for their children and themselves
some women need this as a way to provide for themselves and their children
someone could be swayed into the profession and eventually end up under the control of a manager or "pimp".
States that have already legalized prostitution have seen only benefits, providing empirical evidence that the United States should do so as well.
Studies show that most women involved in prostitution were forced to go into it. or had no other choice. It's exploitative and degrading.
that is against the teachings of the bible.
the abuses and exploitation are prolific because the service must be conducted underground, legalize it and a safer, structured and regulated market can provide protection
the choice between what two consenting adults do is not up to the government