Legalization of prostitution

Prostitution has been a common practice among cultures

worldwide, though, it has never been seen as a formal nor
proper method of employment thus making it illegal.
Prostitution is the oldest job in history; records show that this
profession
goes
back
to
the
18th century
BC,
when Mesopotamian religious practices gave birth to the
prostitution trade, as women in Ishtars service would help
men who offered money to her temples with the sacred
powers of their bodies. Prostitution also arises in the accounts
of Herodotus, who recounted his observation of this originally
Sumerian religious sexual practice among the Babylonians
thousands of years later in the 5th century B.C. He noted that
most young women lost their virginity in the temples of Ishtar
to unknown men. Similarly, he tells of Syrian women who
offered their bodies for money so that they would be able to
take their earnings to their own love goddess, Astarte.
Now a day, prostitution is considered illegal almost
everywhere in the world, tough, in Mexico there is no federal
legislation that establishes any responsibilities for those who
practice prostitution nor those who act as costumers.
As with the drug trade, much of the violence associated with
sex work is exacerbated by its illegality. Violent people are
more likely to prey on sex workers, confident that they wont
be reported to police. This leaves workers dependent on
pimps and madams for protection, which often leads to more
violence. And then theres abuse from police. In Ireland, where
prostitution is still criminalized,a study called A systematic
review
of
the
correlates of
violence
against
sex
workers estimates that 30 percent of the abuse that sex
workers report comes from police. Some estimate that police
actually abuse American sex workers more often than clients
do.
In a plea to decriminalize prostitution published by Amnesty
International in 2015 they state: Sex workers are at
heightened risk of a whole host of human rights abuses
including rape, violence, extortion and discrimination. Far too

often they receive no, or very little, protection from the law or
means for redress.
1. Legalizing Prostitution Would Greatly Reduce Sex
Trafficking
As noted above, regardless of the fact that prostitution is
illegal, there is still a demand for it. Consequently, this helps
fuel one of the most heinous industries in the world: sexbased human trafficking, or sex trafficking.
Its estimated that there are around 30 million victims of
human trafficking around the world. More than half of the
victims (55 percent) are women or girls.
According to the International Labor Organization, human
trafficking generates around $150 billion per year. Two-thirds
of this money ($99 billion) comes from commercial sexual
exploitation.
The United States is not immune to the perils of this
disgusting industry. Somewhere between 14,500 and 17,500
people are trafficked into the United States every year. The
vast majority of these individuals are trafficked for sex work.
Tragically, 100,000 children are forced into prostitution every
year in America.
At the same time, there is widespread evidence that legalizing
prostitution reduces sex trafficking. In 2001, Germany
legalized sex work. Over the course of the next 10 years,
instances of sex-based human trafficking decreased by 10
percent within the country.
Correspondingly, as Cathy Reisenwitz notes for the Daily
Beast:
Working with instead of against sex workers will lead to more
slaves being rescued. In Germany, it already is.
While prohibitionists claim that legalizing prostitution has
increased human trafficking in the country, the data don't

support them.
Additionally, by keeping sex work illegal, victims of
sex trafficking are less likely to go to the police out of fear of
being arrested. Unfortunately, sex trafficking victims are often
treated like criminals. At the same time, there is evidence that
cops are frequent customers.
One of the keys to combatting sex-based human trafficking is
opening up the communication waves and exposing
traffickers. We cant do this while prostitution remains illegal,
which stigmatizes sex workers and pushes them to the fringes
of society.
2. Legalizing Prostitution Would Make Sex Workers
Safer (Fewer Assaults And STDs)
Belle Knox, known primarily as the Duke University Porn Star,
recently
wrote
an
informative
op-ed
for
Rolling
Stone supporting the legalization of prostitution in the US. She
contended that its contradictory that shes allowed to have
sex for money on camera, but when someone does it behind
closed doors it becomes a crime.
Knox wrote:
Prostitution is criminalized in every state and locality across
the country. As a result, sex workers are pushed onto the
street, leaving too many at the whims of pimps and dangerous
johns without access to police protection and labor
representation.
If only the practice was brought indoors, sex workers could
have more freedom to perform on their own terms in a safe,
legal environment like I do.
The United Nations Human Rights Council recently published a
reportexpressing
similar
sentiments,
stating,
The
criminalization of clients has not reduced trafficking or sex
work, but has increased sex workers' vulnerability to violence,

harmed HIV responses, and infringed on sex workers' rights.

Indeed, 45 to 75 percent of sex workers will experience
workplace violence. Yet, as long as prostitution remains
illegal, sex workers who are assaulted will be extremely
unlikely to report anything to the police for fear of legal
ramifications.
At the same time, there is evidence that legalizing prostitution
helps reduce violence against sex workers.
In Germany and New Zealand, where sex work is legalized,
occupational health and safety laws protect sex workers.
Correspondingly, as the brothels also screen clients and use
credit cards, violence has decreased. Sex workers there can
report instances of violence and harassment, and the
perpetrators are held accountable.
Likewise,
five
years
after
it decriminalized
adult
prostitution, New Zealand had no increases in trafficking or
the number of sex workers.
Relatedly, as a result of a legal loophole, state legislators in
Rhode Island unintentionally legalized prostitution in 1980. A
criminal case brought this to the publics attention in 2003.
The error was eventually corrected in 2009, and prostitution
was made illegal again.
During the six years in between, however, the number of
rapes
in
the
state
declined
by
31
percent.
Simultaneously, gonorrhea infection amongst women in Rhode
Island dropped by a whopping 39 percent.
Indeed, the data show that decriminalizing prostitution has a
very positive impact on public health and safety. The World
Health Organization (WHO) supports it for this very reason.
In a recent report, it stated: Violence against sex workers is
associated with inconsistent condom use or lack of condom
use, and with increased risk of STI and HIV infection. Violence
also prevents sex workers from accessing HIV information and
services.

Similarly, cops in cities across the US have actually used

condoms as evidence of prostitution-related offenses.
Hence, as long as sex work remains illegal, prostitutes will be
less likely to use condoms and seek STD tests. If it were to be
decriminalized, they would be safer and healthier.
3. Legalized Prostitution
Source Of Tax Revenue

Would

Be

Substantial

As long as prostitution remains illegal in several countries of

the world, those within the industry will pay no taxes. In turn,
the governments are missing out on a lucrative source of
revenue.
The prostitution industry is worth approximately 108 billion
dollars.
The legal prostitution industry in the Netherlands generates $800 Million (625
Million Euros) a year.
There are about 8,000 women working as prostitutes, with 3,000 working behind a
window.
The tax rate for workers in the prostitution industry is the 33 percent.

In 2007 alone, Atlantas sex trade was worth a staggering

$290 million. Not to mention, between 2005 and 2011, the
average weekly cash income for pimps in the city was
$32,833, that's $1,707,316 a year free of taxes.
In Nevada, legal brothels collectively make around $50 million
a year, and pay significant amounts of tax to the rural
counties in which they are located and operate.
Not to mention, police spend a great deal of time, money and
resources in an attempt to disrupt the sex trade. Yet, its not
going anywhere. If it were legalized, law enforcement could
save money and spend more time addressing more pressing
matters, such as terrorism.

In other words, if the government legalized prostitution, it

could potentially make enormous monetary gains.
143 to 860 thousand women are sex workers in Mexico, that's
the.25-1.5 % of the female population in the country.
The porn industry is worth 97 billion. According to MerriamWebster prostitution is : "the act or practice of engaging in
promiscuous sexual relations especially for money" and the
definition of acting is: the art or practice of representing a
character on a stage or before cameras. In both industries
sexual intercourse and money are involved, whats the main
difference between them? That one is legal and the other one
isnt, porn actresses receive money in Exchange for the act
of having sex and record it. So the main difference is that
there is a camera recording and on the ilegal side there is not.
Not only government gets the benefits from taxes, but also
the pharmaceutical industry does, as well as the hotel
industry, as well as other industries that are indirectly
benefited.

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