Legalize it. The consequence would be less health risks, supervised prostitution, lower crime rates, even a new source of taxes. I never understood why prostitution is illegal in most states in America. It doesn't make any sense. By forcing it into illegality you just loose control of it ... and that's when the trouble starts.

Why do U.S. cities and counties waste so much tax payer money fighting crimes of prostitution? It seems like a serious waste of resources if 2 adults are involved.

MrSoulpower said:

exactly.

Why do U.S. cities and counties waste so much tax payer money fighting crimes of prostitution? It seems like a serious waste of resources if 2 adults are involved.

because underage girls are often sucked into it and preyed upon, i think.

evenstar said:

.....and don't forget about underage boys. There are a lot of evil women AND men out there that are willing to have boys & girls for sex slaves.

Graycap23 said:

1. To stop the further spreading of sexually transmitted diseases.

2. To save and protect the spiritual code of marriage (READ: no adultery, no mistresses, no boy toys on the side, no keeping it on the "down low" with other men/women/animals, etc.).

Legalize it. The consequence would be less health risks, supervised prostitution, lower crime rates, even a new source of taxes. I never understood why prostitution is illegal in most states in America. It doesn't make any sense. By forcing it into illegality you just loose control of it ... and that's when the trouble starts.

TonyVanDam said:

Those are crimes. I'm speaking about 2 consenting adults.

TonyVanDam said:

the government has not interest in spiritual meaning of marriage. that is an affair of the church not the state.

and if Postitution was legal and monitored it would ideally prevent the spread of disease.

Graycap23 said:

1. To stop the further spreading of sexually transmitted diseases.

2. To save and protect the spiritual code of marriage (READ: no adultery, no mistresses, no boy toys on the side, no keeping it on the "down low" with other men/women/animals, etc.).

heard it really hasn't detoured any of the negative behavior by legalizing it in Neveda, problems are still the same.

morningsong said:

Las Vegas is still in the Top 5 for biggest crime rate in America.

TonyVanDam said:

In a controlled environment, you can actually decrease SMDs. But if you keep prostitution illegal, you cannot not keep the control.

And if you think that you can "protect the spiritual code of marriage" by banning prostitution, you are an illusionist.

MrSoulpower said:

Don't look at me. I'm not the government that wasting tax money on a losing battle.

MrSoulpower said:

Don't look at me. I'm not the government that wasting tax money on a losing battle.

TonyVanDam said:

losing battle as in keeping the spiritual code of marraige?

or fighting the battle against prosititution?

because underage girls are often sucked into it and preyed upon, i think.

Regardless if prostitution is legal or not, I would love to have pimps & hoes pay taxes. And escort companies needs to pay taxes too.
[Edited 2/20/08 14:36pm]

morningsong said:

Las Vegas is still in the Top 5 for biggest crime rate in America.

ehuffnsd said:

Both!

TonyVanDam said:

But how much of that is due to prostitution????

The former prostitutes say even legal brothels victimize women. They say selling your body like that takes away your soul and causes physical problems.

The non-profit plans to get aggressive in banning all prostitution in Nevada.

A new book about the sex trade in Las Vegas says our city have more advertisements for illegal prostitution than any other major city.

TonyVanDam said:

are you for or against legal prostitution?

« Is “Maureen Dowd” Deemed a “Progressive” by Media Matters For America To Alienate Feminists?4th Annual Conference: “Prostitution, Sex Work, and the Commercial Sex Industry” »Melissa Farley, “Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections”


From this site:

Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada addresses the scope of the sex industry in Nevada, including human rights violations against women in the Nevada legal brothels. The book describes how the multibillion-dollar illegal sex industry in Las Vegas works. Sex trafficking from within and outside of the US, advertising for prostitution, political corruption, pornography, organized crime and the constant demand of men for paid sex - all contribute to prostitution and trafficking in Nevada.

The Guardian featured an article about the book entitled “It’s like you sign a contract to be raped.” Here is an excerpt:

… During a two-year investigation, the author, Melissa Farley, visited eight legal brothels in Nevada, interviewing 45 women and a number of brothel owners. Far from enjoying better conditions than those who work illegally, the prostitutes she spoke to are often subject to slave-like conditions.

Described as “pussy penitentiaries” by one interviewee, the brothels tend to be in the middle of nowhere, out of sight of ordinary Nevadans. (Brothels are officially allowed only in counties with populations of fewer than 400,000, so prostitution remains an illegal - though vast - trade in conurbations such as Las Vegas.) The brothel prostitutes often live in prison-like conditions, locked in or forbidden to leave.

“The physical appearance of these buildings is shocking,” says Farley. “They look like wide trailers with barbed wire around them - little jails.” The rooms all have panic buttons, but many women told her that they had experienced violent and sexual abuse from the customers and pimps.

“I saw a grated iron door in one brothel,” says Farley. “The women’s food was shoved through the door’s steel bars between the kitchen and the brothel area. One pimp starved a woman he considered too fat. She made a friend outside the brothel who would throw food over the fence for her.” Another pimp told Farley matter-of-factly that many of the women working for him had histories of sexual abuse and mental ill-health. “Most,” he said, “have been sexually abused as kids. Some are bipolar, some are schizophrenic.”

Then there is the fact that legal prostitutes seem to lose the rights ordinary citizens enjoy. From 1987, prostitutes in Nevada have been legally required to be tested once a week for sexually transmitted diseases and monthly for HIV. Customers are not required to be tested. The women must present their medical clearance to the police station and be finger-printed, even though such registration is detrimental: if a woman is known to work as a prostitute, she may be refused health insurance, face discrimination in housing or future employment, or endure accusations of unfit motherhood. In addition, there are countries that will not permit registered prostitutes to settle, so their movement is severely restricted.

Those who support the system claim that the regulations may help prevent pimping, which they see as a worse form of exploitation to that which occurs in brothels. According to Farley’s research though, most women in legal brothels have pimps outside anyway, be they husbands or boyfriends. And, as Chong Kim, a survivor of prostitution who has worked with Farley, says, some of the legal brothel owners “are worse than any pimp. They abuse and imprison women and are fully protected by the state.”

The women are expected to live in the brothels and to work 12- to 14-hour shifts. Mary, a prostitute in a legal brothel for three years, outlines the restrictions. “You are not allowed to have your own car,” she notes. “It’s like [the pimp’s] own little police state.” When a customer arrives, a bell rings, and the women immediately have to present themselves in a line-up, so he can choose who to buy. …

Via Reclusive Leftist.

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