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in my opinion, Legalized Prostitution would solve so many problems...

for one, they'd have the right to establish a Whores' Union, which would protect them from being exploited and abused by pimps, afford them fair wages, medical treatment and benefits, etcetera.

secondly, they'd have the option to freelance without a pimp, to take legal action on any competing Whore who assaults or otherwise causes trouble with them, and set their own wages; or to join a Brothel complete with Employee benefits (discounts anyone? or payed Medicare), protection, and a much cleaner and safer environment.

and thirdly, they'd be able to set their own terms (thanks to the Union), helping to keep STDs at bay.

i say it'd be a good damn thing to legalize Prostitution!

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in short,Whores. Discuss. =w=

"I want it to be legal...not because i like money..I mean s@#...But for all the reasons above..that and some my mom said, but i forget now.."

I think legalizing prostitution would come with a lot of red tape that would easily be ignored because of history of the business, but at the same time, a woman could go to the police or a lawyer and say "This man and I entered into a verbal contract and he squelched on his end of the deal. I want compensation," or even "Yes, we agreed to consensual sex for money, but he physically harmed me, which was not part of the deal. I want to sue for assault."

In many fiction books I've read where prostitution is legal, there is less of a religious stigma on the practice, which might be what is holding the U.S. back from extending legal protection. A lot of scenarios involve binding contracts, written and/or verbal, recognized in a court of law. There doesn't necessarily need to be whore-unions or a minimum wage. There just needs to be a legal understanding that paying for sex is the same as paying for any service.

Still, the question remains, who would want to openly admit "I'm a prostitute" to get legal benefits?

"Yes, change is hard. I wish you good luck, because the bible say's really, really well that whores are bad...Doesn't say witches as strongly (look at harry potter, it's hated) or really that much about gays..(Look at the law about gay marriage..or worse..straight camps...) and other stuff..so...Ya, not gonna be soon".

The state should worry about the physical and the religious should worry about the spiritual. They should only crossover in one's personal life--such as a Jew not eating pork or a Jehovah's Witness refusing a blood transfusion. I don't think that a predominantly Jewish government has the right to make pork illegal, or that a predominantly Jehovah's witness government should ban life-saving blood-based medical procedures. These practices are more about the spiritual applications than the physical, and no matter how well-meaning a religious government might be, the fact of the matter is that in the entirety of human history, past, present and future, all the billions of humans on the earth will never ever worship the same god. The basic freedom of religion should prevent the government from making laws based on what they believe is spiritually right.

However, the FDA has in place procedures to discern if pork is safe to eat and the hospitals follow strict procedures to ensure the safety of blood transfusions. Once the pork is check and packaged and on the supermarket's refrigerated shelf, it's up to the consumer to eat it. Once the blood is tested and approved, it's ready to do save another life. Physically, eating the pork will not cause the citizen of the government harm, and a blood transfusion can safe a life--even improve life quality.

It is a consideration how prostitution can effect the psyche, especially when combined with damaging, illegal drugs and abuse. A prostitute can also be blamed for breaking up a family (but really, the guy who sleeps with her should hold 99% of the blame for not holding up his legal bargain with his wife), which can psychologically harm children, make them feel unstable, unsafe, and confuse them about sex in general. However, the consequences of sex between two consenting adults is ONLY the concern of those two consenting adults. Pregnancy, STDs, psychological issues, religious stigmas--all of that effects people on a very individual basis, NOT on a sweeping general-population basis.

Besides, other sexual services are legally available, so keeping the act of PAYING for sex illegal while GIVING IT AWAY or even selling visual representations of the consensual act is perfectly fine is a lingering hypocrisy in modern society.

Basically, if you can legally get paid by a third party employer to have sex with a coworker on film, why can't you get paid for sex in private?

Wow, thank you for quoting the documentaries I posted!!
Very much appreciated!

And here is bible verses quoted, when it comes to homosexuality. I myself do not speak for nor endorse the bible.

xd indeed!

The overall goal should be protecting people and providing a safe environment. It turns out that this hasn't really happened in the areas where it's been legalized outright -- exploitation continues and the industry thrives. The same can be said about areas in which pornography is legal (the actual act is virtually identical although there are some different issues associated with it).

Many women (and men but of course to a lesser extent) in this industry do not desire to be involved in it. Making it legal doesn't seem to help this.

What has seemed to have a positive impact is decriminalizing the selling of sex, and criminalizing the buying. While it may sound unbalanced it makes a good deal of sense, and actually serves to limit the amount of abuse, as well as actually decrease the amount of prostitution that takes place. Sweden I believe was the first to adopt this policy, and different regions in Scandinavia have since followed, because it actually works.