Legalising Prostitution

Should prostitution be legalised? Should there be legal brothels? The benefits of this would mean protection for women from rape, assault and sexual exploitation - these would significantly be decreased. Less women would be on the streets dependant on drugs, and generally they'd have a better and safer life.

Some would argue and be adamant with the idea that prostitution is completely immoral, and degrading for a woman to sell herself for sex. Truth is, prostitution will always be around and women are getting raped and assaulted - it's upto us and the government to come to an agreement so that the women are kept safer on the streets.

DISCUSS:

Wth? No I don't.

Why would you wana make it legal? (Hopefully thats what you mean otherwise im going look completely dumb).

I mean it wont make anyone any safer, women would still get abused. We shouldn't make it legal because they wont be safe, if anything we should be helping them to stop. Stop the selling of themselves, drug taking and getting abused so they can have a better life. How is making is legal going to help them?

yeh i do wanna make it legal. not so i can get some but so they dont get raped. exactly as you said it.

if it was legal it would be a JOB, do it or dont.

Technically it's not illegal for one consenting adult to pay another for sex, what is illegal is someone else living off the profits of it (ie; a pimp) or running the "business" in a brothel (any place where there is more than one woman "working"). Also, it is illegal to go curb crawling - that is, walking the streets looking for people to offer your services to.

If prostitution was legalised there would be better protection on the women, they'd be less likely to exploited, they could earn an honest living (because a lot of prostitutes do it because they enjoy the job as it were, not just because they're druggies who need work), and hell, it's a service. Sex phonelines are legal, so why not the real deal? If you don't like it don't use it, I know I won't be. Doesn't mean I can't see the simple fact that some people do want that sort of life and that sort of service, people are different.

I would say it's a bad idea! As the streats would end up with people hangin on street corners and it would be an increase in violence and i don't belive it ould cut down on rape.

If it was made legal they wouldn't need to hang around on the streets, they'd be able to legally advertise. I doubt there'd be a massive increase in prostitutes and punters anyway, it would still be sort of taboo.

Yeah it could all be set up if it was legal so its more safe, Have beds ready n all, you pay before you go in and she/hes ready in there for u LOL and you have like 5minutes lol:8 it wuld reduce rape/violence and running off with they're money, which is sought of rape..

Yea, i reckon it SHOULD be made legal, for the reasons said above

i'm undecided tbh because your views are good about it stopping rapes happening etc. but surely if its legal, more people will do it who can't get it lol and there will be an increase in STIs and STDs, so if it was legal it should be compulsary to were a jonny or a femidom to reduce risks of this, and also stop the prossie getting pregnant and having to carry out an abortion/have a kid.

It shoulld stay illegal.