Prostitution has been called the world’s oldest profession, but it’s one of the most controversial debates in America. Prostitution is a service industry in which women or men exchange consensual sexual favors given for money or other reward. It is prime time to legalize and regulate this part of American culture which will lead to the reduction of violence and keeping sex workers healthy.
Safety is normally the number one concern for all prostitutes, but we 're not helping them by making consenting sex work a crime. “95% of those in prostitution were said to have experienced sexual harassment that would be legally actionable in ‘legal’ job setting (Melissa Farley, 2004).” Much of the violence associated with sex work is dusted off because …show more content…
Those against prostitution believe that legalizing this matter would lead to increase in sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS. "I see the doctor every week because it is state mandated. We 're tested weekly and monthly for blood. We have to be cleared by health professionals and a physician to work in the house (Taylor Lee, 2013)." Under Nevada’s state law, the brothels and their employees must register with the county sheriff and receive regular medical checkups weekly. A testing schedule was developed; before you can be allowed to start you must pass a test that shows that you do not have HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, or Chlamydia. “An anti-prostitution provision in a federal AIDS funding program created under the George W. Bush administration was struck down as unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court (Cheryl Wetzstein, 2013)”, encouraging these Nevada’s laws will only let the amount of disease free prostitutes increase but also others outside of the sex …show more content…
By keeping prostitution illegal, it is a violation of women’s civil right and their right to choose hot to use their body and decision on how to earn money, according to an organization called COYOTE, Call Off Your Old and Tired Ethics. Every day we regulate tons of business that 's morally controversial — like gambling, alcohol, tobacco, lap-dancing, and pornography, yet we still have one industry that has yet to be recognize of those that trying to make an honesty living the only way they know. Legalizing prostitution as a legitimate profession would help provide more adequate protection to those that are decriminalized in their way of work. Prostitution will happen anyway, but legalization and regulation will help halt and correct the
Safety is normally the number one concern for all prostitutes, but we 're not helping them by making consenting sex work a crime. “95% of those in prostitution were said to have experienced sexual harassment that would be legally actionable in ‘legal’ job setting (Melissa Farley, 2004).” Much of the violence associated with sex work is dusted off because …show more content…
Those against prostitution believe that legalizing this matter would lead to increase in sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS. "I see the doctor every week because it is state mandated. We 're tested weekly and monthly for blood. We have to be cleared by health professionals and a physician to work in the house (Taylor Lee, 2013)." Under Nevada’s state law, the brothels and their employees must register with the county sheriff and receive regular medical checkups weekly. A testing schedule was developed; before you can be allowed to start you must pass a test that shows that you do not have HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, or Chlamydia. “An anti-prostitution provision in a federal AIDS funding program created under the George W. Bush administration was struck down as unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court (Cheryl Wetzstein, 2013)”, encouraging these Nevada’s laws will only let the amount of disease free prostitutes increase but also others outside of the sex …show more content…
By keeping prostitution illegal, it is a violation of women’s civil right and their right to choose hot to use their body and decision on how to earn money, according to an organization called COYOTE, Call Off Your Old and Tired Ethics. Every day we regulate tons of business that 's morally controversial — like gambling, alcohol, tobacco, lap-dancing, and pornography, yet we still have one industry that has yet to be recognize of those that trying to make an honesty living the only way they know. Legalizing prostitution as a legitimate profession would help provide more adequate protection to those that are decriminalized in their way of work. Prostitution will happen anyway, but legalization and regulation will help halt and correct the