Advantages Of Legalization Of Sex Work

Register to read the introduction… While Kelly argues that legalization of prostitution would create a safer environment for women involved in the sex trade, she fails to mention that safety and health would still be a risk for women who chose to work on the street, or who were unable to gain employment at a government run brothel do to testing positive for an incurable std. Coupled with the market for sex work without condoms that would grow due to mandatory condom use in brothels, this could create more transmission of disease. While her effort to inform people of the damage done by anti-prostitution laws is commendable, a more logical solution would be to increase social and financial supports to all low income women. Opportunities to gain employment and education would keep women out of sex work, and thus out of danger and provide them with the ability to escape poverty without having to consider the sex industry as a way to increase their income above what is otherwise available to women who lack formal education or …show more content…
There are very few employment opportunities for uneducated women available, and the jobs available to women with no formal training are often very low paying, requiring long hours and lacking in benefits or ability for further training or advancement. With this lack of options, many women view sex work as a attractive alternative to the jobs currently available. If social programs aimed at helping women economically while furthering their education were made more available, giving women the opportunity to find employment in higher paying careers, women would be less likely to turn to the sex trade as a means of making money when they felt no other options were available for supporting themselves. In conclusion, Kelly's article outlines some of the advantages and disadvantages of legalizing prostitution very clearly, with information that is backed by research and easy to understand. However there are several important factors that must be considered before legislation can be changed that are missing from Kelly article. Considerations such as unwanted pregnancies, spreading of sexually transmitted disease and the bigger picture of social and economic support for women need to be considered in much more detail before