Should prostitution be legal?

[Thatdude091699]

There's been debate that if we legalize and regulate sex work we can make it safer (stds, pregnancy, no pimping) and also the government could tax it like in Germany. I think it should be legal as Long as women are selling there own body and there are no obligation to sex like in contract. What do y'all think?

Yes, make it legal.

No, it should be illegal.

[Anonymous]

Prostitution should remain "on the books" as illegal. But it should be an unenforceable law. The law that criminalizes prostitution should remain in place simply to "send a message" that it's immoral and unGodly. But what hookers continue to do will be their own free will

[Anonymous]

If you legalise it, you normalise it. Would you be happy if your daughter or your sister worked as a whore?

[Thatdude091699]

I don't like a lot of things about people I care about. It's their life not mine.

[Metallsturm]

Just because something is legal doesn't mean people will automatically do it.
Smoking is legal, is your wife or daughter smoking? It's more related to upbringing & education, rather than what's legal and what is not. If you were a responsible & reasonable parent (instead of being reliant on big brother's prohibitions), they are unlikely to become hookers to begin with.

[Opinion Owner]

@Metallsturm

I don’t think that’s entirely true. If they’re raised well it’s less likely for sure, but people who place the blame entirely on parents ignore the influence of the culture and their peers.

[MCheetah]

If marijuana and alcohol are legal, then why not? They're just as harmful.

[joeldalton]

Legalized prostitution is associated with an increase in human sex trafficking. I'm not so sure it's a simple answer.