Title: Is Prostitution a Victimless Crime? - Prostitution - ProCon.org
Headings: Is Prostitution a Victimless Crime?
Is Prostitution a Victimless Crime?
PRO (yes)
CON (no)
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Content: Again, while this is true for a small number of sex workers, the research indicates that for the vast majority of women and girls, it is a highly constrained choice. Ultimately, viewing prostitution as a genuine ‘choice’ for women, such as secretarial work or waitressing, diminishes the possibility of getting women out and improving their lives.” Mar. 19, 2013 - Katie Pedigo, JD
Con
Ruchira Gupta, MA, Founder and President of Apne Aap Women Worldwide, stated in a July 19, 2013 email to ProCon.org: “Research and my own work with women in prostitution has shown that rarely do women, let alone girls, control the money that is earned off of their bodies. The women ends up as the consumed. In Apne Aap, we have seen that the women in the Red Light areas actually earn less as they grow older, get deeper into debt and suffer from multiple mental and physical health issues related to repeated body invasion. Their victimization is evident from any point of view physically, socially, and legally. Prostitution is definitely not a victimless crime. Women in prostitution are victimized on an hourly basis and they are also victimized at the time of recruitment because they are victims of multiple discriminations as being girls, being poor, and very often being from marginalized race or caste communities.” July 19, 2013 - Ruchira Gupta, MA
Con
The Lowell Sun, in its May 16, 2013 editorial titled “Sexual Servitude No Victimless Crime,” stated: