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: “There’s some sentiment out there that prostitution — except for the potential of sexually transmitted disease and the marital implosion it may cause — is really one of those victimless pursuits that really doesn’t fit the description of a crime. Aside from the societal concerns that sex for money constantly erodes whatever moral values the majority of us still hold dear, the more immediate harm is dealt to these vulnerable young women who are usually duped into a life of dependency and abuse.” May 16, 2013 - Lowell Sun
Con
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), in the 1992 Female Juvenile Prostitution: Problem and Response, stated: “MYTH 2 – Prostitution is a victimless crime. Prostitution creates a setting whereby crimes against men, women, and children become a commercial enterprise… It is an assault when he/she forces a prostitute to engage in sadomasochistic sex scenes. When a pimp compels a prostitute to submit to sexual demands as a condition of employment, it is exploitation, sexual harassment, or rape — acts that are based on the prostitute’s compliance rather than her consent. The fact that a pimp or customer gives money to a prostitute for submitting to these acts does not alter the fact that child sexual abuse, rape, and/or battery occurs; it merely redefines these crimes as prostitution.” 1992 - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Con
The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of the Migrants and Itinerant People, in the June 20-21, 2006 “First International Meeting of Pastoral Care for the Liber