Title: Why America Should Legalize Prostitution
Headings: 7 Reasons Why America Should Legalize Prostitution
7 Reasons Why America Should Legalize Prostitution
Geisha, a prostitute working at the Chicken Ranch brothel, rests in her bed in Pahrump, Nev.
It Would Reduce Violence Against Women
Legalization Would Make Sex Workers Healthier
Prostitution Is Arguably A Victimless Crime
Legal Prostitution Can Be A Source Of Tax Revenue
Legalization Could Save Precious Law Enforcement Resources
Legal Prostitutes Could Get Labor Rights
Prostitution Isn't Going Away Anytime Soon
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"All of the women we interviewed were passionate about expressing their support for these law. For example, they insisted that they always use condoms, whether the client prefers to or not," the report stated. Making sex work a crime can drive prostitutes underground and make them less likely to practice safe sex and get tested for sexually transmitted disease. An April 2012 study by the Urban Justice Center found that New York City cops were actually using condoms found on women as evidence in criminal prostitution cases against them. It's easy to imagine how this practice might deter sex workers from carrying protection. The United Nations Development Programme published a report last year on illegal sex work in Asia and the Pacific that highlighted just how damaging the criminalization of sex work can be to women's health. Here's what it said: Criminalization increases vulnerability to HIV by fueling stigma and discrimination, limiting access to HIV and sexual health services, condoms and harm reduction services, and adversely affecting the self-esteem of sex workers and their ability to make informed choices about their health. Prostitution Is Arguably A Victimless Crime
While some advocates argue that prostitutes are victims of Johns and pimps, sex work can be a victimless crime if women sell their bodies of their own volition. ( Moreover, it doesn't make sense to arrest sex workers if they are their own "victims.")