Seriously Christians, you see transactional sex between two consenting adults as worse then the rapes, abuse and murders that you are allowing to happen by keeping it illegal...
Women in sex work cannot go to the police about rapes or abuse because of their profession and that is plain and simple WRONG.
PUBLIC OPINION > Prostitution Should Be Legal
SodaHead Living
2012/07/26 21:00:00
The Global Commission on HIV and the Law issued a report suggesting that nations eliminate laws banning "consensual sex work" -- i.e., prostitution. It's an interesting claim coming from an organization aimed at preventing sexually transmitted disease, but their hope is that legalization would lead to regulation and safer practice. We asked the public if prostitution should be legal.
Nearly two-thirds of the population admitted that it thinks prostitution should be legal. However, it's important to understand that this doesn't necessarily reflect the public's moral opinion of the topic. The question is explicitly legal. Most people think it should be a choice. One commenter wrote, "By legalizing it, mandatory health screenings can be required for the safety of the prostitute and the buyer. Trying to keep it illegal only keeps the thing in the dark where roaches like to live. Bring it into the light of public attention and those roaches will scurry."
Men Are More Willing
Men Are More Willing
Should we be surprised that men were more likely to support the legalization of prostitution? Of course, the Global Commission was not referring solely to female prostitution, but it is more often thought of as a service targeted at men. Actually, the difference wasn't that big. Men were only 11% more supportive than women. Women were still more likely to support legalization than refuse it.
Christian Resistance
Christian Resistance
Religion and politics provided the biggest defenders of criminalization -- Christians and conservatives. Both demographics were significantly less supportive than the rest. Since religion and politics are often closely related, it's probably not too much of a leap to assume that religion drives this one. Allowing the nation to embrace something that Christians consider to be immoral is a tough call to make.
Older Voters Are For It
Older Voters Are For It
Typically, older voters respond similarly to conservative voters. In this case, that means we would predict the older a voter got the less willing they would be to support the legalization of prostitution. Not so. Actually, most age groups were relatively similar. The only one that stood out noticeably was the 55-64 group, and they were 11% more likely to support legalization.
If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about legalizing prostitution. We'd love to hear from you!
If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about legalizing prostitution. We'd love to hear from you!
Top Opinion
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Jiorgia 2012/07/26 21:30:50
Women in sex work cannot go to the police about rapes or abuse because of their profession and that is plain and simple WRONG.
We have legal brothels and decriminalised street walkers/call girls.
you seem to be saying they can only "hang thier shingle" as an individual... that seems overly limiting.
and if they were allowed to organize, i would think even "corporate" business model would work. its not "master/slave" as long the labor side has equal footing in the negotions with mgmt.
prude ;)
so, i get what you are saying... i'm just not sure i'm as worried as you about there being "labor" abuse in the sex trade any more than there would be in any other business arrangement.
once its legal and normal business transaction rules can be applied out in the open with full police and court access, then the risks go WAY down compared to what sex workers have to deal with now.
It is like being an independent practitioner in a law firm, you get more clients because of the firms name and reputation, they get a better name and reputation from having more good lawyers.
Its a win win situation and our sex workers compete to get into brothels.
Yes the brothel owners are like landlords, but our brothel rape stats are lower then that of our street walkers or even call girls.
Edit: and the some that are can do something about it.
How do I know? Certain regions of the US have legal prostitution and they have identical if not higher rates of rape.
When they did the statistics of rape for before in my state they asked the prostitutes if they had been raped in the year before the legalisation (almost a resounding yes) and added that into their numbers.
rape started out as more but as men realised that they weren't getting away with it anymore, the number of rapes of sex workers began to drop steadily.
Legal prostitution does nothing to discourage rape.
Women with the legal right to protect themselves and a culture that honors women prevents rape.
Liberal states are soft on crime including rape.
Women get justice in right-wing states, even hookers who are raped.
You failed.
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We could be intelligent individuals and NOT play Russian roulette!
You are orchestrating a game of Russian roulette with the women you ABUSE! YOU SHOULD BE IN JAIL FOR YOUR ACTIONS!! Every rape you oversee is a RAPE you are guilty of committing! You should be proud... you've found a way to get payed to be a serial rapist!
What have you done lately for the atrocities that keeping prostitution ilegal allows?
about the rapes, abuse, drugs, murders and sex slavery...
ignored them?
I also saw that doco you were talking about, it was very interesting.