Should Prostitution Be Legalized in Thailand?
Should prostitution in Thailand be legalized?
Attention Getter:
Picture in your mind this scenario:
Jane is a 26 year old single woman who makes her living working the streets as a prostitute. She is clean, and is tested regularly for diseases. Jane is standing on the street, dressed promiscuously. Within minutes she is picked up by John, a lonely single man looking for a quick fix. She rides with him to a nearby hotel and they engage in sexual activity. When they finish, John hands Jane one hundred dollars and he takes her back to the corner where she had been picked up a few hours earlier. Immoral as some may see it, this was a victimless crime. No one was injured, hurt or put in danger, not until she is walking back to her car and is stopped once again. This time, however, she is stopped by police who arrest her for prostitution, a crime in most areas of the United States.
I will be giving an argumentative speech regarding whether or not the prostitution should be legalized and I'm going to be for this, saying that prostitution should be legalized in Thailand. Before going further, there are certain statistics that I would like to share with my audience.
According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand the Thai sex industry alone generates upwards of 100 billion baht each year
According to the Thailand Government Public Health Department, there are approximately 75,000 prostitutes in Thailand
However several well-informed non governmental organization (NGO) groups estimate that the number of prostitutes at any given time is close to 2 million.
This figure represents 9% of female adult population and 3.15% of total population
According to reliable surveys by United Nation on sexual behavior in Thailand, every day at least 450,000 Thai men visit prostitutes
Sex industry is one of the largest industry in Thailand
According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, 2,650,992 tourists arrived from Europe in 2002.
There were 730,402 from the Americas (USA, Canada &
Attention Getter:
Picture in your mind this scenario:
Jane is a 26 year old single woman who makes her living working the streets as a prostitute. She is clean, and is tested regularly for diseases. Jane is standing on the street, dressed promiscuously. Within minutes she is picked up by John, a lonely single man looking for a quick fix. She rides with him to a nearby hotel and they engage in sexual activity. When they finish, John hands Jane one hundred dollars and he takes her back to the corner where she had been picked up a few hours earlier. Immoral as some may see it, this was a victimless crime. No one was injured, hurt or put in danger, not until she is walking back to her car and is stopped once again. This time, however, she is stopped by police who arrest her for prostitution, a crime in most areas of the United States.
I will be giving an argumentative speech regarding whether or not the prostitution should be legalized and I'm going to be for this, saying that prostitution should be legalized in Thailand. Before going further, there are certain statistics that I would like to share with my audience.
According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand the Thai sex industry alone generates upwards of 100 billion baht each year
According to the Thailand Government Public Health Department, there are approximately 75,000 prostitutes in Thailand
However several well-informed non governmental organization (NGO) groups estimate that the number of prostitutes at any given time is close to 2 million.
This figure represents 9% of female adult population and 3.15% of total population
According to reliable surveys by United Nation on sexual behavior in Thailand, every day at least 450,000 Thai men visit prostitutes
Sex industry is one of the largest industry in Thailand
According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, 2,650,992 tourists arrived from Europe in 2002.
There were 730,402 from the Americas (USA, Canada &