Legalize Prostitution
LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION
By Belinda Adjei
Prostitution has been in existence since ages and it also presents one of the greatest issues about whether it should be legalizes or not in the entire world wide. Many opponents and scholars consider prostitution as an evil act, as immoral, that it degrades and victimizes women etc. They also believe many prostitutes are forced into the profession by others who abuse them. However, legalizing prostitution does offer many benefits such as reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Legalization can also reduce human trafficking of women for forced prostitution; reducing violence against women; reducing inequality among women; influencing the poverty rate, and also generate tax revenue to the government.
Prostitution is the voluntary sale (or rental) of a labor service. Individuals have the absolute right to decide how and what to do with their bodies. As long as the transaction is voluntary, there is no justification for governmental interference. Indeed, such interference constitutes an infringement of the privacy and personal liberty of the individuals involved (Armentano 1993). In the constitution, right to liberty gives the people full right to engage in their conduct without intervention of the government. even though majority opinions says that the decision did not apply to prostitution, a reasonable argument may be made that respect for privacy of consensual sexual conduct, In a free market for prostitution services, suppliers of labor services that are physically harmed would have the same rights to police protection and to legal recourse as the rest of us (Armentano 1993).
Not all prostitutes are forced into the business. There are some that willingly use prostitution as a way to earn income. Opponents of legalizing prostitution argue that legalization will increase the number of women prostituting themselves. Research however, has shown that legalization of prostitution will not necessarily mean that more women
By Belinda Adjei
Prostitution has been in existence since ages and it also presents one of the greatest issues about whether it should be legalizes or not in the entire world wide. Many opponents and scholars consider prostitution as an evil act, as immoral, that it degrades and victimizes women etc. They also believe many prostitutes are forced into the profession by others who abuse them. However, legalizing prostitution does offer many benefits such as reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Legalization can also reduce human trafficking of women for forced prostitution; reducing violence against women; reducing inequality among women; influencing the poverty rate, and also generate tax revenue to the government.
Prostitution is the voluntary sale (or rental) of a labor service. Individuals have the absolute right to decide how and what to do with their bodies. As long as the transaction is voluntary, there is no justification for governmental interference. Indeed, such interference constitutes an infringement of the privacy and personal liberty of the individuals involved (Armentano 1993). In the constitution, right to liberty gives the people full right to engage in their conduct without intervention of the government. even though majority opinions says that the decision did not apply to prostitution, a reasonable argument may be made that respect for privacy of consensual sexual conduct, In a free market for prostitution services, suppliers of labor services that are physically harmed would have the same rights to police protection and to legal recourse as the rest of us (Armentano 1993).
Not all prostitutes are forced into the business. There are some that willingly use prostitution as a way to earn income. Opponents of legalizing prostitution argue that legalization will increase the number of women prostituting themselves. Research however, has shown that legalization of prostitution will not necessarily mean that more women