Should Prostitution Be Legal - 1804 Words

These two stories are very sad and difficult to read. Prostitution is illegal in most countries and where it is illegal it is considered a back-alley business. It can be a dirty and dangerous act, but it can be fixed. Prostitution should be legal, because it may be able to help society. If prostitution was legal, the act could be cleaner than most people think it could ever be. It could be a new job for unemployed people, so it could bring down unemployment. Crime rates could go down and some poor people could start gaining money. A nation can also gain money from taxes. Prostitution has been around since as far back as 2400 BCE. During the Babylonian and Sumerian civilizations, it was considered as honorable trade, sacred traditions, and†¦show more content†¦Christianity is a monotheistic religion and they believe in only one marriage and no sex before marriage. Later in the twentieth century, the United States attempted to regulate prostitution. In 1910, the Mann Act or the White-Slave Traffic Act was passed, making prostitution for any immoral purpose a federal crime. As history moved on, more countries started to view prostitution negatively.(Sexton and Cushman.) The reason why prostitution became more morally wrong may all be because of religion. Though many countries disapproved prostitution some kept it legal. In 1946, France kept the act of prostitution itself legal, though solicitation and running a brothel was criminalized. England legalized prostitution in 1959, and in 1971 the state of Nevada regulated prostitution, allowing rur al counties to license brothels. Prostitution has been legal in Canada since well before World War II and remains so, though prohibitions remain against street prostitution and pimping. Not withstanding these laws, some provinces, notably British Columbia, have elected to regulate and license escorts and escort agencies. (Sexton and Cushman.) Today, prostitution still exists everywhere even if it is illegal in the country. There is at least 13.8 million prostitutes in the world and over $186 billion is spent worldwide. For example of some countries, in China it is illegal and there are five million prostitutes and $73 billion is spent there. In the United States where it is