Decriminalizing Prostitution And Legalizing Brothels In The United States

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2 million prostitutes, and “prostitution is an estimated $20 billion industry” (Sion 1).
Prostitution has a great classification according to Academic American Encyclopedia. Streetwalkers, who pick up customers on the streets, consist of “ the bottom of the hierarchy of prostitutes.” Then, B-girls, who provide the entertainment at a bar or night club, are the next because they provide sexual service for money if they are asked. Other forms of prostitutes are call girls, who work at their own residences and had a list of “regular customers”. The latest type of prostitution is ‘massage parlors.’ Most of prostitutes have pimps who exploit them (“Prostitution” 669). As you know, prostitution is illegal in most parts of America. Even though it has existed for a long time and will never disappear, not everyone agrees with decriminalized and legalized prostitution.
In fact, Harry Goldstein , the writer of “Working Girls” in Utne Reader, points out that legalizing prostitution is ...

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legalizing prostitution, however, is a moral one: prostitution is a dirty and degrading trade that ruin the lives of the men and women who practice it”. In his article, Professor Levy says that there are a lot of things that people regard immoral but legalized in our society (2).
Even though some of the advocates do not agree with prostitution, I strongly believe that prostitution does not have to degrade women even though the prostitutes provide “women’s bodies, not women’s qualities” (19). I also wonder why only prostitutes have to be criticized so much. However, I found out that there are other kinds of workers who do not provide their “qualities” but “bodies” (19). ...

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