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LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
19. Yes, they are
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 11:02 PM
Feb 2013

HIV/STD transmission drops when condom use is mandated and enforceable, abuse drops, sexual assaults drop, mental and physical health draws level with the general population and and trafficking goes down.

ETA I should clarify, trafficking drops where trafficking enforcement is funded and pursued. Some places haven't.

Congress is legal, why not prostitution? Same thing, right? nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #1
Perfect. cliffordu Feb 2013 #6
No Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #9
+1 Deep13 Feb 2013 #51
illegal JI7 Feb 2013 #2
Legal. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #3
Legal and regulated... Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2013 #4
Very Mixed ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #5
Same here. Does anyone know if sex workers are any better off in places where winter is coming Feb 2013 #16
I would assume so. Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #17
Yes, they are LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #19
Read about how serious the human trafficking issue is in Amsterdam. redqueen Feb 2013 #48
I've been looking for another career field... nt cbrer Feb 2013 #7
If it was legal, could 'aspiring rappers' still afford Maseratis? DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #8
We need a system where anybody can get a good job without a hassle. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #10
not to mention that sex workers with arrests for prostitution... waddirum Feb 2013 #46
Sure it should be legal madokie Feb 2013 #11
We really need to provide better job opportunities to women. Fawke Em Feb 2013 #12
I agree Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #27
If that's what they want to do, why not? bowens43 Feb 2013 #32
Why do you assume that all prostitutes are women? Yavin4 Feb 2013 #37
"No coercion involved" is the problem with this question. Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #13
Actually, it used to empower women jeff47 Feb 2013 #20
Based on every country where it is legal Recursion Feb 2013 #31
Germany had a drop in trafficking post-legalization LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #40
Prostitution should be decriminalized, Grey Feb 2013 #14
That has never happened LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #21
your post makes no sense. bowens43 Feb 2013 #33
Legal and regulated, obviously. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #15
If prostitution wasn't an underground, unregulated, "criminal" type activity Ligyron Feb 2013 #18
Really? Because it's got a lot of the same exploitation and trafficking problems in Germany Recursion Feb 2013 #30
I'm not surprised Ligyron Feb 2013 #45
Well it's been legal here far longer and those problems do not exist at all. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #47
Only if "here" is fairy-tale land. There's no legal prostitution in the world without... Recursion Feb 2013 #49
That's just flat out wrong. There is trafficking here in Vegas because it is illegal, Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #57
Legal and regulated fujiyama Feb 2013 #22
Legal. Video pornography is legal, so why not prostitution? Behind the Aegis Feb 2013 #23
I thought about that before.... Waltons_Mtn Feb 2013 #28
Kill the pimps first. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #24
Kick Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #25
Legal get the red out Feb 2013 #26
Find a way to do it without TIP becoming involved, and I'd be pro-legalization/regulation Recursion Feb 2013 #29
That is because a sizeable portion of sex buyers don't want to follow rules. redqueen Feb 2013 #53
Somewhere between choice 1 and 2. JVS Feb 2013 #34
If you believe prostitution is "oppressive" to women, how do you feel about construction? brooklynite Feb 2013 #35
It would reduce harm proportionately, but not make a dent in harm illegal prostitutes aikoaiko Feb 2013 #36
To protect the sex workers and inhibit trafficking, make it legal and regulated. Yavin4 Feb 2013 #38
I honestly don't know. n/t MadrasT Feb 2013 #39
+1 ellisonz Feb 2013 #42
A resounding yes Kurska Feb 2013 #41
Your body, your choice The Straight Story Feb 2013 #43
The cheerful escort working her way through law school is a male fantasy Recursion Feb 2013 #54
Still their choice, not for others to regulate how people use their bodies (nt) The Straight Story Feb 2013 #56
Legal. It's going to happen anyway LittleBlue Feb 2013 #44
The purchase of sex should be illegal, not the sale. hedgehog Feb 2013 #50
Prostitutes provide an honest service for fees. Deep13 Feb 2013 #52
I can't answer this as "yes" or "no" Scootaloo Feb 2013 #55
Kick Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #58
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