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& #39;& #39;Making prostitution illegal has the beneficial effect of artificially decreasing the supply of men who would solicit a prostitute. Some men who would otherwise be interested in paying for sex are unwilling to pay the additional “costs”—the risk of being arrested and exposed.& #39;& #39;
& #39;& #39;Legalizing prostitution, though, would increase both the existing pent-up demand and the new demand that would result from de-stigmatizing the vice.& #39;& #39;
& #39;& #39;The supply side of prostitution has never been able to meet the demand for a rather obvious reason: few women want to sell their bodies to strangers.& #39;& #39;
& #39;& #39;This is one of the hundreds of reasons why women do not voluntarily engage in sex work, and why the supply of non-coerced prostitutes has been—and always will be—naturally low.& #39;& #39;
& #39;& #39;The disadvantages associated with prostitution are so numerous that many women would refuse to engage in sex work even if no other options for survival were available.& #39;& #39;
& #39;& #39;So by legalizing prostitution, we substantially increase the demand for sex work while minimally increasing the supply of prostitutes. It’s not difficult to see where this leads.& #39;& #39;
& #39;& #39;The suppliers of commercial sex acts are not able to meet the demand with the number of willing prostitutes, so they have even greater incentivize to force people (mostly women and young girls) to engage in “sex work,” whether legal or illegal.& #39;& #39;
& #39;& #39;Some people believe that, in calling for legalization or decriminalization of prostitution, they dignify and professionalize the women in prostitution. But dignifying prostitution as work doesn& #39;t dignify the women, it simply dignifies the sex industry.
People often don‟t realize that decriminalization means decriminalization of the whole sex industry, not just the women in it.
And they haven& #39;t thought through the consequences of legalizing pimps as legitimate sex entrepreneurs or third party businessmen, or the fact that men who buy women or sexual activity are now accepted as legitimate consumers of sex.& #39;& #39;
In the Netherlands,women in prostitution point out that legalization or decriminalization of the sex industry does not erase the stigma of prostitution. Because they must register and lose their anonymity, women are more vulnerable to being stigmatized as “whores,”
and this identity follows them everyplace.Thus,the majority of women in prostitution still operate illegally and underground.& #39;& #39;
The argument that legalization was supposed to take the criminal elements out of sex businesses by strict regulation of the industry has failed.
The real growth in prostitution in Australia since legalization took effect has been in the illegal sector.
The real growth in prostitution in Australia since legalization took effect has been in the illegal sector.
Over a period of 12 months from 1998-1999, unlicensed brothels in Victoria tripled in number. In New South Wales where brothels were decriminalized in 1995, the number of brothels in Sydney had tripled to 400-500 by 1999, with the vast majority having
no license to advertise or operate.( Legalization ; The Australian Experience, Sullivan & Jeffreys, 2001) & #39;& #39;
& #39;& #39;It has been argued that legalized prostitution establishments protect women through enforceable condom policies. In one study, 47% of women in U.S. prostitution stated that men expected sex without a condom; 73% reported that men offered to pay more for sex without a condom;
and 45% of women said that men became abusive if they insisted that men use condoms (Prostitution on Demand: Legalizing the Buyers as Sexual Consumers ; Janice G. Raymond 2001)
& #39;& #39;Many factors militate against condom use: the need of women to make money; older women& #39;s decline in attractiveness to men; competition from places that do not require condoms; pimp pressure on women to have sex with no condom for more money& #39;& #39;
A 1998 International Labor Organization (United Nations ILO) report suggested that the sex industry be treated as a legitimate economic sector, but still found that
“...prostitution is one of the most alienated forms of labor; the surveys [in 4 countries] show that women..
“...prostitution is one of the most alienated forms of labor; the surveys [in 4 countries] show that women..
worked & #39;& #39;with a heavy heart,& #39;& #39; & #39;& #39;felt forced,& #39;& #39; or were & #39;& #39;conscience-stricken& #39;& #39; and had negative self-identities. .A significant proportion claimed they wanted to leave sex work if they could (Lim, 1998, p. 213).& #39;& #39;
@sarithairugal Happy now? And that was a nice touch, posting a screenshot of @crysxkoel & #39;s tweet instead of QTing it
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/29/opinion/buying-sex-should-not-be-legal.html
">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/2... Here& #39;s an article from a former sex worker
">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/2... Here& #39;s an article from a former sex worker
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/08/26/dont-legalize-prostitution/
">https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/... Here& #39;s an article from a WOMAN xD who cites many studies in her article
">https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/... Here& #39;s an article from a WOMAN xD who cites many studies in her article
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/11/prostitution-legalised-sex-trade-pimps-women
">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... Here& #39;s an article from a Feminist and it& #39;s in The guardian ffs (The leftist Brit heaven)
">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... Here& #39;s an article from a Feminist and it& #39;s in The guardian ffs (The leftist Brit heaven)
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/187774.pdf
">https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1... Here& #39;s a study co-written by Professor Janice G. Raymond,who is considered a radical feminist
">https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1... Here& #39;s a study co-written by Professor Janice G. Raymond,who is considered a radical feminist
#25b6ccb96678">https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/10/17/why-legalizing-prostitution-may-not-work/ #25b6ccb96678
">https://www.forbes.com/sites/rea... Here& #39;s an article on Forbes written by a former advisor to the PM of Sweden
">https://www.forbes.com/sites/rea... Here& #39;s an article on Forbes written by a former advisor to the PM of Sweden
https://nypost.com/2019/06/02/former-sex-worker-dont-legalize-prostitution-in-new-york/
">https://nypost.com/2019/06/0... Here& #39;s another article citing the experiences of another sex worker
">https://nypost.com/2019/06/0... Here& #39;s another article citing the experiences of another sex worker
