Current Events > Should prostitution (or at least brothels) be legalized?

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This is in Australia and it was $200 for half an hour.

This is completely true. Destigmatizing prostitution invariably increases demand more than supply and crime will always fill the vacuum.

Also, prostitution shouldn't be legalized in a country with poor worker protections like the US. Las Vegas has the highest rate of unregistered prostitution in the country despite it being legal in Nevada because the regulations do little to protect sex laborers and are mostly written to protect the businesses that exploit them.

The best course of action in the US is to decriminalize prostitutution while continuing to prosecute patrons and pimps. That and Universal Healthcare

To be fair, prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas, I believe.

I live about a half hour from the Bunny Ranch, and the other brothels in that area. The area is called Mound House it's right outside Carson City and has several brothels and a strip club. If you want the full service from one of those establishments you should have at least $1000 to play with. You may get a show and possibly a handy for cheaper.

yes

I dont think the benefits of legalized prostitution outweigh the negative of creating more victims.

How would it create more victims in a safe, sanctioned place vs. out in some dark alleyway?

Why regulate it?

All that would do is hurt current prostitutes that are forced to work the streets.

The way it works is that any county under a certain population can vote as to whether or not they want it to be legal in their county.

Summary
This paper investigates the impact of legalized prostitution on human trafficking inflows. According to economic theory, there are two opposing effects of unknown magnitude. The scale effect of legalized prostitution leads to an expansion of the prostitution market, increasing human trafficking, while the substitution effect reduces demand for trafficked women as legal prostitutes are favored over trafficked ones. Our empirical analysis for a cross-section of up to 150 countries shows that the scale effect dominates the substitution effect. On average, countries where prostitution is legal experience larger reported human trafficking inflows.

Member States that adopt a legalized approach to prostitution, both regulated and unregulated, have vastly higher rates of prostitution and sex trafficking.

Germanys prostitution rate is between 30 and 40 times that of Sweden.

In the Netherlands trafficking still thrives behind the faade of a legalised prostitution sector.

In contrast, the Nordic Model has reduced the extent of human trafficking in Norwayand Sweden and the rates of men who buy sex are significantly lower.
This makes countries who take this approach much less viable for prostitution and sex trafficking and related organized crime. This report concludes that on average the level of (identified) sex trafficking is much higher under a legalization model than under a prohibition one.

Legalised prostitution increases sex trafficking

Ive been thinking about going to a brothel in Nevada, either near Las Vegas or Reno. Gotta rent a car to get there though. How crazy expensive are they? Like how much per hour? Also, do you tip them as well?

It's been legal here since the 00's and while it hasn't eliminated trafficking or abuse, it's definitely helped cut down on it.

Exploitation?
Abuse?

There really isn't any downside to legalizing it, other than boomers getting upset (and it's very debatable whether that's actually a downside).

The ones that cant get hired in to a legal whore house will still be in the exact same boat they are in now, only with less income.

Your argument sounds like gun nuts who want no gun control/regulations.

"WhY ReGuLaTe, CrImiNaLs WiLl BrEaK the LaW EiThEr WaY"

Prove me wrong

There's nothing to prove, it's a dumb stance same as those who argue what's the point of sensible gun control.

I'm not talking about guns. Stop changing the subject.

There's nothing to prove. The stance itself is dumb. It's the same as those who argue what's the point of sensible gun control.

"WhY ReGuLaTe, CrImiNaLs WiLl BrEaK the LaWs EiThEr WaY" is not a serious argument.