Should protitution be legal?

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Just wondering what you guys think regarding the matter. You would have less bitter virgins

It should be for the girls themselves.
If it was legalised they would get treated much better + the STD's would be less.
Well, that's my take on it anyway.

Could you clarify location, because in some countries/states it is.

This.
There was a documentary on TV a while ago where the women's institute were trying to promote safe brothels so the women that work there aren't mistreated and they have more restrictions on who can come in and what they can do.

*Takes deep breath* NO!! !! ! !! !
First of all, anyone who has to PAY to have sex with someone is a complete and utter loser. I LOATHE how movies, TV and even video games make prostitutes look sexy and glamorous. Nearly all hookers are addicted to drugs and carrying all kinds of STDS and they are a shame and abomination to women everywhere. Oh I understand why some women become hookers, because it's the ONLY career choice they have because you don't have to be SMART or EDUCATED. The very thought of other women legally being able to sleep around with idiot male pigs when they could get a REAL job that helps society instead of making it sink even lower almost makes me want to puke! But I'm a women, so my "opinion" doesn't matter does it???

Yes. Thats it.

That chip on your shoulder is going to leave quite a stain.

Some thoughts to ponder in relation to this.

Would you consider prostitution as a viable career choice for yourself, any children you have, or anyone else you care about?

In addition to those who work as prostitutes to fund a drug habit, there are also men, women and children who are trafficked into the sex industry and are effectively slaves.

Legislation or decriminalisation may make sex work safer for some, but the nature of "the game" is essentially oppression, of one form or another.

No, you're opinion doesn't matter because you're not one of the parties involved in the mutually beneficial transaction that is prostitution. If YOU don't wanna be a hooker, YOU don't have to.

I honestly don't see why it's illegal. As long as the girl's choosing to do that work, I have nothing against it.

Yes, it is a profession like another.

This thread already shows a lot of promise

yes, i agree with all of your points.

not many people decide to stay in the trade once they have the option to leave (something like 90% of sex trade workers desire to leave, but many do not have the option).

legalization creates a 2-tiered system where the undiseased, non-drug-using, adult, legal immigrants (or natural citizens) have a better, safer, job environment. but the illegal prostitution continues in the legalized environment, so women who may be drug-addicted, underage, diseased, or illegal immigrants have to work underground. i have no idea why some men continue to solicit the illegal prostitutes when given the choice to access the legal ones, but it says a lot about our society that the illegal trade continues virtually unchecked.

so really, legalization improves the situation for certain women only (and their users). there will continue to be horrible conditions for a subset of sex workers.

i believe a better solution is sweden's approach, which ackowledges that desperate women will choose the sex trade as a last option, but that it is not an okay solution. therefore, it is illegal for the "johns" to access prostitutes in sweden.

The Swedish approach might sound good in theory (although personally I'm against criminalising only one side), but in practice they still have plenty of problems with human trafficking and such.

But you already know my opinion - prostitution will always be around and I don't see a solution besides minimising the damage.

I'm a civil libertarian, so yes: It's going to happen anyway, but legalization makes it safer for all parties involved.

No you wouldn't. If it were honestly a goal of men here to lose their virginity at a legal brothel, I'm sure they would be successful in achieving that. The truth of the matter is, most men on here don't want to pay a prostitute for sex. They want free sex and they want it on the basis of the woman liking them.

The problem with legalizing prostitution is that it validizes the profession, and causes society to put pressure on financially needy women to enter into such activities, even if they don't really want to.

Society takes the perspective that they choose to have financial difficulties when another option is available (selling themselves to men to have sex with).

So for that reason, no, prostitution should not be legal.