Prostitution is the act of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payments. Currently, in the United States, prostitution is illegal in 49 of the 50 states. Nevada is the only state that has some form of prostitution legal, prostitution must only take place within a brothel if caught prostituting outside of a brothel it is illegal.
There are 16 counties and 1 independent city within the state of Nevada, 12 of those has permits to operate a brothel but only eight actually still have brothels operating.There are many reasons to consider legalizing prostitution in other areas of the United States.
1. Reduction of violence against women.
Prostitutes are very vulnerable to violence, 82% have been assaulted, 68% have been raped, and they are 18 times more likely to be murdered. Brothels want to maintain an image of law-abiding and trouble free, to do that security would be made available to the sex workers to monitor their safety. The brothels want to stay in good standing with the community where their business operates.
2. Sex workers would be healthier.
The pimps and Johns pressure prostitutes to not use condoms, put them at risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Nevada's state law requires all sex brothels to use condoms and this law is posted outside the brothels that operate within the state. Sex workers are even required to have monthly syphilis and HIV tests and weekly tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia.
3.Prostitution can be a victimless crime.
Sex work can be a victimless crime if the person is selling their bodies of their volition. Prostitutes choosing to sell their bodies are not committing a harmful act.
4.Can be a source of tax revenue.
Nevada brothels do not pay state taxes because legislators did not want to fund schools and other state services to be funded by prostituion. But the brothels do pay a significate amount of taxes in the rural counties where their business is conducted. "Let government share in the revenue, but otherwise stay out of the affairs of consenting adults," MSNBC political analyst Michael Smerconish has written.
5. Legal prostitutes could obtain labor rights.
Sex workers would be legally employed and would be allowed to expect rights such a minimum wage, freedom from discrimination and a safe working environment.
6. Saving law enforcement resources.
The probe into sophisticated prostitution rings is the waste of time and money of police departments. The time spent on wiretapping phone conversations, intercepting emails, uncover tactics that are better used to trapping terrorists and people who are victimized.
7. Prostitution is not going anywhere.
There will always be lonely and kinky men who are willing to pay for sex and women who are willing to rent out their bodies, The United States have legalized and regulated tons of commerce that is morally questionable, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, lap-dancing, pornography, and most recent marijuana.
