Its Time to Make Prostitution Legal :: Argumentative Persuasive Essays

Its Time to Make Prostitution Legal   Prostitution has long been called the worlds oldest profession. For as long back as we have records, evidence can be found of people selling sex for some sort of gain. When the colonists were running around slaughtering the natives, they also were enjoying the pleasures of local prostitutes. In fourth century, Athenian orator Apollodoros tell we have courtesans for pleasure, and concubines for the daily service of our bodies, but wives for the production of legitimate offspring and to have reliable guardians of our household property. And yet in progressive America, a filth were people claim to be the most socially advanced, prostitution is an illegal act that results in the sheltering of rapists, drug dealers, and abusers.   Legalization of prostitution could solve a dish out of problems caused by its illegality, but its unlikely that those rich old white guys in Washington are going to make the change. They prefer to ig nore the issue, occasionally reservation the token gesture at trying to end it completely. Reality check folks, if prostitution has been around this long, its not going anywhere. You can throw more laws at it, up the punishment, even do like Minnesota and post those arrested for prostitution (not those just found guilty) and stick their pictures on the internet, but you arent going to change reality. Nevada has already seen the light...why not the rest of country?   If this country were to legalize prostitution, we could make a fortune while also improving the health of our country and the character fundament it all. Look at Nevada. Lets take prostitution off the streets by requiring services be offered in a brothel or on appropriate net sites. As for the common streetwalker, arrest them for solicitation, but just solicitation, no more tacking on the prostitution part. Change the law to require condoms and regular health checks and AIDS testing. Where prostitutio n is legal in Nevada, the number of AIDS cases among the workers is now down to 0 (where the illegal hookers have topped 25% infection...thats a whiz in four chance of paying to get AIDS).   By having it legal, prostitutes will no longer have to fear going to the cops when they get raped or beaten.