Example Of Term Paper On Should Prostitution Be Legalized

1. Yes. People have the right to choose to do what they want with their bodies. It is a civil liberty and part of what the constitution stands for when it leads says that people have a right to pursue the occupations of their choosing. Making prostitution illegal would be like putting a law against people getting tattoos and piercings.
2. Yes, prostitution does not hurt anyone so long as it is between two consenting adults. It is the same as selling baseball cards. People sell pornography and that is legal and that is people getting paid to have sex.
3. Yes, prostitution will lead to less rapes because if people can buy sex the will not try to “steal it”
1.. No. The constitution assuring liberty and allowing people to choose the occupations of their desire does not allow people to choose to kill people for a living. There are certain restrictions regarding what a person should be allowed to do and prostitution falls within that limit. A person cannot choose to sell their organs for a profit even though it is their own body and this law is in place to protect people.
2. No, prostitution does harm people. It commodifies sex, and is harmful to women, who are usually the ones who end up being prostitutes. There are many women who are prostitutes against their will. This leads to human trafficking rings and the selling of flesh. Next to drugs and weopons the selling of human flesh is the third largest illicit industry in the world.
3. There is no evidence to confirm that it leads to less rapes. This is a red herring fallacy that avoids looking at the actual issue.