Should prostitution be legal?

[Stealth3si]

This November San Francisco residents voted against decriminalizing prostitution. “Proposition K” would have eliminated the power of local law enforcement officers to go after prostitutes. In a live-and-let-live town, where medical marijuana clubs do business next to grocery stores, prostitutes would have been able to walk the streets without fear of arrest.

Do you favor the decriminalization of prostitution?

[kaitlyyyn]

I am not at all in favor of prostitution being legal.  Most of the women who are involved in prostitution have no other choice and mostly don't even want to, which is sad.  Instead of legalizing prostitution they should be creating more jobs so that women who have no choices will be able to improve their lives.

[jkc715nyc]

I can't say I'm for it being legalized, but there are some positive factors such as safety for the women that can't be overlooked.

[ecominvest]

It should not be legal. However, the law should protect them as humans being.

[firefly001]

 I saw a miniseries on prostitution, and one of the prostitutes said only two things can happen to a woman who chooses this path; they go to jail or death. Considering the two options jail looks a little more appealing.  :- 

[viva05]

I'm not into the legal of prostitutions being legal its just not what I do.

[FarleyGuy]

Might as well. They are going to turn tricks regardless. With our economy as it is we might as well tax it!

and the poll seems off from how the posts are going.  

[liljp617]

If you support keeping prostitution illegal, you must support outlawing pornography.  Evidently two consenting adults being paid to have sex on camera is different than two consenting adults being paid to have sex in a car?  There needs to be consistency.

Either way, prostitution has existed since the dawn of recorded history and will continue to exist no matter what.  If people wish to "sell their bodies" (which I don't really get...lots of people do this outside of prostitutes, and we're not just talking about intercourse), that's their choice.  What needs to be had is regulation to protect women from being forced into it or having no way out of it; and frankly that leads to legalization.

[CompKillaz]

i honestly think that prostitution should be illegal. but to me i guess it doesn't matter because people are going to do anything they want to do no matter if it breaks the law or not. i feel the same way that liljp617 does with pornography. it should work the same way

[brendy1990]

i think they should ,there going to do it weathere it is  legal or not,, so why not make them pay taxes ,, and make it safer for the women..

[kesto4]

1. They won't be able to tax it. Seriously, what woman is going to start her own business, "Larua's Prosto-Toot Inc" and file taxes because it is legal?
2. Safer for women? They can't claim rape or kidnapping if prostitution is legal. This will lead to more death's because the majority of these prostitutes don't have a home and can't be tracked easily.

[z1975z]

I say no, with what is going on with human trafficking and all. I think we need to up our efforts and combat this more. Sure prostitution has been around since the dawn of man. So has murder.

Just too many diseases, and other elements that are attached to prostitution to try and make it legal would be outrageous.

[bicgroup]

Prostitution should not be legalized. However, the law should protect the prostitutes.

[trop8cana]

I would not agree to legalizing it.But my opinion is based on morals.So no.

[klkwid]

If you make it leagal, you can regulate it.  Imagine if all prostitutes had to have certain licenses and be tested for STDs and all that stuff.  Then they have to pay taxes on what they make-HIGH taxes!  You could potentially protect a lot of people from getting nasty diseases AND you could make some money on it for the government to use towards education and other things to make people not HAVE to become prostitutes to support themselves!  It's going to happen anyway-you may as well make it legal and regulate it.