{"id":1670,"date":"2015-02-03T10:34:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T15:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2015-11-17T10:35:49","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T15:35:49","slug":"selling-sex-should-be-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/selling-sex-should-be-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling Sex Should Be Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murderers are criminals; prostitutes are not criminals. The United States should legalize prostitution and allow people to pay for sex if they want to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People are allowed to view porn, paying to watch sex, so by the same standard they should be allowed to pay for actual sex. It serves as a way for people to make money, like strippers at strip clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men and women could use the funds they make from prostitution to pay for their children&#8217;s schooling, put food on the table, and other expenses they might \u00a0have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Porn star Miriam Weeks wrote in<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an opinion column<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rolling Stone Magazine <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that \u201cprostitution opponents love to promote images of abused hookers and human traffickers to trump hostility towards sex work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prostitution is not as dangerous as one might think, and if legalized, we could give them a professional workplace. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will be in a protected environment that will be regulated by security so there will be less issues of rape, abuse, and underage individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women will no longer have to stand on a street corner where any criminal can hurt them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costa Rica has legalized prostitution, but according to<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/prostitution.procon.org\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/prostitution.procon.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they:\u201cMust be over 18 years old and carry a health card showing how recently they had a medical check-up.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would be better to have it regulated in a secure building where there would be annual checkups to make sure that there are no untreated STDs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can make it less possible for people to get HIV because now if any of the prostitutes have a health problem it can be treated immediately instead of having them pass it around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I believe this is a perfect regulation to follow for safety and health reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cRed Light District\u201d of Amsterdam is another place that allows legalized prostitution and it has contributed to their image as one of the more diverse and accepting places in the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Alejandro Angee, a sociology professor at Wolfson Campus, \u201cAt the end of the day, prostitution is not black and white, some chose to live this lifestyle therefore they should have a voice. We are not helping them by putting them in prison\u2026 they are a part of our society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certain activities will continue to go on no matter how many rules you make to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prevent them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prostitution is one of the oldest professions. Making it safe and profitable for the country will lessen the amount of people in jail, and add more tax dollars to the payroll of the government.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I do not want to go into the prostituting business, but I think that others should be allowed to follow their career choice.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murderers are criminals; prostitutes are not criminals. The United States should legalize prostitution and allow people to pay for sex if they want to. 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