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Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts) Mon Feb 25, 2013, 08:06 PM Feb 2013

Should prostitution be legal, or illegal? [View all]

This poll refers to consenting adults over the age of 18, with no coercion involved.

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	Prostitution should be legalized, regulated and licensed, with mandatory health checks and in designated areas only.
	42 (95%)
	Prostitution should be illegal under all circumstances.
	2 (5%)
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Should prostitution be legal, or illegal? [View all] Nye Bevan Feb 2013 OP

Congress is legal, why not prostitution? Same thing, right? nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #1

Perfect. cliffordu Feb 2013 #6

No Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #9

+1 Deep13 Feb 2013 #51

illegal JI7 Feb 2013 #2

Legal. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #3

Legal and regulated... Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2013 #4

Very Mixed ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #5

Same here. Does anyone know if sex workers are any better off in places where winter is coming Feb 2013 #16

I would assume so. Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #17

Yes, they are LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #19

Read about how serious the human trafficking issue is in Amsterdam. redqueen Feb 2013 #48

I've been looking for another career field... nt cbrer Feb 2013 #7

If it was legal, could 'aspiring rappers' still afford Maseratis? DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #8

We need a system where anybody can get a good job without a hassle. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #10

not to mention that sex workers with arrests for prostitution... waddirum Feb 2013 #46

Sure it should be legal madokie Feb 2013 #11

We really need to provide better job opportunities to women. Fawke Em Feb 2013 #12

I agree Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #27

If that's what they want to do, why not? bowens43 Feb 2013 #32

Why do you assume that all prostitutes are women? Yavin4 Feb 2013 #37

"No coercion involved" is the problem with this question. Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #13

Actually, it used to empower women jeff47 Feb 2013 #20

Based on every country where it is legal Recursion Feb 2013 #31

Germany had a drop in trafficking post-legalization LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #40

Prostitution should be decriminalized, Grey Feb 2013 #14

That has never happened LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #21

your post makes no sense. bowens43 Feb 2013 #33

Legal and regulated, obviously. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #15

If prostitution wasn't an underground, unregulated, "criminal" type activity Ligyron Feb 2013 #18

Really? Because it's got a lot of the same exploitation and trafficking problems in Germany Recursion Feb 2013 #30

I'm not surprised Ligyron Feb 2013 #45

Well it's been legal here far longer and those problems do not exist at all. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #47

Only if "here" is fairy-tale land. There's no legal prostitution in the world without... Recursion Feb 2013 #49

That's just flat out wrong. There is trafficking here in Vegas because it is illegal, Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #57

Legal and regulated fujiyama Feb 2013 #22

Legal. Video pornography is legal, so why not prostitution? Behind the Aegis Feb 2013 #23

I thought about that before.... Waltons_Mtn Feb 2013 #28

Kill the pimps first. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #24

Kick Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #25

Legal get the red out Feb 2013 #26

Find a way to do it without TIP becoming involved, and I'd be pro-legalization/regulation Recursion Feb 2013 #29

That is because a sizeable portion of sex buyers don't want to follow rules. redqueen Feb 2013 #53

Somewhere between choice 1 and 2. JVS Feb 2013 #34

If you believe prostitution is "oppressive" to women, how do you feel about construction? brooklynite Feb 2013 #35

It would reduce harm proportionately, but not make a dent in harm illegal prostitutes aikoaiko Feb 2013 #36

To protect the sex workers and inhibit trafficking, make it legal and regulated. Yavin4 Feb 2013 #38

I honestly don't know. n/t MadrasT Feb 2013 #39

+1 ellisonz Feb 2013 #42

A resounding yes Kurska Feb 2013 #41

Your body, your choice The Straight Story Feb 2013 #43

The cheerful escort working her way through law school is a male fantasy Recursion Feb 2013 #54

Still their choice, not for others to regulate how people use their bodies (nt) The Straight Story Feb 2013 #56

Legal. It's going to happen anyway LittleBlue Feb 2013 #44

The purchase of sex should be illegal, not the sale. hedgehog Feb 2013 #50

Prostitutes provide an honest service for fees. Deep13 Feb 2013 #52

I can't answer this as "yes" or "no" Scootaloo Feb 2013 #55

Kick Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #58