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I think the problem is manyfold. While prostitution shouldn't be a crime in the first place IMHO, having illegal street prostitution at the front of your door
by woodpanel 8y ago
I think the problem is manyfold.
While prostitution shouldn't be a crime in the first place IMHO, having illegal street prostitution at the front of your door is something you definitely don't want and is worth fighting against. The same would go for drugs or even stolen bread if there was a black market for it.
It has less to do with the morality of it being legal/illegal and more with the people gathering in front of your door that don't seem to care for the official morality. They are not hippies, they are tourists taking a vacation from morality and treating your area accordingly. I.e. like a dump.
- DuskStar 8y agoSo in other words, legalizing and requiring that sex work occur in licensed brothels within designated areas (and thus not on your doorstep) would solve that problem?
- woodpanel 8y agoYes, to an extent. Legalizing it reduces the side effects of illegal street prostitution, like turf wars, used condoms, drug dealers targeting prostitutes, rapists targeting prostitutes. Pimps get more civilized (or are out of the game altogether). Those things mentioned don't go away completely and what definitely stays: the stigma of buying sex. Thus the customers will still treat the area like something to rush through. But that is still better, than having illegal street prostitution. If you have open conduct of illegal things in an area, other illegal things pop up too. For the record: Where I grew up, we had "mom and pop" brothels in between residential areas and large scale ones in commercial/industrial zones. No problems. The only thing weird about it were some of the customers from time to time.