I find it strange that prostitution is illegal in much of the world. Many people basically seem to be like this: if they don't like something, then they want to ban it. They don't seem to think much further than that. Alcohol prohibition is probably the best example of what happens when you ban something: it doesn't go away, but you get lots of crime etc.
The internet is not the main culprit for the decline of both the brothel and prostitution; it's only helping to accelerate it. The main reason is probably due to the Sexual Revolution, as well as the lowered importance of marriage in modern society. It's no longer taboo to engage in sex outside of marriage and divorce is commonplace and no longer a scandal.
It's time we legalize prostitution to bring it out of the shadow's. Its naive to pretend it does not exist, the illegality of it only hurts those who engage in it for a living whether they are doing so willingly or not. Keeping it illegal on moral high grounds leads to unintended consequences like sex trafficking and criminal charges the effects which last a lifetime.<p>Path2Freedom is trying to raise money for a $20 million dollar 100 acre refuge/community for victims of sex trafficking<p><a href="http://www.path2freedom.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.path2freedom.org/</a>
<i>It has one star on Yelp.</i><p>At the time of writing, there are only two reviews total, one of them obviously post-Odom.<p><i>just 12 of the state’s 16 counties</i><p>Just? 12/16 = 75%. That's not "just."<p>Who is editing this stuff?
The was a Conservative attack ad in the recent Canadian election that says in Chinese that the Liberals will make brothels open in Canadian neighborhoods.<p>Obviously this was a really stupid move. Good thing the Conservatives lost.