Pro Prostitution Nation Essay

A Pro-Prostitution Nation

Sex. The word that makes peoples’ heads turn when said in public, the word kids laugh about in health class, the word that makes people feel shameful when they say aloud. In America, and most places around the world, sex is a topic that many people will try to avoid at all cost. But what happens when sex becomes a business opportunity, in hopes of making money? The topic and public discussion of prostitution is on the same taboo playing field as politics, religion, and racism. Prostitution, the act of an individual, usually a woman, selling sexual deeds for money is a very taboo topic that most people try to avoid talking about. Not only is it taboo, but is currently illegal across the United States, minus 11 Nevada counties (“US Federal and State Prostitution Laws and Related Punishments”, 2016). All current laws regulating prostitution are put in place by the States themselves, with no federal regulation. Illegal acts involved in

Current risks of being a prostitute include, but are not limited to, poor working environments, human trafficking, unknown or unwilling exposure to sexually transmitted diseases, rape, and being murdered. According to a study conducted in 1990, “about 80% of women in prostitution have been the victim of a rape and that prostituted women are raped, on the average, eight to ten times per year” (Hunter and Reed, 1990). In a research article titled “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Female Street-Based Sex Workers in the Greater Syndey Area, Australia,” the authers noted how “one study reported that 68% of female sex workers interviewed met criteria for lifetime diagnosis of PTSD,” along with “physical assault (30%)” also being prevalent among this group of women (Roxburgh, Degenhardt, & Copeland,