“Prostitution: A World Wide Business of Sexual Exploitation.”

Prostitution is a big issue in today’s society.  Some women do it as a means to pay the pills. They feel that they have no other options to make money, so they sell their body to make a living. For those women, I don’t think it should be illegal. If you have absolutely no other way to support yourself and/or your family, then you should not be judged by how you make your money.

Some places are legitimate businesses that you can go and pay to have a good time. The people who work there chose to be there and are not disappointed in their jobs. That’s how they make their money, and again, I don’t think it should be illegal. It’s that persons choice to do what they want with their body.

But for the people who kidnap and force girls into sexual laborers should be stopped. Young girls who do not have a choice and are being pimped out need help to get out. This is illegal and yet it’s still happening all over the world. People just ignore the fact that women and girls are being sold as a sex slave, raped, and beaten with no way out. To me, that doesn’t count as prostitution. Prostitution is when a person chooses to sell their body for money. Not when they are forced.

According to Farely, of 130 interviewees, “82%… reported having been physically assaulted since entering prostitution.” If prostitution was made legal for those who choose to do it, less assaults and rapes would happen because the women would be able to go to the police about it. With it being illegal, women and girls are getting beat up and assaulted without any justice.

Prostitution is a business. People chose to be in this business. If it stays illegal, lots of women will continue to get beaten and raped without any help, for fear of getting  into trouble with the law. As bad as people may see prostitution, nothing is worse than letting women get assaulted and the offenders get away with it.

BY EMILY