Decriminalizing Prostitution: Article Analysis

For centuries, many individuals view prostitution as something immoral and others view differently saying it’s just the norm to pleasure another individual needs. There’s been many debates on the topic of prostitution, if it should be legalized or decriminalize. What can governments and activists do to protect sex workers from dangerous situation such as trafficking, slavery, abuse, and much more. Different authors, journalists, writers, and etc carefully look over the issues of prostitution and make a position if prostitution should be legalized or decriminalized, and if different laws and regulations really do protects sex workers human rights. In the article “Why it’s Time to Legalize Prostitution,” journalist Reisenwitz (2014) emphasis
Writer Kristof explains that in parts of the world such as Brazil, South Africa, and China, women chooses to be prostitutes because of economic pressures and opportunities. But in India, all women who goes into prostitution are being forced (2007). Different countries view prostitution differently, it’s either respecting women’s choice of occupations or shaming them for it. Legalizing will work in some countries but not in others, countries like India are involved with criminal gangs, trafficking, and forced slavery and so controlling it will be much more difficult. Otherwise countries like Cambodia, legalizing protects sex workers and reduces harm in ways where condoms are handed out and women are educated about sexual transmitted
Journalist Reisenwitz (Why It’s Time to legalize Prostitution), among the other authors is the only one who is in favor of legalization because she talks about how legalizing will protect sex workers human rights and reduce violences. Activist will be more in favor of legalization because these activists like feminist would defend and acknowledges women from being forced into prostitution. Both author Crouse (What’s wrong with legalizing Prostitution?) and Farley (The opposition’s opening remarks), are not in favor of legalizing prostitution with a stance that it will increase more crime and violence against the sex workers. Both author emphasis that if legalizing prostitution, pimps who are mainly in control of the prostitutes would force more women and especially younger girls into prostitution, making profits from them while the prostitutes get less to nothing. Also legalization won’t protect or help prostitutes because police don’t take crime against them seriously and that being labeled as prostitutes, not many will offer to help becuase other’s sees them as less important. Journalist Kristof (Legalizing Prostitution-A Solution?), is either favoring and not in favor of legalizing prostitution. Kristof talks about how legalizing will work with reducing violence such as educating women about aids and use of condoms in some