Legalization vs illegalization of Prostitution

Prostitution is one of the many problems in the Human Trafficking Industry. Most say that prostitution should be legalized but many say that it should stay illegal. This topic is very arguable. Right now in the U.S. prostitution is illegal but there are some that think that it should be legalized for many reasons. Those that think that prostitution should be legal think that it will help stop the trafficking of women and children for sex. “One argument for legalizing prostitution in the Netherlands was that legalization would help to end the exploitation of desperate immigrant women who had been trafficked there for prostitution.” (Janice G. Raymond) That is the main point of legalizing prostitution, that it will stop the trafficking of women, but it only makes it worse. “Over the last decade, as pimping was legalized, and brothels decriminalized in the year 2000, the sex industry increased by 25% in the Netherlands.” (Janice G. Raymond) Almost all prostitutes are woman and all women have rights. By keeping prostitution illegal it helps protects that rights of women. It is illegal to pimp out women so those who do will be arrested.


Janice G. Raymond. "Prostitution Should Not Be Legalized." Opposing Viewpoints: Prostitution and Sex Trafficking. Ed. Louise Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. BCR Garfield County Public Library. 6 Nov. 2008 .