Prostitution Should be Legalized :: essays research papers

During the 1700s, New York and Boston women began soliciting their bodies to soldiers stationed in the large cities. These women were mostly European immigrants who were looking for money to support themselves. Prostitution rose in these cities due to rapid urbanization, and an expansion of the male population. So, you may be thinking, â€Å"prostitution is illegal and evil, right?† Well, you are correct, but in my opinion, only by the standards of which you have been living in, which is that prostitution is illegal, and therefore, â€Å"risky business.† In my hometown of Elko, Nevada, population thirty-five thousand, prostitution is legal. People who hear of this tend to think there are scantily clad women on every street corner. I, however, have never seen a prostitute, or haven't noticed her if I did, because they are only allowed, by law, to â€Å"do their business† in a brothel that is in a small section of the town. These brothels are brightly painted, and there are almost no windows in the building. Unlike prostitution that is run in the cities, brothels in my town are run by a management of three or more people, not one pimp. As the customer gets buzzed in to the building, the management checks his identification to make sure he is at a legal age. The customer can then choose between any of the ladies lined up. The prostitute and customer go into a room, and negotiate a price, which is overheard by the management. The amount is anywhere from one hundred to three hundred dollars, the house receiving half. The prostitute receives the other half of the profit. In illegal prostitution, the female usually receives anywhere from six to fifteen percent of the profit off a customer. If she were to make one hundred dollars, she would only get around six to fifteen dollars off it. The pimp would get the rest. Here are another three reasons that prostitution should be legal in the United States. A law was passed in 1986, requiring legal prostitutes to engage in a sexually transmitted disease test every two weeks at the Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital. If a prostitute is found with a sexually transmitted disease, she is quarantined, until the disease is cured. If the disease cannot be cured, then she is no longer allowed to work, and is put into a home.