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CMV: Prostitution Should Be Legal

Prostitution as defined by the consensual practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment should be legal. Since things should generally be legal unless there is a reason for them to not be, the best way to change my view is by providing a convincing reason for why it should be illegal.

**To address common counter arguments:**

**"Prostitution is not a victimless crime, women are forced into it due to economic reasons. After all no one says they want to be a prostitute when they grow up."**

It is true that no one says they want to end up as a prostitute. It is also true that no one wants to be homeless or work long hours earning minimum wage when they grow up. The prostitute always has the option to be homeless instead. And if they don't have that option anymore due to things like pimps forcing them to stay as prostitutes then it is no longer prostitution - it's rape. By legalizing prostitution it actually gives women more protection because if they do begin to be forced to do things that they don't consent to they can turn to law enforcement and the legal system for help. Currently they don't have this option because they risk prosecution for prostitution themselves or losing their source of livelihood.

**"Prostitution puts women at a significantly greater risk of violence."**

Jobs with a greater risk of violence already exist - being a pizza delivery driver puts you at one of the highest risks of being shot on the job. 

Additionally by legalizing prostitution it would make it much safer. The industry could be regulated to create minimum safety standards, safe and monitored facilities could be created, etc.

**"Prostitution is morally wrong."**

Not only should morality and legality be separate issues, but from a secular standpoint what even makes it wrong? Regardless though the law and your morality should be kept separate otherwise you end up with prohibition. 

**"Prostitution spreads HIV/AIDS."** 

Studies have shown that legalizing prostitution actually reduces HIV infection rates and countries with legal prostitution have a much lower risk of HIV with prostitution. The reasoning behind this is again that prostitutes will have more legal options available to them. Legislation could even be created to heavily penalized individuals spreading STD's through prostitution or with a prostitute to further reduce the risk of STD infections in prostitution. 

All this isn't even mentioning the economic benefits of legalized prostitution. Legalized prostitution would provide an economic boost similar to the economic boost seen from states that have legalized marijuana.

Help me change my view, there just doesn't seem to be any reason against the legalization of prostitution with many reasons for it.
gpt
Are you suggesting prostitution should be legal as in decriminalized (it's simply no longer illegal, and whoever wants to can just do it) or that it be legal as in legalized (made into a regulated industry, where transactions outside that sphere of regulation are still illegal)?