(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); So, opinions on prostitution? Should it be legal or not? Maybe only under certain circumstances? Yes/no?

This topic came to mind as I saw a program on TV, 2 female police officers(UK) pretending to be prostitutes then subsequently arresting the "customers". Surely this is extremely unfair? Opinions, please

Read a few pages from this thread and one thing I'm interested in finding out is..

How an earth would legalizing prostitution be at all correlated to rape charges?

Rates decrease in areas where it legal
Far greater use of protection and treatment

I believe WHO has the stats on there site

Interesting to note the majority of the unemployed want this, as the youth make the majority if it. Still true enough.

If there were to be any correlation I'd expect the number of rapes committed to drop significantly as a safer & legal option arose.

No worries of the prostitutes being raped given that a) if there was a rapist about he wouldn't go after a prostitute and b) if it were legal it could be setup more like how it is in Holland. Don't they have some sort of protection there?

Yes they do. The red light districts are patrolled by police and under constant CCTV. Hash cafés, casinos, 24 hour night clubs, strip clubs, and brothels have to, by law, be placed in a designated red light district (actually hash cafés don't have to, but usually choose to in order to avoid complaints). I like this law because it means anyone who finds gambling, heavy drinking or the sex trade offensive can easily avoid it. The red light districts literally replace the standard orange/yellow street lights with red street lights and the doors all have a red strip light on them, so you always know you're entering that kind of area. Any brothel or club will have there own doormen and security, and any large city (especially Amsterdam) has a police station specifically for the red light district so they can respond quickly. The only places that occationally don't have security in the RLD would be porn shops, tattoo parlours, sex toy shops, etc. which are all fairly popular (not quite sure why tattoo parlours are common in the RLD but they are apparently).

They have to lie about there job.....most say it rape because paying for sex is illegal
In areas where it legal the number of rape charges drops quite a bit, mainly because they don't have to lie.
Also don't fear the police and work with them.

Not sure but i think crime drops too :/
Maybe cos anybody doing it we don't want to take stuff lol

Porn is legal prostitution should be also.

What's the difference between a camera?

-Porn they pay them to have sex and make a video of it
-Prostitution they pay to have sex but don't have a video?

It should be legal. Its that persons body let them do whatever they want to it. If a "pimp" gets involved thats another situation that needs to be handled.

Yes make it legal. Holland seem to be doing ok. the government could even make a few quid in taxes off it. Also make weed legal. win win for everyone.