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I've seen some good responses, but honestly it's just religion that makes it illegal.

The idea that sex work is demoralizing etc, is mainly because it is looked down apon, but if it was accepted and applauded (and many would applaud sex workers if it didn't have a stigma attached to it), that would be different.

I would have considered being a sex worker possibly when younger. I was very good in bed, had some advantages many men don't have and enjoyed pleasing others. Sex was fun for me, but wasn't the uber motivation it is for most guys, so it wouldn't have been a dream job, but, the fact I could make so many people really happy would have had a big appeal to me.

If people who didn't dislike sex, were able to safely provide services for other people who needed/wanted sex, they were paid a fair amount and safe from getting hurt/diseases etc, I think the world would be a better place.

There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with selling your body to make other people happy, hell we do that all the time in tons of other jobs, often injuring ourselves our doing things we don't like over and over again. Having sex for money, or giving hand jobs etc, is, at least for some, much more enjoyable than other jobs, and it certainly has the potential to make clients very happy lol.

There should only laws to protect sex workers, to ensure those too young are not involved, that nobody is forced against their will, and that everyone conducts themselves in a safe way (possibly requiring protection, or a drug screening before each client (by both parties) etc.

I'm certainly not an expect but i'm pretty sure a way could be made that allowed sex workers to apply their trade without endangering anyone, and it probably is done in other parts of the world (Amsterdam I think?).

Anyway, the current setup in the US is horrid, it's illegal, but allowed (or done all the time), massage parlors quite often provide full service or at least happy endings, people can hire "escorts" in any city in the US to come to their hotel rooms, and you can even get around the legal implications by filming it etc. The setup opens the door for criminals to make a profit, to take advantage of those too young, or get girls addicted to drugs etc to control them. It makes it easier for sex trafficing as well, forcing people into the sex trade, or moving them against their will in and out of this country.

IF you are going to make it illegal, then do so 100% and monitor it. Do not let it go on "behind the scenes", and do not create a vacuum for criminals to take advantage of people, or ruin peoples lives etc.

Either make it totally illegal and prosicute any and everyone involved drastically, or make it illegal and protect the people in the trade. Do NOT do what we currently do in this country, which just creates a harsh environment for many who work in that trade, gives more money and power to people who you really don't want having more of either, and certainly ensures that stds etc are probably transmitted far more often (probably often to poor significant others who had nothing to do with their spouses etc decision and didn't even know about it.

Much like trying to prevent birth control for teens etc, making prostitution illegal is just causing a bigger problem under the guise of religion. Birth control should be available for all, and so should prostitutes lol.

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