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There is no profession in this world that has lasted longer than prostitution- the selling of sexual services. Despite the age of this field, there is a lot of controversy over whether it should be legal or if it is even morally correct to do. There are places all over the world where prostitution is legal, but in the United States only two of the fifty states have legalized it-Rhode Island and Nevada. But there is a lot of evidence to suggest that Prostitution should be legalized in all fifty states because it is a perfectly legal and beneficial career.

One argument against legalizing prostitution is that it would cause an increase in sexually transmitted diseases. This is actually false if the proper standards are taken. Should prostitution
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But who determines what our morals are but us? The Constitution of the United States was formed off the basis of a multitude of freedoms guaranteed to all of its citizens. Is a woman selling her sexual services any different than, say, a carpenter selling his carpentry services? The act of sex in of itself certainly isn 't illegal, so why should selling sexual services be? As long as it 's consensual and within legal regulations, it shouldn 't …show more content…

There are three different classes of prostitutes. "There are three strata of prostitutes. Within the top layer rests discrete call-girls for the affluent...The middle layer holds bordello-dwelling prostitutes or others in less subtle environments such as strip clubs and massage parlors that offer backroom services. Streetwalkers (harlots, hookers, nightwalkers, ...) occupy the lowest layer." (...)Prostitutes among the top two classes are in good financial condition. Most of them make more money than women who work the common and more suggested jobs. While the lowest layer prostitutes usually don 't live the best of lives, the same holds true for most career fields where the bottom of the barrel don 't have the same living standards as the top class of their profession. So if so many prostitutes are earning such good income, relatively speaking, why should it be illegal? Why it is legal for companies to pay people to accomplish physical tasks, like in factories, construction, or warehousing among others but yet a prostitute providing service to a client isn 't legal? In addition to the money made by the increase of prostitution due to its legalization, the government can place taxes on the brothels to generate even more revenue. In the grand scheme of things, legalizing prostitution would cause a positive spike in the economic flow of money throughout a specific area. Prostitutes earning their high incomes legally can invest

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