Topic > The Pros and Cons of Prostitution - 1340

First, prostitution is a bad thing. According to Aziza Ahmed, a journalist for Foreign Policy magazine, the “women trafficking coalition” argues that “sex work is a dangerous phenomenon that regularly violates women's rights and perpetuates their subordination to men.” So, as you can see, legalizing prostitution will not solve the real problem. Ahmed goes on to say that there is no difference between sex work and human trafficking. Both control people for the purpose of making money. Therefore, the demand for sex workers will not be affected. Ahmed also shares a terrifying statistic that there are up to 100,000 “trafficked” women and children in the small country of Cambodia. Therefore, the demand for sex workers is high. Second, we can eliminate prostitution by making it legal. Ahmed shares a successful model used in Sweden, Norway and Iceland. In this model, it is the clients who are accused of breaking the law, rather than the sex workers. Therefore, this is proof positive that prostitution can be made illegal. Ahmed also claims that Germany has also bought into the successful model by making customers and clients criminals. Therefore, arresting clients and customers will help stop prostitution. Third, the rescue attempts were not successful. Ahmed says that in a Thai brothel rescue the sex workers feel like they are being arrested and not rescued. Therefore, you can see the well-intentioned ass