Pimps and aka escort agencies , what should be done with these ?

Prostitution is just an occupation imo - you're selling something for money so nothing wrong with it. I think take out the middle men and set up brothels which are actually safe and regulated then the women/men are in a safe place where they can't be taken advantage of. I don't know if I've explained it very well but I once saw a really good post on why brothels should be legalised

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Brothels should become part of the public sector. Those working there should get free health check ups and they should be regulated. There should also be fixed prices. Going to a brothel should be seen as no different to going to the pub. Everyone has their vices. For some its drinking, for others its a bit of marijuana and for others its sex.

AFAIK France has made the whole prostitution scene illegal. But, I do not even see prostitution itself as the major danger after some thought. The problem is, I think, at the middle you have people traffickers and people with vested interests in exploiting women for financial gain. I.e. Owning these women. You take out the middle man? You make the whole problem a whole lot easier to manage imo.

All prostitution is an exploitation for money of women's economic position in society and is quite rightly being outlawed in many EU nations.

Brothels should become part of the public sector. Those working there should get free health check ups and they should be regulated. There should also be fixed prices. Going to a brothel should be seen as no different to going to the pub. Everyone has their vices. For some its drinking, for others its a bit of marijuana and for others its sex.

surely that's the stealing of a woman's personal choices, autonomy and rights, though? isn't it rather condescending to tell a woman when and how she's allowed to have sex with another adult if she desires to? why does doing it for money make a difference? if trading services for money is legal why is sex any different? and I thought the whole idea behind feminism or the "women's rights movement" was to treat women like they're equal to men and to give them dignity, not to assume they think like children and can't make their own personal/economic choices?

and as for my own opinion on what should be done, I'd treat the sex industry (including prostitution and brothels) as any other industry - once someone reaches the age of consent, 16 (opposed to 18 - because in my opinion being old to have sex and be old enough to have a job is logical enough), then they should be allowed to do whatever they want in terms of those kinds of things, but they must appreciate that they are putting themselves at risk of sexually transmitted infections/diseases and pregnancies (although in my opinion, especially in the case of brothels, I don't think prostitution/pornography is a particularly dangerous industry all in all). and I'm saying this for both males and females - if there's a market and there's demand for sex and there's consent, then why prohibit it if it is a private contractual transaction? it should be treated not as a government industry or a quasi-public industry, it should be fully private and regulated by contracts/private legislation between involved parties.

This "market" as you call it is often populated by addicts, vulnerable women, runaways and minors, people being trafficked, and victims of abuse and violence tantamount to human slavery. If men want to have "sex" with such victims then the men need to be criminalised. Of course Tory MPs who enjoy a bit of botty spanking remain in favour.

This "market" as you call it is often populated by addicts, vulnerable women, runaways and minors, people being trafficked, and victims of abuse and violence tantamount to human slavery. If men want to have "sex" with such victims then the men need to be criminalised.

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The Pros and Cons of legalising prostitution:

http://prostitution.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000115

And having read that and considered both sides of the debate, quite frankly I believe that prostitution should be legalised. Its all very well saying we should work to abolish prostitution altogether, rather than legalise it, but is it realistic to think that that could actually happen? Is there any evidence to suggest that that could be achieved, because surely those in the 'industry' will find whatever way they can to keep it going underground. As long as there are women out there who need the money and desperate men who want sex, then I fear it would be virtually impossible to completely abolish it. If it was possible to completely abolish it, then I would certainly support that, but until I see evidence that it is and that the government would be willing to make a real effort and put resources into that, then I believe legalisation would be the best action to take.

And I think one of the key points in the argument for legalisation is the problem of violence. By legalising it, you give prostitutes the safety and protection of a regulated brothel and protection of the law, rather than forcing them to walk the streets at night or be exploited by pimps, which obviously is highly dangerous and as shown in the article, men just believe they can do what they want with those women because they know the woman will have little protection in a criminalised profession and they'll believe they can probably get away with it and the guy in the case shown in the article managed to get away with it for 20 years and murder 48 women.

Too often the problem is that people only look at the debate from a moral perspective, without any consideration of the wider picture and I certainly believe that if people considered the wider picture in terms of protecting the women or combating trafficking, instead of just dismissing it as immoral and pretending it doesn't exist, then there wouldn't be so many in opposition.

It needs to be properly regulated on licensed premises (so no street prostitution) in my opinion. Off the top of my head, I would suggest the following:

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[*]Sex workers must use some form of chemical contraceptive whilst employed at a brothel

This is the only one I disagree with.

If they are using condoms then there is very little need.

All forms of chemical contraception can have side effects even if they aren't noticeable and there are some women out there whose bodies just dont like the chemicals at all.
I know three women who have tried every contraception available and their bodies just dont like them and throw up big problems whenever they try to use them.

You are then forcing women to either work unsafely or put chemical substances they dont want into their bodies, which is wrong.

And guys get off scot free, because there is no chemical contraception for them at present. If the risk of just condoms is good enough for them, then it should be good enough for female workers too.