Should Prostitution Be Legalized - 1283 Words

Prostitution or commercial sex has always been a heavily debated topic around the world. The world’s oldest profession dating back to ca. 2400 BCE has been considered degrading for the dignity of a women and the feminist community. Critics claim that legalisation of prostitution can result in violence against women, human trafficking, exploitation etc. However, data collected from nations such as Germany and New Zealand, where the profession of commercialized sex is legalized, reports an utterly contrary results. Citizens of Canada need to develop a positive mentality towards prostitution and sex workers as legalization has been accomplished in the House of Commons. Prostitution needs’ to be legalized around the world due to multiple†¦show more content†¦These critics dispute that legalization of prostitution will amplify the amount of violence, however, this misconception develops due to their negative attitude towards prostitution. Nevertheless, society needs to understand that certain individuals are portraying a negative idea of commercial sex therefore it’s important to disregard the negativity and focus towards evidence. Furthermore, many religious groups are against legalizing sexual work due to the law being contradictory to their beliefs. Religious groups such as Catholic Action in New Zealand are against sex work due to the job being involved in moral sins such as adultery, contraception and abortion (Patrick Goodenough). In respect with the beliefs of these holy groups, many individuals are victims of sexual abuse due to the large religious supporters of criminalizing prostitution. These factors lead the many countries illegalizing prostitution. Critics also argue that legalizing prostitution not only increases human trafficking but physical violence towards sex workers as well. Politician and feminist Dianne Yates oppose the bill that legalized prostitution in New Zealand because â€Å"it makes nice, clean brothels for men to use (Patrick Goodenough). Legalizing prostitution provides a better environment for men to engage in intercourse rather than protecting women. Also celebrity feminist suc h as Lena Dunham, Anne Hathaway