Essay 1 Final Draft

America is a sex crazed country and sadly sex sells. Sex sells in advertising, entertainment, and in businesses. Models, strippers, showgirls, burlesque dancers, and prostitutes; they all have one thing in common, they use their body to make them money. Out of that list prostitution is the only one that is illegal excluding in Nevada. Prostitution is one of the worlds oldest professions and can be found in every culture. Although prostitution is seen as degrading, controlled prostitution is a good idea to make legal throughout America because it would create a safer environment for the women, crime rates would reduce, and viruses would decrease .


In order to control prostitution their must be brothels put in place, that would be regulated by the states government. As of right now Nevada has ten counties that allow legal prostitution. In Nevada a law states that any county with the population less than 400,000 the residents can vote whether or not it wants legalized prostitution in its county lines. After a county decides to legalize prostitution if a person wants to open a brothel they must first require a business license from the county sheriff and pay a license fee which varies with the county and are still required to pay the county taxes. When prostitutes register into a brothel they get regular health check ups for sexually transmitted diseases that the brothel owners pay for that are weekly for STDs and monthly for HIV and condoms are mandatory. It is also the owners duty by statute NRS 41.1397 that before employing a women that the owner needs to receive an HIV test.

By having legalized brothels prostitutes would have the freedom and the security of being able to reject any client that they would not like to work with. Because brothels are usually in rural areas, they are away from the cities and neighborhoods, which takes away the unwanted environment that include drugs, and crime. When brothels have a license no girls under the age of eighteen would be allowed to prostitute themselves in a brothel, this would take away any under age girls from being trafficked. By being in a safe environment the prostitutes would be safe from any violence such as assault and rape, that could possibly take place with street prostitution, because they do not have the security that brothels have. Police officers are more obligated to work with license brothels and file reports, where as when they work with street prostitutes the girls are left on their own or they risk getting arrested being that street prostitution is illegal. When women register at the brothel they can state if they want to be full time or part time meaning they go into the business being able to freely quit at anytime, prostitutes would not have the be scared of their “pimp” coming after them for wanting to leave or being forced to stay. Most often street prostitutes are forced into the position. With legal controlled prostitution a women who is interested in the business can apply for the position at a brothel.

Why should adult shows be legal and controlled prostitution be illegal when both of them are used to make money. Prostitution has been around for ages and has been accepted and not accepted throughout the decades. Every town and city has that one street that has it’s street prostitutes and there is usually a neighborhood close by. Because street prostitution involves so many illegal acts, such as drugs and under age trafficking, making licensed brothels would create a safe alternative to street prostitution. By having health check ups in the brothels it would reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases that would be spread to people that would pick up a prostitute on the street. Being able to legalize controlled prostitution would create a good revenue for the state, and the men and women could safely take place in the profession.





http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-244.html#NRS244Sec345
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/906197/nevadas_legal_brothels.html
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-041.html#NRS041Sec1397