I have often wonder, without any sense of controversy, who exactly benefits from the outlawing of prostitution?
Certainly not the one who lacks the social or physical graces to inspire consensual sex without overt payment. And also not the one who wishes to afford a certain lifestyle yet lacks the necessary intellect or drive to earn a living in some other manner. In fact it just struck me that some terrible harm is being done to the psyche of these individuals through the criminalization of their instinctual imperative in a world that embraces monetary trade.
Imagine how you may feel it was illegal to hire someone to clean your house, but you did it anyway. For years hiding from your friends and family that you don't ever clean the bathtub or vacuum the rug. I am sure that sort of pressure would eat at a person of conscience. And how about having to hide from your children the fact that the food they are eating was earned through folding and dusting for a stranger.
Wouldn't a safe work environment benefit prostitutes and their clients? And what about a fair wage for the prostitute themselves instead of the current pimpery which our government practically sanctions through their morality based legal system.
I ask again who is being protected by these morals?
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