Legalization of Prostitution

Prostitution can be defined as a record of sex payments (Sheldin 2014). It is the oldest occupation in world history. It exists in most civilizations that existed before. Prostitution is illegal in the United States, except for certain counties in Nevada. Prostitutes were convicted for exercising their profession. But why are they punished? Most prostitutes do not choose this type of life, but take advantage of unfortunate circumstances in the life of young women and participate in it through pimping.

The legality of prostitution in North and South America varies from country to country. Most countries just legalize prostitution and just legalize the exchange of sexual services. The level of law enforcement varies from country to country. One country, the United States is peculiar because the legality of prostitution is not the responsibility of the federal government but the responsibility of the state, region, and federal territory. In Asia, the main feature of this area is the big difference between the legislation that exists in books and the law that actually appears. For example, prostitution is illegal in Thailand, but prostitution is actually tolerated and partially regulated, and that country is the destination of sex tourism. This situation is very common in many Asian countries.

In 100 countries, the legality of prostitution is limited in a considerable number of countries. According to an analysis of legal prostitution at ProCon.org (2016), 49 countries have legalized prostitution in some way, 12 countries restrict legal prostitution and only 39 countries are completely illegal. Well, this indicates to the average reader that as the parties agree and reach the legal age of each country, many countries recognize prostitution as a viable income source. In many countries where sales practices have been considered illegal, measures have been taken to prevent sex trading and to reduce negative events that may occur in prostitution businesses.

Legalization of prostitution or non-criminalization is one of the fundamental causes of sex trafficking. One argument about the legalization of prostitution in the Netherlands is that legalization will help end the exploitation of desperate immigrant women trafficked as a result of prostitution. According to the report of the government Budapest group *, 80% of women in the Dutch brothel are being trafficked from other countries (Budapest Group, 1999: 11). As early as 1994, the International Migrant Organization (IOM) stated in the Netherlands alone that "About 70% of trafficked women are from Central and Eastern European countries" (Immigration, 1995: 4)