Prolicy

The practice of prostitution has existed since time unknown. A part of the feminine gender condemns it, and a part of it uses it to earn a living; while the opposite gender sees it as an entertainment. The fact that it should or should not be done is beyond debate, because although many would stand against it in public light, they would still advocate it behind the doors of a brothel.

But the reason why it should be of concern are many, some of which I will try and assess in this essay. First and foremost it makes us wonder the value of women in our society, secondly, it makes many vulnerable to many diseases, and thirdly it facilitates the stigma attached to the practice itself and the person practicing it.

Today, the government and NGO’s have been trying to solve problems that revolve against prostitution most of all that of STD’s. Engaging in intercourse with a person who is infected with a certain STD’s makes the uninfected person a victim in a way. This has been the major concern if many countries worldwide that are trying to find ways to bring this practice under certain regulation.

Netherlands for this reason legalized brothels, however the problem they face today is of policing dilemmas, and thus the fact that sex trade has not stopped and diseases are still spreading. And once again in this cycle, the state is rendered ineffective in trying to achieve their motive.

The problem unfortunately does not only revolve around this trouble, prostitution engulfs in it certain illegal activities and other multiple crimes. The Dutch government tried to tackle this problem with trying to make buying and selling of sexual services a legal and freely undertaken transaction. However, this too has yet to turn useful and effective.

However the exploitation and the violence has not stopped. Women have been saddled with fictitious debts and threats women are made to entertain 20 clients in a day, and be subjected to any and everything the clients pays for, like their names tattooed on the.

A positive outcome has been seen from countries that have legalized sex trade, this has allowed sex workers to trade freely and be in a position to be more autonomous more over it has shown that the legal of 18 was followed. This too does not come without a drawback where then trade attracts more men and women.

On another plane of comparison to look at countries like Africa or India, either line of policy would have a negative effect. To legalize would mean to advocate and exploitation would multiply, not to forget that such a policy would be opposed by society itself. On the other hand banning it would push the victims into a dark zone of concealing the practice, not stopping it.

This issue requires a delicate balance in policy making wherein the goals to reduce exploitation, transmission of STD’s and the stigma of prostitution withers away with time. Hence more tactic needs to go into a policy that will allow policing (to reduce the chances of exploitation and illness) and freedom (to make the business respectable thus reduce the stereotype of a prostitute as a fallen person change) together.