Isn't prostitution legal already in Nevada? Why should it be legal in one area and not in others? Of course it should be legal. With that said there would also be more than just man/woman prostitution. The basic idea is to be able to buy a sexual situation. If this does not exist somebody is likely to act it out in full society to the harm an dismay of us all. This is what happens with rape and murder. Simply making something illegal is not always the way to keep it out of your society. Of course, it would have to be regulated.

Yup. Then both johns and prostitutes will have safety, legal and health protections.

Given that it will happen whether it's legal or not, yes. It is better to design system-level protocols. Other occupational groups have labor laws intended to protect the worker, there's no reason sex workers should be denied security and safety in the occupational forum. If it's legal, income becomes taxable (though probably requires a 1099 much like other independent entrepreneurs.)

The stigma against sex workers is rooted in millenia-old genealogical and moralistic paradigms, which are in turn rooted in religious traditionalism. We arguably accept pornography as legitimate industry, why shouldn't cam girls and prostitutes receive the same acceptance?

The abortion analogy is appropriate here: it's GOING to happen regardless of its legality, therefore as a society it behooves us to create as safe and secure an environment as possible in which the business can take place.

yes of course it should. the fact that it reflects the objectification of women (and men, in the case of male prostitution) is not a reason to keep it criminalized. some iterations of marriage do that; all advertising does that. they're not illegal. keeping prostitution criminalized means keeping its control in the hands of criminals, and keeping it more objectifying than it has to be. at least let women be in control of what they do with their own bodies, and meanwhile we can work on education that might change people's attitudes about who is what. there will be less sexually transmitted disease, less human trafficking, less interest on the part of criminals, less blackmail. everything we (or a number of us) don't approve of, for a variety of reasons, doesn't have to be a crime.

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Legal and regulated....