San Fran's next step: Legalized prostitution?

I have lived in San Francisco for years and there was no lack of prostitution of any kind. City is full of strip clubs and they all have girls offering different services. I have never heard once one of them getting investigated or closed. You can also see street girls on various streets though police was less tolerant to it. You all also know Asian massage clubs, escort services and also today woman are advertising themselves over the internet. San Francisco was never shy about any of these.

In all those years I noticed San Francisco goverments attitude towards all these was letting them happen in a controled envoriment. Thats why it is not weird to hear they are trying to make it legal now. They already regulate it by deciding when to step in and when to look other way. But if it becomes legal , it can be controled better.

Hermes
 
Its quite ironic that countries AROUND las vegas theres legalized prositution, brothels etc but in the actual city of vegas its illiegal. Yet theres escort service advertising like everywhere you look. LOL. Gotta love that.
 
BradB08 said:
I think it's a good idea because it frees up resources for police to concentrate on prosecuting actual criminals and it makes it so that they cannot retaliate against sex workers for being sex workers, even if they report legitimate crimes against them.

Yes, no one likes prostitution. However, if there's an union for sex workers, I would assume that they have the same protections as any other employee in an union and that they have rigorous STD/HIV testing and other safety procedures in place.
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Another good point. Same with the "war on drugs".
 
shel90 said:
Legalize prostitution..

Legalize marijuana...

The country would be a happier and more peaceful place to live!

Seriously...would it reduce crime rates? I think it would..
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It most certainly would. Either activity is only a crime because we make it so.
 
Hermes said:
I have lived in San Francisco for years and there was no lack of prostitution of any kind. City is full of strip clubs and they all have girls offering different services. I have never heard once one of them getting investigated or closed. You can also see street girls on various streets though police was less tolerant to it. You all also know Asian massage clubs, escort services and also today woman are advertising themselves over the internet. San Francisco was never shy about any of these.

In all those years I noticed San Francisco goverments attitude towards all these was letting them happen in a controled envoriment. Thats why it is not weird to hear they are trying to make it legal now. They already regulate it by deciding when to step in and when to look other way. But if it becomes legal , it can be controled better.

Hermes
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That really isn't regulating. That is just ignoring. Because it is still an illegal activity, they cannot regulate health requirements, etc, that legalization would provide for. Not to mention, taxes.
 
nice that it is being considered...

if only the rest of the nation would follow suit...

same with cannabis...
 
legalizing drugs would help reduce prostitution. Some of them only hook to support their habits.
 
New criminal that there will be underage, illegal immigrant, no license and some embarrass for men after report on any incident. heh
 
They should go for it on one or two years trial as long as the restrictions are needed to deal those concerns about legal prostitution.
 
Wokamuka said:
Amsterdam's model is admired by many. STD/HIV incident rates are lower with legal prostitutes than with illegal. I find it odd that many who finds this morrally reprehnsible would find nothing wrong with widespread and, even, state-sponsored gambling.
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Happened to read in the newspaper today that 70 percent of the windows hookers in red light district in A'dam are victims of human traficking. Seems like a legal industry creates a large "meat" market. If those prostitutes admit they are slaves, they will "disappear" pretty quick.

I slightly favor banning prostitution, but it would then perhaps need a different society that the one we have today.
 
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