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    parliament having to reform Canada’s prostitution laws, these changes raised question on the communities within Canada and if they have respect of law and have the tolerance of prostitution (Morton 229 2012 ). Prostitution is technically legal in Canada, although technically legal, the laws surrounding prostitution make it very difficult to conduct prostitution legally (Morton pp 229 2012). Because it is against the law to advertise in the streets, make a living off prostitution, or be in or involved with

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    3561 04/19/2015 Discussing the Legalization of Prostitution To better discuss the legalization of prostitution there’s a need to know its definition. Legalization of prostitution is where prostitution becomes controlled by the government and becomes legal under specific conditions. Legalization may include prostitution-specific controls chosen by the state, which could include licensing, registration, and mandatory regular health checks ups. Prostitution has been legalized in Netherlands, Germany,

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    Decriminalizing prostitution in the United States will be a hazard to the nation. Prostitution has been often called one of the oldest jobs in the world. However, it has been illegal in nearly all societies throughout history. Currently, there have been various countries where prostitution has been legalized by the government, allowing people over eighteen year olds to work as prostitutes legally. Nonetheless, those countries have had several negative effects following the legalization of prostitution. Nevertheless

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    heavily there is one surrounding prostitution. It is seen as a job that the desperate and destitute flock to, it takes place in seedy underbellies and involves corrupt pimps preying on adolescent girls. This viewpoint is hyperbolic stems from perhaps well-intentioned but uninformed others. Like any line of work, prostitution has its downsides and its corrupt sides, but it also has its benefits, benefits that are made scarcer when someone adopts the view that prostitution should be policed. Those involved

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    purpose of this final paper is to have a full sociological analysis of my topic; which is prostitution. We are also critiquing and summarizing our topic from paper 1 and paper 2 that we have written. I will be viewing the sociology of prostitution and analyzing prostitution by calling into question many things such as its theoretical premise and the concept of prostitution. Sociologically have defined prostitution as “an occupation in which an individual sells sex in a promiscuous and emotionally indifferent

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    In the United States, prostitution is outlawed in 49 out of the 50 states. Although many people have debated that prostitution is immoral and life-threatening occupation, the basic assumption that outlawing prostitution is adequate to discourage individuals from trading sex is not well established. In the recent past, the federal government has come up with various interventions on prostitution, majority of which are laws related to sex work. Notwithstanding most Americans according to the fact that

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    Legalising prostitution: a matter of numbers Prostitution is commonly referred to as the oldest profession of the world, and this is far from true if we consider the definition of prostitution. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Prostitution is the practice of engaging in relatively indiscriminate sexual activity in exchange for immediate payment in money or other valuables” (prostitution in Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2015). There is little evidence of humans selling sex for payment in

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    the costumes. But is it really a good costume idea? Prostitution is a malicious and heinous crime. People do not realize the harmful effects of prostitution and the underlying causes of it. Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual acts for payment, and the majority of prostitutes are women. Prostitution is illegal in the United States and is a big problem that we face as a country, and so do many other countries. Prostitution promotes drug and alcohol abuse as well as violence;

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    negative connotation surrounds prostitution. Illegal in most places in the United States, it did not used to be that way. During this time, prostitution was a vibrant and successful industry. Nevada currently allows prostitution in a limited capacity. Those who wish to operate a brothel in Nevada must secure a license, and the ordinance must have less than four hundred thousand people. This case study is starting the trend towards decriminalization of prostitution. The biggest argument against legalization

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    The public health issues that the legalization of prostitution seeks to address are those faced by the sex workers themselves. These issues include: higher prevalences of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (compared to the general population), limited accessibility to health services, sex trafficking, workplace violence, and poverty. Sex workers are at a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections due to a lack of education regarding safe sex, condom use, and access to health

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