I have the right to perform a sexual service in exchange for money.

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33. I understand your concerns, and I put value in them.

No regulation would be perfect and if you could just do away with prostitution entirely, it would make all the problems go away. Questionable ethically in my opinion, but there is no denying it would be the most effective way to get rid of any problems that might arise from prostitution.

But the problem is that it isn't a choice between prostitution and no prostitution. It a choice between a completely unregulated black market and an imperfectly regulated legal system. I would rather have an imperfect system and fight to improve it when it needs to be improved than turn my head and just pretend the problem doesn't exist by shoving it away from the eyes of society. That is what we are doing now. Prostitution is RAMPANT in our society, despite it being illegal.

In my mind it is just like drugs, you can make a dog and pony show of trying to crush it and change nothing (we've poured billions into the war on drugs and our drug addiction rate hasn't changed in decades), or you can legalize it, bring it into the light of day and actually do something.