What Drives Most Prostitution is Men.

[ljm2002]

67. Prostitution is known as "the oldest profession"...

...now whether it truly is the very oldest profession I don't know, but it certainly has been around for a very, very long time.

Therefore, making it illegal to pay for sex is unrealistic IMO.

The more obvious solution is to legalize and regulate it, thus removing the pimp entirely -- at least the thuggish pimps who are rampant under the present system. It will also reduce the number of underage girls involved, as well as helping to ensure the health and welfare of the prostitutes.

I don't like the idea of prostitution. It makes me uncomfortable. But let's be real. Look at how many people have been incarcerated for drugs. Yet all the draconian penalties that have been imposed have not reduced the demand one little bit.

What we really need to do is stop criminalizing all sorts of behaviors that don't directly harm others. In the case of drugs and prostitution, decriminalization and/or legalization along with harm mitigation would be the correct policies IMO.