Surrogacy Gone Bad

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i'm not sure if those abuses are due to the illegality of prostitution. i think in most cases, the women are being used and abused by their pimp-would those actions go away if prostitition was legal and regulated?
prostitutes are stigmatized, so authorities are of NO help. it's as tho they view the prostitutes as less than human, and deserving of anything that happens to them because they chose that lifestyle. but quite often, they didn't choose it. and then they can't get out. and it's hard to get help, because they are a social pariah, and have no support system.

That's what I wonder, too- the brothels in Nevada seem to be very tightly regulated, but even if every state legalized brothels, there would still be abuse on the streets. I think the US is very divided on what the real "problem" of prostitution is- is it the immorality of sex for money or is it violence against women? I mean, I know what I think the problem is, but as you point out, the way prostitutes are treated by law enforcement and how they are stigmatized in the community speaks to others having more issues with sex than they do with violence.

Al Jazeera America (look! Dell's head just exploded! Hi, Dell. Teasing you. ) has a thoughtful opinion piece, written after Canada's Supreme Court struck down the laws against prostitution, stating the laws violated women's right to safety:
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinion...utionlaws.html