Tequila wrote:
I think it's time to get this legalised over here. I believe in the free-market - if these ladies have something to sell that a man (or, indeed, another woman!) wants to buy, who should stop them? Have them registered, tested and mugged by the Government just as any other worker might be and keep them to the industrial estates.
It's legal in the Czech Republic, but they still need to be doing more. Most of the ladies of the night in Czech work for pimps who take their money, beat them, beat or kill ladies of the night that do not work for them that are trying to do business where they do business, etc. Also there is no government tracking system for prostitution like there is for other risky professions.
Most people would like to see some sort of registration system and public health system, since they are at risk of picking up all sorts of diseases. Also, most people would like to see their business moved away from pimps and into "public establishments" (euphamism for brothel) where they are essentially entrepreneurs and not working for pimps.
From what I undestand, quite a bit of the EU has it legalized, but only with a varying degree of public/prostitute protection.