Strippers, Prostitutes, and Respectability

[Doubting Thomas]

Regarding prostitution, I was just thinking about this the other day (great minds think alike, or are we all just horny?). I was thinking of how some people don't want legalized prostitution because they hate finding used condoms on the street in front of their house, hate seeing the prostitutes walking up & down the street, having johns drive by, etc. But if it were all legalized, they could set up a brothel somewhere and all these problems of street hookers would likely go away. Who wants to walk the street when you could just have customers arrive at a building, go upstairs to a comfortable bed or whatever, and do business that way? Much better and safer than having to go down a dark alley, or get in a stranger's car and find a dark place.

In Nevada where brothels are legal, do they really have any problems with them? I think they'd have fewer problems than where it's illegal but still happens anyway.

And it's not like if they made prostitution legal that a bunch of women are just going to start selling themselves. Sure, some may, but that's their business. Who's to say that it's "wrong" for a woman to engage in the sex trade anyway? I think if a woman enjoys sex with multiple partners, she should be allowed to make a business out of it. It's not like some prude is going to turn into a prostitute just because it becomes legal to do so.