Prostitution Should Not Be Legal - 1753 Words

When it comes to the topic of prostitution, most of us will readily agree that it is wrong as it portrays a negative image on women. Where this agreement usually ends, however, it is whether or not it’s a negative outcome. Whereas some are convinced that prostitution should be legal, others maintain that it should stay illegal because of moral intuitions. I disagree that prostitution should be legalized because it’s a form of slavery. Here are many feminists would probably object that prostitution is an utterly horrendous way of exposing your body for money. Prostitution is a like a gift to the pimps in the sex industry. Women will never be treated fairly in the sex industry and some don’t get paid fairly. Having sex with a stranger is†¦show more content†¦Women who are bought off in the sex industry give men the authority to manipulate them by giving them what they sexually desire. Therefore, prostitution is a sex fantasy because it’s allowing me n to fulfil their needs. The desire to have sex when needed and usually have sex with other women. Having sex with variety of women can increase the chance of getting diseases. Men can pass it on to other women or women could potentially pass it on to men. Prostitution is filled with men who are needy and desperate for sex. Many women in the sex industry assume that men truly love them for who they are or what they look like but women in prostitution often play a part of a sexual fantasy. She acts the part of the thing he wants her to be. Basically, women are sex toys to pimps and men who buy off women for sex. According to Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables, he states â€Å"We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution† (Hugo). Victors point is that he’s referring slavery to prostitution. He states that women in the sex industry are considered slaves because women are not given the option to think that there are better opportunities. Slaves back then would have masters to tell them what to do and control them. Even to the point of beating them in order to keep them in line and