Should Prostitution Be Beneficial For Our Nation

Prostitution is one of the oldest occupations of all time. Brothels have always been around since ancient times. So this deviant act is nothing new in the world we live in today. Prostitution shouldn’t be deemed deviant. Prostitution is often said to be the oldest profession, and there is a lot of evidence that this is true. The earliest texts we have reference prostitutes, either sacred ones working for a temple or common street prostitutes. Throughout the Bible, prostitutes played greater or lesser roles in many stories, from Delilah to Mary Magdalene. Prostitution has been in existence for millennia, going back to the Byzantine, Roman, Greek, and Egyptian empires. (Goldman) Today, prostitution is predominately illegal with the†¦show more content†¦This would help collect more money that can be used for funding other things that can benefit the society. This would include funding public schools, the police force, homeless shelters, and construction. The average annual income of an employee at one Nevada brothel working only one week per month is at least $100,000. Based on this figure each legally licensed sex worker could be contributing more than $20,000 in federal income taxes per year. Considering that current estimations show over one million prostituted women in America, the tax revenue generated by this industry becomes a staggering $20 billion per year. (Case for Legalizing Prostitution) If we don’t make prostitution legal, the country would be missing out on all this extra tax revenue. Instead all of this money would end up in the pockets of the pimps that control this underground industry. Legalizing prostitution is comparable to the legalization of marijuana, the country can greatly benefit from this than keeping it as illegal. Prostitution in the United States is very dangerous unless you are in Nevada. Making prostitution legal will protect sex workers not only violence and abuse but STI as well. Legalizing it will force brothels to test their employees frequently for any harmful sexually transmitted diseases. These frequent tests are similar to annual health inspections for restaurants. If sex workers were tested