San Francisco may be safe for prostitutes

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by Kevin

If it's regulated, I think it'll do exactly the opposite. Regulate it, bring it out in the open, have regular inspections, testing and disclosures, tax the heck out of it, etc. If regulated well, there will be much less incentive to do business illegally. By failing to regulate it, the floodgates are just as open, but we're doing little or nothing to combat it. So far, we have around 2 centuries worth of history in the country with prohibition in this area... and for that same amount of time, any enforcemtn has been a dismal failure. Perhaps it's time to do something different?

I'll be interested to see how SF pulls this off.

I feel the same way about [most] illicit drugs FWIW. I wouldn't go near drugs or hookers, but I think prohibition is completely futile at best, and at worst, forces women into situations where, because they are engaged in a prohibited activity are afraid to seek out help from law enforcement in the event of sexual or physical abuse.

I completely agree. I don't quite understand why prostitution is illegal in the first place. Drugs, I get, because of all the money the government is making.