I need to take exception to the discovered Decide Barbara A. Mack’s op-ed “Lawmakers should exact harsher penalties for those who buy sex” (Jan. 29, Opinion).
Prostitution (that doesn’t contain minors or relies on pressure and coercive intimidation, i.e. “trafficking”) ought to be authorized. A girl ought to have a proper to manage her physique, proper? Folks at all times say this, however they make an exception for prostitution.
Criminalizing prostitution treats girls like youngsters and it violates their proper to decide on their occupation.
Decide Mack appropriately factors out that prostitution is probably the most harmful occupation for girls within the U.S. Nevertheless it’s probably the most harmful occupation as a result of it’s unlawful. The place prostitution is authorized (as in many countries of the world and Nevada) prostitutes are far safer than in jurisdictions that criminalize it.
Like alcohol prohibition, prostitution prohibition doesn’t work.
Jeff E. Jared, Kirkland
