There Must Be Harm
There Must Be Harm
This chapter argues that completely eliminating prostitution would be very dangerous. Indeed, the position of the legislators has not exclusively been to eliminate prostitution's most devastating consequences, but primarily to maintain it at a reasonable level because they feared that to wipe it out completely would produce even more dangerous and fearful consequences, so it was best to let it naturally persist. If prostitution were to be completely eliminated, young brothel women would fall into an embarrassing situation when they try to find a new occupation. Moreover, owners of seedy hotels and hotel boys would become unemployed, and this would lead to theft and burglary.
Keywords: prostitution, brothel women, hotel owners, hotel boys, theft, burglary
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