Should Prostitution be legalised in India ? What World says and what India says ? My view

1. PROSTITUTION
Should it be made legal ?
A presentation by : Nilay Jayswal ( 14BCS033 )
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2. Contents
 What is Prostitution ?
 Forms of Prostitution
 Reasons to Prostitution
 World on Legalisation of Prostitution
 India on Legalization of Prostitution
 My view
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3. What is Prostitution ? 3
• Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual relations in
exchange for payment or some other benefit. Prostitution is sometimes
described as commercial sex.
• A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, and is a kind of sex
worker. Prostitution is one of the branches of the sex industry.

4. Forms of Prostitution 4
Direct Forms of Prostitution Indirect Forms of Prostitution
1. Street: Clients solicited on the street, park
or other public places.
Bondage and discipline: sexual fantasy through
role play.
2. Brothel: Premises explicitly dedicated to
providing sex.
Lap dancing: A development involving erotic
dancing at close quarters.
3. Escort: Client contacts sex worker by phone
or via hotel staff.
Massage parlour: Premises ostensibly dedicated
to providing massage.
4. Private: Client contacts sex worker by
phone.
Travelling entertainers: Persons involved in
entertainment may also provide sexual services
5. Window or doorway: Brothels with sex
workers on public display.
Beer girls: Young women hired by major
companies to promote and sell products in bars.

5. Reasons to Prostitution
 The Women :
• Some women have stated that they are attracted by the large sums of
money they can earn while they are still young.
• Others see it as a way to pay for university education and further
advancement. Most state that they intend to leave the business once
they have earned the amount they want or need.
• They also see themselves as helping men save their marriages by
supplying something they cannot get at home, or helping them chase
away loneliness when they are on business trips.
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 The Men :
• Believing they are ugly and unable to have sex without paying for it.
• Wanting sex but without all of emotional involvement that comes with
a girlfriend, marriage and family; wanting casual sex with no
obligations attached.
• Being convinced that their genitalia is too small and that any average
woman would laugh at and reject them.
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7. Legalisation of Prostitution 7

8. World on Legalization of Prostitution
Percentage of Countries with Legal, Illegal,
and Limitedly Legal Prostitution
(of the 100 countries)
Illegal Legal Limited Legality
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9. India on Legalization of Prostitution
India on Legalization of Prostitution
Yes No
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10. Why it’s a NO ?
• View of a 16 year old girl : By legalizing prostitution, you are agreeing to using
women and girls as merchandise. With prostitution comes a high risk of exposure
to street crimes, as well as violence characterized by bodily harm, health hazards
and mental trauma. Prostitution promotes unsafe sex, woman inequality & is
overall just immoral.
• View 2 : The moral fabric of society is already rottening! A wife already has to
worry about her husband cheating...making this legal is not only wrong but
immoral. If someone wants to be immoral they should have a legal right to do so.
Would you want your daughter to think of this as a profession...because if it is
made legal it could become as normal as working as a secretary! If a woman wants
to be immoral and a man wants to be immoral then both should suffer the
consequences of the law if caught.
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• View 3 : Prostitution shouldn't be legalized, it's a shameful way to make a
living, and it can be ruinous to individuals if they are exposed for using
prostitutes. Legalizing prostitution would be bad in many ways. Too many
young women would see this as a way to earn a living and when they get
older they will be without skills, except for sex, and the fact is, anyone can
do that.
• View 4 : If any one of you can honestly claim that you'd be okay with your
mother, sister, daughter or friend becoming a prostitute, then this world
has gotten far darker than I had ever imagined. Stop arguing that women
have a right to do what they want with their bodies, and start teaching
them to love and respect their bodies!
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12. Why it’s a YES ?
• View 1 : I think it should be legal because it would help reduce rapes,
human trafficking, and murders. It is also a way for some people who don't
have jobs to get one. It would also help to reduce the amount of gang
violence because there would be no need for pimp/gang to keep the
prostitute safe.
• View 2: People have the right to do whatever they want with their bodies.
Who are we to tell others what to do ? If you're afraid your spouse would
cheat on you then it's your problem, why blame the prostitutes ? And there
are male prostitutes too, so this issue has nothing to do with gender. And
why is it immoral ? Who gets to decide what's immoral and what's not ?
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• View 3 : Prostitution has been around since the beginning of mankind.
Most anti-prostitution laws were passed over 100 years ago. It happens
every day throughout the world, so why not make money off it and reduce
the risk in it? It is simply two consenting adults exchanging a service for
money. It should not be any more illegal than a plumber or maid.
• View 4 : They are trying to make a living like all people there job should
be legalized its not like they are raping people they getting paid for what
they do they enjoy what they do for a living they got nice bodies and they
don't have to worry about looking after babies because they clean there
wombs
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14. I say YES
Prostitution should be legalized in India
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15. My view on Legalization of Prostitution
 It Would Make Sex Workers Healthier.
 Legal Prostitution Would Reduce Violence And Sex Crimes.
 It Would Protect Minors ( children and girls ).
 It Could Help Us Fight Against Human-Trafficking.
 Prostitution Is A Victimless Crime.
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 It Could Save The Country A Lot Of Money.
 Legalization Could Benefit A Government Through Taxes.
 It Would Give The Sex Workers Employment Rights.
 Prostitution Can’t Be Prevented.
 Sex Workers Have The Right To Their Body.
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17. References
• http://prostitution.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000096
• https://www.mentalhelp.net/blogs/why-do-women-become-prostitutes-
and-why-do-men-go-to-them/
• http://prostitution.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000772
• http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-prostitution-be-legal
• http://www.listland.com/top-10-reasons-prostitution-legalized/
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