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This website is a database for 100 countries and their policies regarding prostitution. This website also includes details related to prostitution, because some countries legalize prostitution but does not legalize brothel ownership, or pimping. This website also gives reasons to why some countries allow it and why some don't. 

This website is an argument between Dianne Post and Bishakha Datta. The two women give their own perspectives on prostitution and whether they think it should be legalized or not. Dianne Post believes that it should not be legalized, while Bishakha Datta believes that it should be legalized. 

I do not know how to feel about this article. They both have great points. I have friends who prostitute. I have seen some get there lives destroyed and some that seem to be fine. I honestly think it should be illegal because of the violence that comes from it. No women should have to face it.

I disagree with the perspective that prostitution should be legalized on a philosophical basis. Dianna in her post made excellent points against the legalization of prostitution so I will not reiterate them. Legalizing something that has been thought of as immoral for millennia I believe would be unwise. I don't think anyone would agree with me if I were to argue for the legalization of murder, so why would we legalize something that is on an equal level of immoral behavior for a majority of people.

Pros and cons in the debate as to whether prostitution should be legal. Core questions, economics, health, human trafficking and morality issues discussed.

This website covers some of the 10 reasons that the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International thinks of why prostitution should not be legalized. Some of the reasons they provide and argue for is that the legalization would promote sex trafficking. They also argue that it would expand the industry instead of controlling the industry of prostitutes. 

I totally agree with this topic, and article. I find it very disturbing to see people sell their bodies, or even "pimps" selling our for their own profit.

A Zumba instructor has suffered consequences of illegal prostitution. The instructor was accused of videotaping clients without their consent.

Article about legalizing prostitution and how it can effect personal freedoms. Article is in favor of legalization.

The idea of legalizing Prostitution has been thought about for many years. There is a place in Nevada that is. They pay taxes they are clean and check per health code.If consenting adults want to: let them

The societal effects of prostitution can often be swept under the rug because not many people go through it. However it needs to be brought to light that legalizing it will cause major harm.

Is sex-trafficking and prostitution different or the same? This article states similar facts on sex-trafficking as well as prostitution. Including quotes from the men, women, and children who were victims of both. Some say they lived two different lives, one who was the slaved, abused, and used; while the other got to live lavishly in the expensive clothes and driving nice cars. This article also has statements from how the men who were buying sex felt about their victims.

Summary: This article is based off a nonprofit origination that wants to give victims of prostitution a new beginning. Providing them with a new home, new clothing, food, employment, or schooling. The Everyone's Kid, Everyone' Gives campaign wants to raise awareness, and empower women/girls/children that there is a better life outside of trafficking world. They want them to have an ease that their safe, and not feel they will be criminalized and punished if they leave. In order to provide them with this comfort it requires a need for resources. That is why Everyone's Kids, Everyone Gives is a wide range fundraising event to make it possible.

Sexual choice is a personal and private preference of each individual.

Mexico city has a town Tenancingo known for human trafficking. It's so close to home that it's time for more attention to be put toward human trafficking. Taking young girls as young as 12 is horrifying. There are young girls in the united states that deal with being trafficked as well. These are mothers, daughters, nieces, and people who don't need to be put through such a traumatizing event. When human trafficking is brought up corruption comes to mind as well. There comanly seem to be police, judges, and political figures within trafficking. These girls need help but it's hard to see where the help will come from.

First hand account of women from Central America who was forced into prostitution. Talks about Central America being a big hub for abduction of female victims.

First hand account of women abducted in Central America and forced into prostitution. Talks about how Central America is a big hub for female abductions.

After 43 days of being missing, a 15 year old girl who been kidnapped and sold as an adult for prostitution, many officials took this time to teach society what all is really going on. Dominique Roe-Sepowitz,a professor at Arizona State University spent her career educating those who did not know the facts about these woman and/or kids.

Summary: This article is about the different stories from victims who have been Trafficked. Many of them have been tricked, forced, drugged, and stamped into the different groups or pimps. These stories are from all over the world. Ranging from young teens, to adults.

Universally, there are about 168 million children who are working in labour. They make not even close to a dollar an hour and they don't even have time to attend school and to work on their futures. Terre des Hommes is dedicated to millions of these kids who have to take on the most dreadful kinds of child labour. For example, they are forced into prostitution and to be household slaves. They are also obligated to work in factories, mines and, plantations.

This article is about how prevelant child sex trafficking is in the US. 100,000 a year to be exact. It is a 9.8 billion dollar industry

Nearly half of the people captured for human trafficking are children. If children ever make it out of human trafficking, they have severe physical and mental health issues.

Sex trafficking has been such a devastating thing that has yet to decline over the years. It seems as if the more time goes on, the numbers increase and not the other way around. 100,000 lives to be taken a year is so saddening. It is such a shame that there is no way even with technology today to decrease these numbers.