fellow nairalanders we must have legalized prostitution because it can not be stop dont even think about it because its the world. but our women must register and attend clinics for regular examinations, in some cases as frequently as twice a month if prostitution is what they have chosen as job

we can correct our economic condition, as well as the overpopulation problem, someone has to pay the bills.”
But who? The poorest, the most vulnerable? There is no denying that the sex industry has taken on international dimensions, recognized as an economic motor for our countries, particularly in Abuja and Lagos State. The irony is that prostitution is not entirely legal. Would legalization reduce some of the inequalities and abuse suffered by the women involved? Or by legitimizing prostitution, would we reverse decades of work to promote human rights and improve the status of women?

itocoonlin !!!

Sex is one of the best things humans have going for them. It's pleasurable and healthy, and people who are in the position to be able to help others have sex are some of the most effective and passionate healers in the world, and if we as a society were to treat them like doctors instead of criminals, this planet would be a lot better off. Stereotyping prostitutes based on some perceived notion of some underlying immorality or "dirtiness" is akin to stereotyping people who smoke pot as wicked criminals while simultaneously ignoring or indirectly supporting the right of others to drink themselves into oblivion with alcohol or smoke their (and their kids') lungs into tar blackness. Those are double standards that we rationalists should abhor.

If it is regulated to meet appropriate health standards then it doesn't cause harm to anyone involved, so it's not immoral. Actually, with regulation it would be safer than one night stands (You can't pull up the health records of someone you met that night at the bar) so in that way it would be more moral to pay someone who was government certified clean of STDs.

Rotten state of the mind.

Get busy or bored . . . .choice is urs.

It should be legalise so that those who engage in it can get proper medical advice and be treated with respect.

It is already widely done, we are only deceiving ourselves if we play dumb.

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Your words are true, people patronize prostitues anyway (both married and single peeps) Its every where and will never stop even though Nigerians as always LOVE pretending and never facing their problems head on, Prostitution is regulated here in Europe only to protect the health of the parties involved. Lack of regulating it is what is responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS. . . . .I fully support legalizing prostitution completely, make it require public inspection and a license, sort of like what you have for restaurants, bars and cab drivers like they do it here. This would be some basic requirements for hygiene, safe sex, and registered for random inspections. That is how they do it here and it works. . . .The people here have far greater sex than Nigerians and patronize prostitues more but have a very very very low rate of STDs, HIV/AIDS because prostitution has been legalized and is regulated by the authorities . . . . .

mazaje:

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Your words are true, people patronize prostitues anyway (both married and single peeps( Its every where and will never stop even though Nigerians as always LOVE pretending and never facing their problems head on, Prostitution is regulated here in Europe only to protect the health of the parties involved. Lack of regulating it is what responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS. . . . .I fully support legalizing prostitution completely, make it require public inspection and a license, sort of like what you have for restaurants, bars and cab drivers like they do it here. This would be some basic requirements for hygiene, safe sex, and registered for random inspections. That is how they do it here and it works. . . .The people here have far greater sex than Nigerians and patronize prostitues but have a very very very low rate of HIV/AIDS because prostitution has been legalized and is regulated by the authorities . . . . .

word i agree.

otawa:

It should be legalise so that those who engage in it can get proper medical advice and be treated with respect.

It is already widely done, we are only deceiving ourselves if we play dumb.

GBAM!!

mazaje:

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Your words are true, people patronize prostitues anyway (both married and single peeps) Its every where and will never stop even though Nigerians as always LOVE pretending and never facing their problems head on, Prostitution is regulated here in Europe only to protect the health of the parties involved. Lack of regulating it is what is responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS. . . . .I fully support legalizing prostitution completely, make it require public inspection and a license, sort of like what you have for restaurants, bars and cab drivers like they do it here. This would be some basic requirements for hygiene, safe sex, and registered for random inspections. That is how they do it here and it works. . . .The people here have far greater sex than Nigerians and patronize prostitues more but have a very very very low rate of STDs, HIV/AIDS because prostitution has been legalized and is regulated by the authorities . . . . .

I hope you are not talking about Nigeria.

You first of all have to understand that in Nigeria there are so many industries that are not regulated. bars, cab drivers, restaurants are not regulated. We have all sort of food joints all over the country selling all sorts of junks and poison.

EVen private school (primary and secondary schools) are not proparly regulated. We have all sorts of building and trash serving as schools without qualified teachers. That is why we have massive failures in our WAEC and even NECO. Only 10% passed the lasts year exams

Privave Clinic are not proparly regulated in Nigeria. It is only in Nigeria where 10 patients will die on a surgeon table within a spate of 1 month and nothing will be done. And only in Nigeria where a general physician will be carrying out all sort of surgeries

Even downstream petroleum sector is not proparly regulated. Black marketing is common every where

Even the BAnking sEctor that have a well establish regulatory agency is a mess

Any attempt to legalize prostitution in Nigeria will legalize maltreatment and trafficking of women. The number of women that will be force in to prostitution will increase both by the families and even abductors. Selling of baby body parts to ritualist will increase rapidly because there will be many baby factories and nothing can be done


Nigeria in my own opinion have not reach a moral level to legalise selling of a woman body

otawa:

It should be legalise so that those who engage in it can get proper medical advice and be treated with respect.

It is already widely done, we are only deceiving ourselves if we play dumb.

Legalizing prostitution will destroy the only viable and sustainable instituion in Nigeria: Family.

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When I say here I mean my current location which is Finland. . . . .There are already alot of Nigerian women held captive and forced to work as love-peddlers. . . .Another slave industry that exists is the "house servant" slave industry, where wealthy people "buy" maids and servants on the slave market to work for them under harsh conditions for no pay or very little pay, These House servent are mostrly treated badly but their masters. Despite the fact that the fundamental situation is exactly the same as the sex slave trade (the buying/selling of slaves), no one is attempting to outlaw legitimate consenting houseworking or frawning upon it in Nigeria. The sole reason for this double standard is that one involves sex. That's irrational, and should be changed, Prostitution shoud be legalised and regulated for the benefit of the parties involved because people are already patronizng prostitues in VERY HIGH numbers and will NEVER stop. . . . . .

Tsiya:

Legalizing prostitution will destroy the only viable and sustainable instituion in Nigeria: Family.

Do the prostitutes force married men to patronize them?

Tsiya:

Legalizing prostitution will destroy the only viable and sustainable instituion in Nigeria: Family.

How so? Married men and their children that are of age(or underaged) are already patronizing prostitues in VERY HIGH numbers. . . .So what exactly are you saying?

mazaje:

How so? Married men and their children that are of age(or underaged) are already patronizing prostitues in VERY high numbers. . . .So what exactly are you saying?

You read my mind

Certainly they are: but imagine if people have a legal backing to turn their house into brothels.

I am not saying Nigerians are saints and that we have good family vitues. I am not unmindful of the fact that people patronise prostitutes. It is an open sectret everyone knows where he can find one. But however, my own submission here, at the level in which Nigeria is, legalizing prostituion will not solve any of the problems most you think it will. Rather it will rapidly increase some.

Tsiya:

Certainly they are: but imagine if people have a legal backing to turn their house into brothels.

I am not saying Nigerians are saints and that we have good family vitues. I am not unmindful of the fact that people patronise love-peddlers. It is an open sectret everyone knows where he can find one. But however, my own submission here, at the level in which Nigeria is, legalizing prostituion will not solve any of the problems most you think it will. Rather it will rapidly increase some.

People already have their houses as brothels already. . . .What I am saying is that the trade should be regulated for the protection of the parties involved. . .I am just making a suggestion knowing very well how very incompetent we are as a people. . . . .I get what you are saying though. . . .

My own belief considering the problems we have in Nigeria. . . legalizing prostitution should be the last rung on the ladder

Prostitution ideally should be legal. But in Nigeria; if we legalize it, we'll just have an AIDS timebomb on our hands.

Prostitution shouldn't be legal, that's just immoral.

mama-gee:

Prostitution shouldn't be legal, that's just immoral.

and why is it immoral?

do you think alcohol and smoking cigarettes is immoral?

bawomolo:

and why is it immoral?

do you think alcohol and smoking cigarettes is immoral?

There are different things that are immoral and prostitution is included.
And for the alcohol and cigarette smoking, yes I think it's immoral.

strangleyo:

Prostitution ideally should be legal. But in Nigeria; if we legalize it, we'll just have an AIDS timebomb on our hands.

Not true. With legalization, or better still decriminalization, comes regulation. Medical requirements under these regulations will ensure that the pros.titutes are regularly tested or lose their "license" so to speak.

I support the decriminalization of prostitution 100%. Pros.titutes are humans who deserve respect as they provide an essential service to the society.

It is the wicked hypocrisy in our society that paints them in bad light. These girls work hard for a living and should be treated with respect.

May God bless all the pros.titutes and continue to provide them with shelter, clothing and food. May their children grow up to be responsible members of society. Amen.

mama-gee:

There are different things that are immoral and prostitution is included.
And for the alcohol and cigarette smoking, yes I think it's immoral.

so do you think alcohol and cigarette should be considered illegal?
and why do u think prostitution is immoral? some give it up for free, some give it up for money.

Morals are a loose cannon these days. One of the most subjective terms in the english language.

It does promote objectification of women though, the way I see it.

there are male escorts and the likes too.

The better question is, will the business be properly regulated?

I think not. The change fails to address the more poignant issue. STD transmission will simply and aptly just have a legal backing.

it would be like the porn industry. Porn stars are required to get regular drug tests and it would be part of a "licensing" requirement.

lmfao!! my foot. and in nigeria the rules will be bent to bypass those requirements. simple as that.


let's just leave it as it is. let prostitution remain a "try at your own risk" ordeal for the horndogs who wanna take that route to pleasure.

Legalize, regulate and tax. Simple really. Ensures the women are not coerced into the industry and not cheated by pimps. Also provide health education, access to condoms and treatment of STDs. Prostitution can [b]NEVER be eradicated and so we need to stop fooling ourselves.

bawomolo:

so do you think alcohol and cigarette should be considered illegal?
and why do u think prostitution is immoral?  some give it up for free, some give it up for money.

You ask too many Jamb Questions, Just give me your own thoughts.