Prostitution definition:
Prostitution is the act of exchanging sexual activity for money or other payment. It can
also be referred to as sex work.
NOTE:
The statement did not explicitly state prostitution as a non-consensual activity. We are
expounding on prostitution as a job.
We should treat prostitution as an individual entity that does not let any other
circumstance defy or corrupt its purpose. If you do something bad during prostitution
you should be held accountable for the bad thing you did, not because you did
prostitution, the prostitution would’ve never happened if the bad thing you did did not
happen because there would be no exchange, therefore there was no prostitution
because there was no exchange. And anyway it’s not the exchange that makes it
wrong, it’s the fact that something forced the exchange to happen. If you were forced to
have sex and were still paid, what’s wrong there is the non-consensual activity, not the
fact that an exchange happened. It’s like separating the art from the artist, where what
an artist does wrong is his fault, so it should not constitute a right to make his art
wronged because the art did nothing, the artist did.
Prostitution IS A JOB. It’s like any other job, you apply for it because it’s your choice.
Otherwise, it’s rape if it’s forced.
Why prostitution should be allowed:
It is your body, you get to decide what you want to do.
It IS YOUR CHOICE, you are not obliged to engaged in prostitution and if you are
forced then that is a different meaning already. If you don’t want to do it, then don’t DO
IT. What’s wrong there is the fact that you were forced, not that there was an exchange.
The exchange happened because you were forced, so it’s the fault of the no-consent,
not the exchange.
It is treated as a legitimate profession, thus promoting the economy.
It broadens job opportunities
Why it is PRACTICAL:
The requirements for jobs in the Philippines are unrealistic. Prostitution can help ease
the job problem because there are no job requirements for it, as long as it is your choice
to engage in prostitution. Legalizing sex work can help de-stigmatize the societal
pressure and burden that has been upon sex workers. Many of them are mistreated and
discriminated against simply for their profession despite many of them not wanting to be
sex workers to begin with.
Legalizing prostitution can help remove this preconceived bias and help sex workers
feel more empowered, accepted, and safe in their community and country.
It’s practical because it solves a nation-wide crisis. Prostitution should be considered a
job, so it should be treated like a job, you gain money from work and it benefits the
economy. Any circumstance in prostitution should be treated as an individual entity and
should not tamper with the definition of prostitution.
Refutation:
“Prostitution violates human dignity”
Prostitution is treated as a choice, otherwise the situation shall be considered rape. You
wouldn’t have engaged in prostitution if you knew it would damage your dignity. It’s a
person’s choice to engage in prostitution, if that’s what they want, why should
human-dignity-upholding-laws violate this person’s choice? That would create a
dilemma of a law violating the law itself as it disrespects and disregards a person’s
choice.
“Prostitution fosters violence”
Even if it fosters violence, it’s the violence that should be held accountable if ever it
happens, not the prostitution because you should control your emotions, you are held
accountable by the actions caused by your emotions. Prostitution should simply be
considered as an exchange for sexual work. Any other definition should not be
prostitution.
“Prostitution can be rape, so if you ban prostitution you indirectly ban rape”
Rape is a term for non-consensual sexual activity. Yes, prostitution can be rape but if
that’s the case then it should be handled accordingly by the law because it’s rape, not
simply because it’s prostitution but because you committed rape. Then, prostitution
should only be allowed if it’s consensual, because if it’s not then it’s rape, which are two
different things. You also take away a job opportunity to people and disrespect the
people who consensually engage in prostitution.
even if it takes down their right for workers right it doesnt take away the fact that they
have a right as an individual, which includes their right to choose, they have a right to
choose to become a prostitute and if a dignity-upholding-law violates their right to
choose to become a prostitute it becomes a dilemma of a law violating a law
