Explain the "progress" in legal prostitution.
The bungling, out-of-touch, easily corrupted government has no right to dictate the activities of consenting adults. Is there anyone left who doesn't understand that when the nanny-state attempts to outlaw a popular product (like drugs) or service (like prostitution), all that happens is that it migrates to the black market, where it is managed by entrepreneurs who are risk takers with little concern for quality or safety, and where it is out of reach of the legal system?
Prostitutes have real careers in Nevada, with regular hours, holidays, vacations, sick leave, insurance, freedom to reject abusive customers, and access to the court system if someone treats them unfairly. In addition the public is protected because they receive monthly medical exams, are trained and motivated to recognize symptoms of disease, and directed to reject anyone who has them.
Contrast this with the lives of prostitutes in jurisdictions where they must work in the shadows.
Contrary to the beliefs of the self-righteous, all women are not the same. Some regard prostitution as a reasonable way to make good money to pay for an education, start a business, or subsidize a walkabout, and when they leave the job they do not carry an inconsolable lifelong trauma or hatred of men.
I guess one could argue that it's a way for your daughter to pay for her own education. And knowing how to give a mean blowjob can't hurt when she's climbing that corp. ladder.
In a state where prostitution is a black-market occupation your daughter could very well be recruited by a pimp who turns her onto crack and treats her like an indentured servant. In a state where it's legal she'll have to fill out an application, get a medical exam, provide references, obtain a license that will put her on a list you can review so she can't hide it from you, and pay tax on the income.
I think it's sad, really.
Other people's choices about their lives often appear sad to us. Unfortunately the decisions that shape their lives are made early and we often don't have the opportunity to guide them or even realize they're bad choices. By the time they're into the life they've made for themselves and their destiny is obvious to us, we've missed our chance to help.
Legal prostitution makes decisions more visible.
But most importantly, we have no right to tell other people what decisions to make. We can only offer advice. The government, with its track record of rarely even knowing what the hell is right or wrong, should not be allowed to give advice at all, much less have control over any citizen's life.
