15 Countries Around The World That Have Legalized Prostitution
The oldest job in the world has, for quite a long time now, been
regarded as a hateful and fallen choice of work. Prostitution exists and
will continue to exist despite bans and their legal status, due to
reasons like poverty or unforeseen situations. Some countries choose to
outright ban the practise, while other countries have tried regulating
prostitution, providing sex workers with health and social benefits.
Here are some of the countries where prostitution is legal.
1. New Zealand
Prostitution has been legal for Kiwis since 2003. There are even
licensed brothels operating under public health and employment laws,
which means the workers get social benefits just like other emplyees.
Definitely a progressive move.
The legal status of prostitution in Oz differs from state to state. It
is decriminalised in some areas, and illegal in other parts. Same goes
for for brothel ownership. The Aussies love their fun I suppose.
Prostitution is completely legal in Austria. Prostitutes are required
to register, undergo periodic health examinations, be 19 years old or
older, and pay taxes. Despite this, there is a lot of smuggling and
forced prostitution here.
Male prostitution is illegal, but everything else is legal. Bangladesh
has a severe minor trafficking problem, which is perpetuated by
corruption. Pimping and owning a brothel is also legal.
They have been trying to remove the stigma, violence and fear
associated with prostitution by not just legalising it but also running
proper state of the art brothels with fingerprint technology and key cards!
Prostituting yourself is legal, but buying sex became illegal during
the end of 2014. This deeply flawed system puts sex workers in a very
dangerous and position.
It is legal to work in the sex industry in Colombia, though pimping
isn't. Prostitution is especially widespread in cities such as Cartagena
and Barranquilla.
Everything related to sex work is legal here. You can sell your body,
run a brothel or be a pimp with no legal ramifications. Forced
prostitution is a bit of a problem here though.
Prostitution is legal in France, though soliciting in public is still
outlawed. Pimping is illegal and brothels were outlawed in France in
1946, right after the War.
Prostitution was legalised here in 1927 and there are proper state run
brothels. The workers are provided with health insurance, have to pay
taxes and they even receive social benefits like pension.
Greece has also followed the German method of including prostitution as
an actual job in society. The sex workers get equal rights and have to
go for health checkups pretty often.
Considering prostitution itself is not even present in their law in any
clear form, it's plain to say that the sex trade is legal. This also
means that it is very dangerous for forced workers and minors.
One of the places most famous for it's red-window sex workers,
prostitution is, obviously, legal here, just like a lot of other things.
They've always had a slightly more open way of dealing with things
deemed taboo elsewhere.
Prostitution itself is not illegal in our country, but soliciting and
public prostitution are illegal. Owning a brothel is also against the
law, but, as places like GB Road and Kamathipura prove, these laws are
rarely enforced.
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