Originally posted by Aristotle
How is legalizing it and monitoring it a worse idea than the current reality of prostitution?

Right now, the fact that it is illegal is why it can so easily be used as a form of human slavery. It is also why there are so many children forced into prostitution. Legalizing it would make that a lot more difficult since the whole economy of prostitution would be monitored.
I have to agree with Ari here. I much rather see prostution legalized than the state it is in right now. There will be prostitution regardless. You might as regulate it, so the women aren't vicitimized. It might not be "morally" right for some, but it isn't right the way they are victimized either.