Legalizing_Prostitution

Legalizing Prostitution Legalizing Prostitution page 2 The legalization of prostitution, the world’s oldest profession, is an extremely controversial topic. National Public Radio’s Justice Talking held a live debate on March 4, 2002 between two women with different opinions on the subject of legalizing prostitution. Christine Stark, a survivor of prostitution and porn, a current feminist activist, co-founder of both PISSED Women and Escape (both are educational organizations working to end prostitution and pornography), writer and producer of a video documentary entitled Voices from the Underground: Survivors of Prostitution Speak Out, is currently working toward her MFA in Writing, and teaches art to prostituted, and battered women. Carol Leigh, a prostitute, activist, and artist for the past twenty years has written and performed political satire as 'Scarlot Harlot,' a woman who describes her experiences in massage parlors. She has also received awards for her documentaries, music videos, narratives and her public access television show. This webmistress of the Prostitutes’ Education Network has created a street project offering health information to prostitutes on the streets. In Christine’s opinion, prostitution is “organized rape for profit.” She also expresses that she believes the vast majority of prostitutes want prostitution, prostitutes, brothels, women, brothel, nevada, legal, both, should, christine, working, stark, leigh, legalizing, legalized, carol, believes, because, year, safe, page, men, make, business, work, streets, state, sexual, made, health, happy, environment, believe, very, siegel