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Legalization of Prostitution: The “Lay” of the Law

            Sex is part of life.  In fact, some people, when characterizing sex, would say that sex is life.  This seems to be an apt characterization in this day and age.  However, sex transcends generation.  Sex is timeless, and sex is always on our minds.  Maslow’s hierarchy of needs shows that the most important issues necessary to sustain life are breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, and excretion (Toward A Psychology of Being, Maslow).  That’s right you did hear that correctly.  Sex is as important or perhaps more important than the bodies regulation of itself, eating, and even breathing.  Can this really be true?  It sounds like someone exaggerated this semi fact in order to get a rise out of its target audience.  However, fabricated as it may seem, it is the hard truth! Thus, it is not surprise that a recent study showed that men think about sleep eleven times a day, they think about eating eighteen times a day, and they think about sex nineteen times a day(http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201108/sex-intelligent-intercourse).  If sex is as important as other factors which sustain us as human beings, shouldn’t we be able to purchase it like any other service needed to sustain life?  The answer is irrevocably, yes! 

            Lets discuss some facts about sex.  It is a great way to reduce stress.  Sex is a natural mood elevator.  It does this by elevating endorphins such as oxytocin and immunoglobulin A which leave us feeling that happy feeling!  Sex helps us regulate or sleep better.  Sex also helps us burn fat, and reduce risk of heart disease and diabetes.  Sex sounds like a wonder drug just waiting on approval from our government.  This issue is of the upmost importance!  Would you deny an old man or woman a ventilator if he could not breathe?  Would you allow a neighbors’ child to starve to death if he was hungry?  Of course you wouldn’t!  So why are we so stingy with this wonder drug?  The government says we have to be!  The term sex (latin term – coitus),means sexual intercourse especially between a man and a woman. The word transaction means, trading goods, currency, or services for any of the same.  One term cannot be mentioned without the other when referring to prostitution.  The terms are basically synonymous.   The Merrian-Webster dictionary defines prostitution as the act or practice of engaging in promiscuous sexual relations especially for money.  This is where the long are of the government gets too involved.  Sex and prostitution are a part of life, always have been, and always will be.

            Three reasons why prostitution should be legalized are clear and simple.  Firstly, sex is a necessity and is pivotal in sustaining one’s life and therefore anyone with a dollar in his or her pocket should be able to experience it.  Second, sex, whether paid for or not, has ridiculous and astonishing health benefits.  One should not be denied such benefits just because they are not smooth enough, or competent enough to find it of their own volition.  Lastly, prostitution should be legalized because of all the jobs it will create.  In this current economic crisis we should be exploring all and every option possible to help out our fellow Americans and allow them to earn a living to support their families.

            There is nothing wrong with wanting sex.  There is nothing wrong with paying for it.  There is nothing wrong with wanting to be healthy.  There is nothing wrong with wanting to live.  Legalization of prostitution will accomplish all of this for anyone interested while boosting our economy and supplying our countries hard working inhabitants with job opportunities!  So take out your laptop, or your pad and pen, write down your local congressman’s address, and write a letter as impressive as this mission statement, and if your still not feeling motivated to do so, let your sex drive push you!