- As Sex work is more of a clandestine occupation, the issue of violence has been raised as a possible problem, for instance "...68% of women engaged in street-level prostitution have been raped by clients and ... one third of all serial murder victims are prostitutes" therefore because this occupation is so dangerous, possibly/ possibly not inherently peopel have advocated to make it legal to avoid these issues

Issues related to violence and anti-prostitution legislation

- There are prevailing feelings that sex workers have higher rates of disease, some of which may be grounded in truth, for instance "22.9% of female prostitutes report they have ever had gonorrhea relative to 4.7% of non-prostitute females"

Disease-Related Reasons for a anti-prostitution legislation

- Prostitution is considered "immoral" through religions because "it involves sex for money, and they consider prositution a sign  of society's moral decay"

Religious Reasons for anti-prostitution legislation

- Religious reasons
- Disease transmission problems
- Violence Issues

Ohio State University, Columbus

- "Provision of sexual service for money or goods"

What is sex work/Prostitution?

Cunningham, Scott and Shah, Manisha. Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health, The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 85, Issue 3, July 2018, Pages 1683–1715, https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdx065

Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health

- Prostitution is illegal in the US at the state land local level, in turn its been made illegal in all states except for parts of Nevada 

What is the legality of sex work in the US

- Street walker
- Call girl
- Brothel worker
- Massage Parlor worker

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