Could legalizing prostitution be the next big U.S. trend? Eyes turn to California Advocates for the decriminalization of prostitution may want to pay attention to what's going on California, where three sex workers and one potential client have filed suit to overturn the state's law banning prostitution and solicitation. These individuals represent a non-profit called ESPLER, or the Erotic Service Provider Legal Education and Research Project. This organization seeks to "empower the erotic community and advance sexual privacy rights through legal advocacy, education, and research."   Is restricting consensual adult sexual activity unconstitutional? The complaint that was filed in [...]

  7 Reasons Prostitution Should Be Legalized   By Elizabeth Bagert Carpenter -- New Orleans Sex Worker Advocate   The subject of prostitution has been analyzed and discussed for thousands of years. It was around 5000 years ago that civilized societies started to regulate prostitution. Those in power decided to use the mutual exchange of sex for money to forward their tax base, provide a regulated and needed service and accept the fact that love for sale was here to stay.   In fact, it was not long ago that prostitution was regulated in the city of New Orleans in [...]