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A number of high profile establishment figures have recently called for the legalisation of the world's oldest profession. They argue that as prostitution is not going away, licensed brothels will: keep vulnerable women off the streets; help prevent the spread of aids; bring more revenue and cut out exploitation. Opponents argue that exchanging sex for money is morally wrong, and that the law should be proscriptive rather than pragmatic; that legalisation would encourage prostitution; that it encourages the treatment of women as commodities, and that it would lead to an ever more permissive society. Some women enjoy being prostitutes and providing a service, and they earn a good living from it. At the other end of the spectrum, there are underage women, and women trafficked from other countries who are forced into the industry. The question is, would legalisation, and the regulations that would come with it, benefit the...

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