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THE LIBERTY TO SELL SEX: THE CASE FOR REGULATION OF LEGAL PROSTITUTION IN THE UNITED STATES
- Date Issued:
- 2020
- Abstract/Description:
- Prostitution is a controversial service which went through periods of legalization and criminalization in American history. The main problem is a social taboo which considers prostitution to be morally wrongful and a social nuisance. After the Progressive Era, Congress outlawed sexual acts it deemed immoral using Commerce Clause powers. Since the sexual revolution of the 1960s, legislation regulating sex devolved to the states. Currently, prostitution is banned in forty-nine states. I argue that prostitution should not be abolished because it is not inherently harmful, it is not an immoral act, and it has liberty interests found within the United States Constitution. The federal government should define prostitution as a legal activity between consenting adults, and the states should regulate the practice as it does other legitimate professions.
Title: | THE LIBERTY TO SELL SEX: THE CASE FOR REGULATION OF LEGAL PROSTITUTION IN THE UNITED STATES. |
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Name(s): |
Croci, Gianni, author Tunick, Mark , Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Thesis | |
Date Created: | 2020 | |
Date Issued: | 2020 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | online resource | |
Extent: | 89 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | Prostitution is a controversial service which went through periods of legalization and criminalization in American history. The main problem is a social taboo which considers prostitution to be morally wrongful and a social nuisance. After the Progressive Era, Congress outlawed sexual acts it deemed immoral using Commerce Clause powers. Since the sexual revolution of the 1960s, legislation regulating sex devolved to the states. Currently, prostitution is banned in forty-nine states. I argue that prostitution should not be abolished because it is not inherently harmful, it is not an immoral act, and it has liberty interests found within the United States Constitution. The federal government should define prostitution as a legal activity between consenting adults, and the states should regulate the practice as it does other legitimate professions. | |
Identifier: | FA00003703 (IID) | |
Degree granted: | Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2020. | |
Collection: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections | |
Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003703 | |
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Host Institution: | FAU |