| Description: | | Prostitution, pornography, and other forms of commercial sex are a multibillion dollar industry which enrich a small minority of predators, while the larger community is left to pay for the damage. People "used” in the sex industry often need medical care as a result of the ever-present violence and survivors frequently need mental health care for post-traumatic stress disorder, psychotic episodes and suicide attempts. The sex trade plays an active role in promoting alcohol and drug problems. Pimps also use prostituted women in forgery and credit card fraud. The community must pay for chemical dependency treatment, insurance costs and incarceration. In addition to these costs, the community loses the contributions which might have been made to legitimate community productivity by those used up in the sex industry while the operators of sex businesses not only do not pay for these expenses, many manage to avoid paying taxes at all. This document aims to explain how prostitution works and why it cannot still continue. |
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