PROSTITUTION LEGALIZATION PRIMER

(A Public Service Announcement from Suburra Publishing.)

Myth #3

Prostitution endangers women physically.

Prostitution is by far the most dangerous occupation in the United States because it is illegal. Women cannot enjoy the safety of brothels nor can they go to the police when clients or pimps abuse them. Moralists dishonestly claim that by driving these women underground they are protecting them.

BRAVE WORKERS:
It’s Criminalized to Protect Them?
 

Before Criminalization - Madam Sperber (above) ran a mulatto cathouse in Kansas City and posed with some of her women in 1906.

After Criminalization - The Chicago pimp, Bishop Don "Magic" Juan (above), circa 1970s.

Information and illustrations taken from You Will Die: The Burden of Modern Taboos, Book I  by Robert R. Arthur. Detailed documentation of sources can be found therein.

Page last modified August 29, 2007.