Why not legalize prostitution?

(I actually wanted to write my freshman paper on legalizing prostitution, but I was afraid of the negative connotations. *sigh* what an insecure kid I was back then)

Not much into replying in the Political Palace, but I'm curious: Killerpineapple, do you honestly think it's possible to COMPLETELY remove prostitution in the United States/world/wherever-you-live?

You seem intelligent if not stubbornly religious (nothing personal), so I'm just going to assume that you'll say "no, it's no possible." So then, rather than making the act illegal, wouldn't it be better to legalize it? (the 'lesser of two evils' so to speak?) A lot of things would be better; this isn't some sort of hypothesis based on what-ifs, we've already seen the positive effects of legalizing prostitution in many other countries, right?

Why is there such a negative feeling with sex/sex before marriage? I'm not sexually active person myself, but I honestly don't see what the big deal is; why would providing sex for cash (and health care and tax cuts!) worse than something like modeling? I understand that it's a precious and sacred thing to many, but not everyone feels like that, right? I mean, what gives you the right to preach and control if you can't back-up your ideas with facts and logic and instead fall back to your gut instinct, what 'you feel is right'?

Jam it back in, in the dark.