Comment on Zoe Broklehurst's blog "prostitution"

Just reading through this brought my own opinions up on prostitution. Now I mentioned these views not too long ago to someone in the class, and don't think I was taken too seriously. You see, I personally think prostitution should be legalised for several reaons, including safety both for the prostitute and the buyer, cleanliness, and basic integrity.

I don't know if anyone has ever heard or seen of either A) a film called Serenity, or B) a series called Firefly - both sci-fi written by Joss Whedon (the writer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer), well I got the ideas from that, as it is law there that a "companion" is kept on a ship as a diplomat (a woman called Inara in this case), you see prsotitution in that world is a very prestigious job, they're academy trained, very well educated, clean, beautiful. So basically not only should it be legalised, but it should be protected by law. Every six months the prostitute (or escort, or companion) should be taken to a testing facility and be tested for every STD/I and general health, before going ahead with any form of service, a contract must be signed by the consumer stating he/she agrees to pay "X" amount and abide by a certain code, i.e. - whatever the prostitute (escort/companion) has agreed to do.

If that happens we get a decreased amount of sexualy transmitted infections and diseases, a decreased amount of illegal prostitution, and eventually over generations it will become most likely a better adhered to job than toilet cleaner.