but you allow certain contained brothels

of crime potential

out of the way

just take them off

no flashy signs

No bullshit on TV or the radio

First you must demonstrate that punishing prostitution creates more prostitutes

no street whores

Okay

NYC

LA

what about it?

Literally every major american city

we lock up tons of whores

go on...

doesnt do a damn thing to it

When instead

This is not a proper scientific study. This is an anecdotal streach

We could contain it to specific locations, get tax money for it, draw the business away from illegal corner whores, and get less prostitution overall

I reject this absurd notion

Well history proves you otherwise

I don't think we're going to see eye to eye

I like urbans idea

qurantine the whores

The time in history when even Aquinas said that the "Light of God" shined through society, realized that it's beneficial to have specific licensed brothels instead of uncontrolled underground whores

He was wrong.

hell, this could even reduce STD spreading as brothels surely wont hire std whores

I'm not cucking to Aquinas here

Aquinas didn't specifically talk about this issue

But we're talking about a time when society was healthy

and you want to emulate the society that's not

Besides, we've tried your method

It hasn't worked

meanwhile if this was illegal, people wont be picky with whores they hire in an alleyway

Also if you license certain brothels, you can justify punishing the illegal ones harder

Here's an idea: ban prostitution in your society, and the prostitutes either stay and risk getting arrested or they LEAVE

They're not scared of being arrested

that doesn't work

They have to be put out of business

And you do that by permitting better alternatives

How about uhhhh burn the brothel, the whores and the clients?