Should New Zealand decriminalize prostitution or not? From the early centuries to now, prostitution is always a big issue world wide. Recently, prostitutes are attempting to alter the traditional definition as public sex as a degradation to various interpretations of prostitution as "sex industry" and the prostitutes as "sex workers", requiring public recognition and standard worker benefits. It is still illegal in many countries and a topic cannot be disclosed in public (only underground) and not because people in those countries are stubborn or out of dated. No matter how much economic benefits those people can get from this "illegal industry", it is still a "social crisis" embracing concepts of high- risk and harm. There are a variety of facts which convinced me that if New Zealand adopt the "prostitution reform bill", it would be a backward step for women in this country. While all prostitutes are not women, the majority are.
Legalization of prostitution lets prostitution expands. If the bill is passed the new law will assume that men's prostitution behavior is inevitable (Jeffreys, 2003:3) and it is acceptable for men to buy and sell women's sexual services. As a result, it will lead to treating women as sexual commodies. In David's book An international handbook on trends, problems and policies, he pointed out that "prostitutes are not unique in viewing their bodies as salable, standard courtship rules may require women to present themselves as objects "for sale"" (2), and ensure an adequate future income- a man who can pay a good price. We must admit that prostitution has a very high commercial value, and this results from it being illegal. Ordinary people cannot get into it. If it is legalized, more and more ordinary women will start to practice prostitution in order to get a high payment and if this becomes a reality, the prostitution reform bill has the kind of ill effects.