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The underlying issue of prostitution is economic. If women in our society were able to access the economic power available to white men, and not the current status quo of .70 cents to a dollar, there would be a natural decrease in the sex trade. However, prostitution will most likely exist in some form within a capitalist/patriarchal structure. In this case society needs to consider legalizing prostitution in certain areas where prostitutes have protection from "johns" and testing for HIV and other STD's is regular and uniform. This would have the effect of protecting the lives' of prostitutes as well as the public health of the community.

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