Nevada Is Not Safe for Women - Contact NV Officials
Email Nevada officials to ask them to withdraw their opposition to the lawsuit of a sex trafficking survivior that would effectively abolish legalized prostitution in the state.
Nevada is not safe for women.
48 years ago prostitution was legalized in Nevada and as a result Nevada has developed into a breeding ground for sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.
In fact, Nevada has the highest rate of prostitution in the country—63% higher than the next highest state. Nevada also ranks in the top 10 states for trafficked and exploited youth.
None of this is surprising because research has shown that legal prostitution increases the demand for prostituted persons and thus increases the market for sex. As a result, there is a significant increase in instances of human trafficking. For example, in 2012 researchers Seo-Young Cho, Axel Dreher, and Eric Neumayer published their findings in World Development establishing that “The scale effect of legalized prostitution leads to an expansion of the prostitution market, increasing human trafficking…On average, countries where prostitution is legal experience larger reported human trafficking inflows.”
Nevada is the only state in the US where legal prostitution exists and because of this the entire state has a reputation for being a safe haven for pimps, traffickers and sex buyers. As such legalized prostitution in Nevada has created an enabling environment for sexual exploitation to flourish.
To put in candidly, we must stop any system that condones buying human beings for sex.
It’s an injustice against our sisters, our friends, our neighbors, and our daughters.
Legal prostitution in Nevada has brought severe harms to the women and girls who have been pulled into prostitution over the last 48 years. One of the largest studies conducted on prostitution, published in the Journal of Trauma Practice, surveyed 854 prostituted women in nine countries. It concluded that 63% of women in prostitution were raped, 71% were physically assaulted, and 68% met the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder in the same range as treatment-seeking combat veterans and victims of state-organized torture.
It’s time to end the harmful prostitution industry in Nevada. It has to stop. Now. Until it does, Nevada is a haven for exploiters and Nevada is not safe for women.
We are asking you to support ending legalized sexual exploitation in Nevada and specifically to ask the Governor and Attorney General of Nevada to withdraw their opposition to the lawsuit that would effectively abolish legalized prostitution in the state.
Nevada Is Not Safe for Women - Contact NV Officials
Email Nevada officials to ask them to withdraw their opposition to the lawsuit of a sex trafficking survivior that would effectively abolish legalized prostitution in the state.
Nevada is not safe for women.
48 years ago prostitution was legalized in Nevada and as a result Nevada has developed into a breeding ground for sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.
In fact, Nevada has the highest rate of prostitution in the country—63% higher than the next highest state. Nevada also ranks in the top 10 states for trafficked and exploited youth.
None of this is surprising because research has shown that legal prostitution increases the demand for prostituted persons and thus increases the market for sex. As a result, there is a significant increase in instances of human trafficking. For example, in 2012 researchers Seo-Young Cho, Axel Dreher, and Eric Neumayer published their findings in World Development establishing that “The scale effect of legalized prostitution leads to an expansion of the prostitution market, increasing human trafficking…On average, countries where prostitution is legal experience larger reported human trafficking inflows.”
Nevada is the only state in the US where legal prostitution exists and because of this the entire state has a reputation for being a safe haven for pimps, traffickers and sex buyers. As such legalized prostitution in Nevada has created an enabling environment for sexual exploitation to flourish.
To put in candidly, we must stop any system that condones buying human beings for sex.
It’s an injustice against our sisters, our friends, our neighbors, and our daughters.
Legal prostitution in Nevada has brought severe harms to the women and girls who have been pulled into prostitution over the last 48 years. One of the largest studies conducted on prostitution, published in the Journal of Trauma Practice, surveyed 854 prostituted women in nine countries. It concluded that 63% of women in prostitution were raped, 71% were physically assaulted, and 68% met the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder in the same range as treatment-seeking combat veterans and victims of state-organized torture.
It’s time to end the harmful prostitution industry in Nevada. It has to stop. Now. Until it does, Nevada is a haven for exploiters and Nevada is not safe for women.
We are asking you to support ending legalized sexual exploitation in Nevada and specifically to ask the Governor and Attorney General of Nevada to withdraw their opposition to the lawsuit that would effectively abolish legalized prostitution in the state.