In today's world, sex is an important part to society. In many ways our world revolves around sex, and without it, humanity would cease to exist. Prostitution is inevitable, there are always going to be people who break the law and participate in prostitution anyway. Instead of having these people unmanaged and unprotected, we should legalize it to insure the safety of everyone. Prostitution should be legalized for the wellbeing of society. The most obvious way that legalizing prostitution would keep U.S streets safer is by getting these people off the streets and into clean facilities. In certain parts of Nevada, brothels are a common thing to see. If prostitution was legal, then facilities could issue weekly and monthly STD checks, issue birth control and condoms to insure protection, or even go to police when violent acts are committed. These are many of the same things that brothels in Nevada do to keep clients and workers safe. When a prostitute is abused, raped, etc, he or she has nowhere to turn. They can't go to the police because chances are they would get in trouble for their work more than their abuser would for what they did. This makes them a target. If a man wanted to rape/abuse someone, he has multiple options. Either rape someone you know could go to the police and potentially get him thrown in jail, or hire a prostitute and be brutal to her. She could still tell someone, the chances of that however would be less likely due to the fact that she could ruin her own life. So, to put it simply, they just don't say anything. There are an estimated one million people in the US who have worked as prostitutes. 70%, or 700,000, have reported being raped. 7% of those people have told someone. 4% have gone to the police. Lowen, Linda. "Prostitution Statistics and Rape - Physical Abuse of Prostitutes." Web. 22 Jan. 2015. That leaves 623,000 men and women who have kept quiet. This number is alarmingly high. Another reason why pro