A Closer Look into a Dirty Industry Although prostitution is one of the oldest professions in the world, the U.S. continues to make futile attempts to eradicate an industry that cannot be beaten. An evaluation of the definition of prostitution, the defining of street prostitution, the positives and negatives of legalizing the industry, and the discrimination that prostitutes face should shed some light on this underground trade. According to Wikipedia, a popular web-based encyclopedia, "…showed first 75 words of 2073 total…

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