{"id":95074,"date":"2016-05-06T08:07:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074"},"modified":"2016-05-06T08:07:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:07:51","slug":"should-prostitution-be-a-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074","title":{"rendered":"Should Prostitution Be a Crime?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution-ss-slide-9TJJ-largeHorizontal375-v2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution-ss-slide-9TJJ-largeHorizontal375-v2-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"08prostitution-ss-slide-9TJJ-largeHorizontal375-v2\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-95075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution-ss-slide-9TJJ-largeHorizontal375-v2-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution-ss-slide-9TJJ-largeHorizontal375-v2.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/08\/magazine\/should-prostitution-be-a-crime.html?hp&#038;action=click&#038;pgtype=Homepage&#038;clickSource=story-heading&#038;module=photo-spot-region&#038;region=top-news&#038;WT.nav=top-news&#038;_r=0\">Yes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution2-superJumbo-v4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution2-superJumbo-v4-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"08prostitution2-superJumbo-v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-95077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution2-superJumbo-v4-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution2-superJumbo-v4-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution2-superJumbo-v4-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution2-superJumbo-v4.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[552],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prostitution"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yes.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Luke Ford\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"HMjuOfLRyzTPB-5Z5FG4BHkfZ1fbEij34rmbKM3BkZ4\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Luke Ford - No sacred cows.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should Prostitution Be a Crime? - Luke Ford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yes.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-06T16:07:05+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-06T16:07:51+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lukecford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lukeford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Should Prostitution Be a Crime? - Luke Ford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Yes.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lukeford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Should Prostitution Be a Crime? - Luke Ford\",\"headline\":\"Should Prostitution Be a Crime?\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/08prostitution-ss-slide-9TJJ-largeHorizontal375-v2-267x300.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074\\\/#articleImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-06T08:07:05-08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-06T08:07:51-08:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Prostitution\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=552#listItem\",\"name\":\"Prostitution\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=552#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Prostitution\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=552\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074#listItem\",\"name\":\"Should Prostitution Be a Crime?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Should Prostitution Be a Crime?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=552#listItem\",\"name\":\"Prostitution\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074\",\"name\":\"Should Prostitution Be a Crime? - Luke Ford\",\"description\":\"Yes.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=95074#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-06T08:07:05-08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-06T08:07:51-08:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"alternateName\":\"No Sacred Cows\",\"description\":\"No sacred cows.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Should Prostitution Be a Crime? - Luke Ford","description":"Yes.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"HMjuOfLRyzTPB-5Z5FG4BHkfZ1fbEij34rmbKM3BkZ4","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074#blogposting","name":"Should Prostitution Be a Crime? - Luke Ford","headline":"Should Prostitution Be a Crime?","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08prostitution-ss-slide-9TJJ-largeHorizontal375-v2-267x300.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074\/#articleImage"},"datePublished":"2016-05-06T08:07:05-08:00","dateModified":"2016-05-06T08:07:51-08:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074#webpage"},"articleSection":"Prostitution"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=552#listItem","name":"Prostitution"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=552#listItem","position":2,"name":"Prostitution","item":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=552","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074#listItem","name":"Should Prostitution Be a Crime?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074#listItem","position":3,"name":"Should Prostitution Be a Crime?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=552#listItem","name":"Prostitution"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person","name":"Luke Ford","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074#personImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1","name":"Luke Ford","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074#webpage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074","name":"Should Prostitution Be a Crime? - Luke Ford","description":"Yes.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"datePublished":"2016-05-06T08:07:05-08:00","dateModified":"2016-05-06T08:07:51-08:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/","name":"Luke Ford","alternateName":"No Sacred Cows","description":"No sacred cows.","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Luke Ford - No sacred cows.","og:type":"article","og:title":"Should Prostitution Be a Crime? - Luke Ford","og:description":"Yes.","og:url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074","og:image":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg","og:image:width":800,"og:image:height":600,"article:published_time":"2016-05-06T16:07:05+00:00","article:modified_time":"2016-05-06T16:07:51+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lukecford","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@lukeford","twitter:title":"Should Prostitution Be a Crime? - Luke Ford","twitter:description":"Yes.","twitter:creator":"@lukeford","twitter:image":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"95074","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2023-05-11 23:39:02","updated":"2025-06-05 14:36:19","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=552\" title=\"Prostitution\">Prostitution<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tShould Prostitution Be a Crime?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog"},{"label":"Prostitution","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=552"},{"label":"Should Prostitution Be a Crime?","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95074"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95078,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95074\/revisions\/95078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}