The Feasibility of the Establishment of Red-light Districts(revised annotation 1)

This is my revision of annotation 1.
In this revision, I take the people's saying in the video I find for example, and show my oponions about their saying. And I also compare Taiwan's situation with Holland's to find the feasibility of the establishment of red-light districts.



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   Instead of talking about the decriminalizing of prostitution, perhaps I should focus on the policy of the establishment of red-light districts first. In fact, Prostitution had been decriminalized by the government this year. And the establishment of red-light districts becomes a controversy issue. At April in this year, the Premier Den Yih- Wu (2011, the news from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7J4XxSN6A)said that every city could establish red-light districts in the specific areas. In these areas, sex workers could have sexual transaction without punishment. But it still has some restrictions. For example, the red-light districts could not be established near the schools, churches, temples, hospitals and the places related to education or religion. What’s more, the sex workers have to apply for licenses and register their names to ensure that they have the legality to engage in sexual transition.  They also have to receive regular health examination to avoid the infection of sexual diseases. And they cannot solicit actively. However, if they have sexual transaction out of the areas, they will be punished.  

  In the video(2011, published by Zhong Tian News from the website http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7J4XxSN6A) I found which is related to the policy, there are a few of lawmakers raise the following doubts to this issue. And I would like to aim at these following doubts to talk about the feasibility of this issue. A lawmaker says that it might lead to the ruin of morality. To this point, I want talk about the experience of Holland first. "Holland is the first country to establish red-light districts. And sex working has been legal since 2000. The sex workers in Holland have to pay tax to the government. It results in the increase of the tax revenue. And lots of tourists come to here to see the true colours of Holland’s special sexual industry. So it also stimulates the development of local sightseeing."(2009, The Liberty Times' digital news, Holland's red-light distrcict, http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/jun/12/today-so1-3.htm)Therefore, the establishment of red-light districts brings some positive benefits to the country. Most importantly, people in Holland have an open-minded attitude to the establishment of red-light districts.  They regard it as a legitimate industry. And the sex workers gather in this area do reach the goal of the management  of dispersed sex workers successfully. I can’t see the serious ruin of morality occurs in Holland. So perhaps the problem is that Taiwan and Holland are from different culture backgrounds, their acceptability of red-light districts quit different spontaneously. But if we never carry out this policy, we could not judge the degree of negative or positive influence it brings to society. And the concept that it will break the morality in society can be changed as well. All the concepts are variable but not fixed.

  And some people question that how to establish red-light districts? Are there any available spaces to establish red-light districts? To begin with, the choice of the areas to establish red-light districts is important. If the government would like to establish in communities or near the communities, it is necessary to gain the residents’ agreement.  But people in Taiwan tend to disagree with the establishment of red-light districts when it comes to establishing near their community. And under the restriction that the red-light districts could not be established near the schools, churches, temples, hospitals and the places related to education or religion, perhaps there are only mountains or fields could establish red-light districts. What’s more, Taiwan is such a narrow island that burdens the population of high density. Most of the spaces are used to establish buildings, houses, and so on. After all, commercial development is one of the main industry which Taiwan focus on. It’s hard for Taiwan to establish red-light districts in the areas of commercial development. So, no matter the attitude to sexual industry or the conditions to establish red-light districts, Taiwan’s environment could not offer those sex workers a specific space likes Holland to establish red-light districts. And as the modern society develops rapidly, it is getting harder and harder to carry out this policy even though more and more people can receive the establishment of red-light districts. Because the future problem will be that there are not any available and suitable spaces to establish it.    

    

Should the Government Decriminalize Prostitution through the Establishment of Red-light Districts?(Annotation first draft)

    After I see some videos which are about the issue of the establishment of the red-light districts, I would like to change my topic.Instead of talking about the decriminalizing of prostitution, perhaps I should focus on the policy of the establishment of red-light districts first. Because there are so many complicated problems related to this issue. And I might not take every condition into consideration. Actually, at April in this year, the Premier Den Yih- Wu said that every city could establish red-light districts in the specific areas. In these areas, sex workers could have sexual transaction without punishment. But it still has some restrictions. The red-light districts could not be established near the schools, churches, temples, hospitals and the places related to education or religion. What’s more, the sex workers have to apply for licenses and register their names. They also have to receive regular health examination. And they cannot solicit actively. However, if they have sexual transaction out of the areas, they will be punished.  The establishment of red-light districts is the government’s policy for response to the decriminalization of prostitution. The government says that it is convenient to manage dispersed sex workers by this way.        

When it comes to red-light districts, we cannot neglect the experience of Holland. Holland is the first country to establish red-light districts. And sex working has been legal since 2000. The sex workers in Holland have to pay tax to the government. It will result in the increase of the tax revenue. And lots of tourists come to here want to see the true colours of Holland’s special sexual industry. So it will also stimulate the development of local sightseeing. Therefore, the establishment of red-light districts could also bring positive benefits to the country.  However, there still have many negative effects that we must to pay attention to. The smuggle of women from Southeast Asia or Eastern Europe is a serious problem because that this area is out of the government’s manage.        

Compared with Holland, we must think about the suitability of red-light districts in Taiwan. After all, Taiwan and Holland are from different culture backgrounds. So, what are the opinions of Taiwanese about the establishment of red-light districts? According to a survey made by Apple paper in 2009, there are more than half people could receive this policy. It seems that the establishment is feasible. However, how about the opponents of this policy? They insist on the policy would brings lots of social problems. For example, it might lead to the ruin of morality. They suspect that this will become the indirect encouragement of sexual transaction. And women smuggle might also be a problem in Taiwan. Furthermore, the infection of sex disease should be considered as well.  

The purpose of the establishment red-light districts is for the convenience of the management of sex workers. In those specific areas, the sex workers’ working rights can be protected surely. And under the restrictions made by the government, I think the problems which people are worried about could be controlled properly, even if it still has to be improved as to reach the sex workers and people’s need. In the social cost point of view, the benefits are more than the loss. So the establishment of red-light districts is practical.