Prostitution Business A. Not Regulated by Government This brings me to the next topic, the prostitution business. In this business, although similar in sexual terms, it is not regulated by the government. In England in the years 1860-1914 there was an attempt at government regulation of prostitution. This is a direct quote from a book called "Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914": "Fears that it would infect the respectable world, destroy marriages, homes, families and, ultimately, the nation led to attempts to regulate and reform sex work and to prevent and suppress prostitution Although prostitution is illegal in most of the country and the world, it is still legal in some places and where it is legalized it is regulated and supervised by the government