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Prostitution

Should prostitution be legalized?


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Should prostitution be legalized?
 
Imo, only on a state-by-state basis, as voted on by the general populace.
 
I think it should be legal. It is another gov't intrusion into the private lives of citizens. If I want to rent my equipment to my neighbor, that should be perfectly legal, don't ya' know? And versa vise.
 
Of course it should be legal. Everyone has the right to have sex and there is no reason to think payment would change the matter. For that matter, we all own our own bodies and it's labor, and with that right the right to sell our services and labor to others. There is no reason to think that it wouldn't include the sale of sex.

As for regulation, I'm opposed to such things, so of course I can't agree with it here either.
 
It should be legal and regulated like any other business. This is a women's safety issue to me. Illegal prostitution leads to abuse, disease, crime, and human trafficking. It just makes NO SENSE to me to make prostitution illegal.
 
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Should prostitution be legalized?

Decriminalize it and regulate it.

Why is it illegal to sell something that is perfectly fine to give away for free?
 
Decriminalize it and regulate it.

Why is it illegal to sell something that is perfectly fine to give away for free?

Why regulate it? Because people might harm themselves by getting a disease? Is that not a risk of what they are doing?
 
Why regulate it? Because people might harm themselves by getting a disease? Is that not a risk of what they are doing?

Because HIV/Aids doesn't show up right away. It's kinda like how the USDA inspects the chicken. We don't want everyone getting sick.
 
Because HIV/Aids doesn't show up right away. It's kinda like how the USDA inspects the chicken. We don't want everyone getting sick.

But this involves their own decision to get money for sex. Why not regulate people having sex not for payment if you don't want people to get sick? Those people are making the same decision, are they not? Hell, in most states people in porn don't have to wear condoms, and I don't hear many people screaming for regulations. Hell when California(I think) did it a while back people complained.
 
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I'm not big on "buyer beware," but if a person wants to rent out their genitalia, I see no reason why they shouldn't be able to.
 
Legalize and tax it. All the women who are whores are whoring anyways..
 
But this involves their own decision to get money for sex. Why not regulate people having sex not for payment if you don't want people to get sick? Those people are making the same decision, are they not? Hell, in most states people in porn don't have to wear condoms, and I don't hear many people screaming for regulations. Hell when California(I think) did it a while back people complained.

They have to get regular AIDS tests.

As it turns out, people can spread HIV to people who don't use prostitutes. I can't believe I have to explain this to you.
 
Legalize it and regulate it to help keep the women as safe as possible.
 
Like with drugs, any good that might be done by prohibiting "vice" is grossly outweighed by the harm created by substantial black market dealings. Even if one doesn't like prostitution, there is no benefit in making it a crime.
 
They have to get regular AIDS tests.

True. Why wouldn't the market handle this though? To the most part it was already in place in the porn industry before the government stepped in.

As it turns out, people can spread HIV to people who don't use prostitutes. I can't believe I have to explain this to you.

I realize that. I even made it a point to say why not regulate everyday people that have sex because of the risk of disease. Why does payment somehow change something about the act?
 
Because HIV/Aids doesn't show up right away. It's kinda like how the USDA inspects the chicken. We don't want everyone getting sick.

Except the difference is that as it stands now, with it being illegal, it really has no chance of being found out. As it stands now there's nothing telling them to go get check ups. With it legalized and regulated it can be found much easier. Not to mention that if it is legalized we can require everyone seeking it to also get checked out to help protect the women/men in the prostitution business.

Currently there is a brothel in Nevada I think it is...what is their STD rate? The last time I even heard about the place was when some woman offered up her virginity on ebay or whatever and people suggested that she go there to preform the act so as to protect herself from the law against prostitution.
 
Should prostitution be legalized?

Of course it should. Most of it already is.

The only illegal form of prostitution is sex for MONEY. As in checks, cash, credit card payments or money orders.

People ignore that many quite normal forms of human sexuality are legal prostitution as in trading sex for something other than money. Every college or university has had some young woman ( or sometimes maybe a man ) trading sex with a professor for better grades. It may be against the polices of most universities it may even result in the student being expelled and the professor fired but it is perfectly legal as long as they are both adults.
Nearly every business or company or corporation has had people trade sex for a promotion or raise or some other advantage. Once again it may be against company policy but it's perfectly legal. Many examples exist of people trading sex with a client for an advantage such as to finalize a real estate deal or a reporter trying to get information or a story or whatever.

And of course it is not unheard of for a wife ( or maybe a husband ) to trade sexual forvors for something. As in a wife who does not normally engage in oral sex promises her husband some blowjobs for a new car.

All of these examples and probably more are legal forms of prostitution.

There is no real reason to make it a crime when one trades cash for sex.
 
BTW: voted "yes" in the poll. I might have gone for the "Decriminalize and heavily regulate it." option except that the "heavily" could be just as bad as just outright banning it.
 
True. Why wouldn't the market handle this though? To the most part it was already in place in the porn industry before the government stepped in.

It's the same reason we inspect the chicken. Markets are reactive. Health and safety issues should be proactive. By the time people are sick, it could be a crisis level before the market even has a chance to adjust.

I realize that. I even made it a point to say why not regulate everyday people that have sex because of the risk of disease. Why does payment somehow change something about the act?

Normal people don't have sex as often as prostitutes. Prostitutes are a higher risk.
 
It's the same reason we inspect the chicken. Markets are reactive. Health and safety issues should be proactive. By the time people are sick, it could be a crisis level before the market even has a chance to adjust.

People like governments only act after someone decides a problem exists.

Normal people don't have sex as often as prostitutes. Prostitutes are a higher risk.

So it's about the amount of sex someone has? Ok. Sorry, but that is a bit stupid, imho.
 
Normal people don't have sex as often as prostitutes. Prostitutes are a higher risk.

Not so sure on this point. How many times a day does a prostitute have sex? I many times a day does the "normal" person have sex? I know some people that have sex 2-3 times a day....and I don't know all that many people. I mean logistically I don't think that a woman can have sex but a certain amount of times per day as it no doubt gets to sore down there to be able to perform without serious injury.
 
People like governments only act after someone decides a problem exists.

Prostitution is the world's oldest profession.

So it's about the amount of sex someone has? Ok. Sorry, but that is a bit stupid, imho.

They are higher risk. It's common sense.

What is stupid is someone that opposes regulation wants the whole population regulated since the high risk individuals are being regulated. What is stupid is that some people can't compromise.
 
It's the same reason we inspect the chicken. Markets are reactive. Health and safety issues should be proactive. By the time people are sick, it could be a crisis level before the market even has a chance to adjust.



Normal people don't have sex as often as prostitutes. Prostitutes are a higher risk.

But, this ignores the magical ability of market forces to fix any social ill. I can't believe you don't already know this.
 
Not so sure on this point. How many times a day does a prostitute have sex? I many times a day does the "normal" person have sex? I know some people that have sex 2-3 times a day....and I don't know all that many people. I mean logistically I don't think that a woman can have sex but a certain amount of times per day as it no doubt gets to sore down there to be able to perform without serious injury.

They can perform oral.

Do the people you know having sex that often have sex with 2-3 different people every day? Maybe I could be wrong about more often, but it's definitely not as risky.
 
But, this ignores the magical ability of market forces to fix any social ill. I can't believe you don't already know this.

This topic certainly gives a new meaning to "trickle down theory".
 
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