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Prostitution

Should prostitution be legalized?


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Considering that with even murder the death penalty has been proven to not be a deterrent, what exactly do you suggest as effective "real punishment" for prostitution?
Jail, and lots of it.
 
Do you know how much money it takes to incarcerate someone?

Once the jail is built, nothing. Make them work for their bed and food. Hot bunk like the Navy. Make jail suck so bad, they wont come back.
 
Once the jail is built, nothing. Make them work for their bed and food. Hot bunk like the Navy. Make jail suck so bad, they wont come back.

How can you make it suck worse than it is?
 
Giving in and giving up is a sign of weakness. We are weak if we legalize it.
Why? It cant be a shock to you that some people actually really enjoy the act of sex...males and (hold on to your hats...females!).

So I said earlier what I have always said...that if men could make a good living at prostitution it would not only be legal but there would be college degrees in the field. Thats a flippant but factual comment. Heres the 'dirty' truth. The sex industry has always been targeted towards men and there has ALWAYS been an anti-woman slant. Women are demeaned and devalued in marketing, advertisement, media, and yes, pornography and prostitution. Men LIKE it that way. It keeps roles clearly defined. But...that doesnt have to be the case. This could actually be a very positive thing. It doesnt mean EVERYONE should like it, value it, or even desire it. People can even keep their opinions that it is 'wrong', just like many people hold that cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana use is 'wrong'. Some people today see strip clubs as 'wrong' and thats OK. But the simple reality is that prostitution as it exists is most often an exploitative industry precisely because it is illegal. Changing that would create LESS stigma and even open up opportunities for people that they might not otherwise have.
 
Once the jail is built, nothing. Make them work for their bed and food. Hot bunk like the Navy. Make jail suck so bad, they wont come back.

The Navy is free?

This is too funny. :rofl
 
Why? It cant be a shock to you that some people actually really enjoy the act of sex...males and (hold on to your hats...females!).

So I said earlier what I have always said...that if men could make a good living at prostitution it would not only be legal but there would be college degrees in the field. Thats a flippant but factual comment. Heres the 'dirty' truth. The sex industry has always been targeted towards men and there has ALWAYS been an anti-woman slant. Women are demeaned and devalued in marketing, advertisement, media, and yes, pornography and prostitution. Men LIKE it that way. It keeps roles clearly defined. But...that doesnt have to be the case. This could actually be a very positive thing. It doesnt mean EVERYONE should like it, value it, or even desire it. People can even keep their opinions that it is 'wrong', just like many people hold that cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana use is 'wrong'. Some people today see strip clubs as 'wrong' and thats OK. But the simple reality is that prostitution as it exists is most often an exploitative industry precisely because it is illegal. Changing that would create LESS stigma and even open up opportunities for people that they might not otherwise have.

No, Vance, apparently through all of history, jail didn't suck bad enough. We need to be tougher and jail them harder!

:lol:
 
Jail, and lots of it.

Can you explain why these women should be punished?

not a single person has yet demonstrated any harm to society of legalized prostitution (certainly nothing that surpasses that of illegal prostitution).

So I would strongly object to you wasting my $$ to lock up all prostitutes....for apparently no reason except you object to them.
 
Brick walls and bread and water. Chain gangs and farm labor.

Again...why are these women deserving of this?

Also, would the johns they were arrested with be subject to the same punishment?
 
What exactly are of-age prostitutes doing wrong that they should be jailed for?
 
Once the jail is built, nothing. Make them work for their bed and food. Hot bunk like the Navy. Make jail suck so bad, they wont come back.

So, we're not talking about America anymore then?

LOL It's so hard for you to actually discuss the topic and answer questions realistically that this is where you ended up?

Just say you hate filthy whores and be done with it. And even legalized, they would be the same. Just lay it out there an own it. You aint alone.
 
Can you explain why these women should be punished?

not a single person has yet demonstrated any harm to society of legalized prostitution (certainly nothing that surpasses that of illegal prostitution).

So I would strongly object to you wasting my $$ to lock up all prostitutes....for apparently no reason except you object to them.

It really is a stupid reason to lock people up, humans are biologically driven to have sex, so what if some want to pay for it. What's next, lock people up for buying food?
 
It really is a stupid reason to lock people up, humans are biologically driven to have sex, so what if some want to pay for it. What's next, lock people up for buying food?

It's actually a strong tenet of Islam. True fundamentalist practitioners prefer the condemnation and punishment of sinners...that way it acts as a more realistic way to force them to obey and it also removes the temptations for them so they dont have to control themselves (or have to do so less). I've read several interviews where they explain this and they arent extremists, just 'true believers' practicing Islam.

In Christianity, God has given us free will and expects us to control ourselves and do the right thing...not have anyone force it on us. Otherwise, he could 'force' whatever behavior he wanted. And he forgives us all our sins when we accept him, even the hookers.
 
It really is a stupid reason to lock people up, humans are biologically driven to have sex, so what if some want to pay for it. What's next, lock people up for buying food?

And sex between 2 people of the age of consent is a private matter. If it's paid for by cash, dinners out, an apartment, a new car, a ring...whatever. Nobody's business but the people involved.

Why on Earth does anyone think prostitutes who take money should be locked up?
 
And sex between 2 people of the age of consent is a private matter. If it's paid for by cash, dinners out, an apartment, a new car, a ring...whatever. Nobody's business but the people involved.

Why on Earth does anyone think prostitutes who take money should be locked up?


I've been asking this question since I entered the thread. I'm not sure why it's so hard to answer?
 
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