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Should prostitution be legal?

Should prostitution be legal?

  • Yes

    Votes: 92 83.6%

  • No

    Votes: 18 16.4%
  • Total voters
    110
wolfie said:
''WE'' are trying to have an intelligent debate?

When did this happen??
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Okay, all of us except for you then. :mrgreen:
 
HumanBeing said:
Simple question.
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Absolutely. Why should the government come in and re-neg contracts made between willing adults? What business is it of government to tell someone what to do with their own body?

The only people who want this enforced are the religious moral police.

X Factor said:
Should someone be allowed to sell themselves into slavery?
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Slavery is having your free will removed. In prostitution, at no time are they giving up their free will. They're willingly entering into a contract. If that's not the case, such as they're being coerced by their pimp, then the law should step in to prevent this coercion.
 
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ChuckBerry said:
Besides the morality question, there is a nagging problem with legalizing prostitution. How does one observe the prostitute at work to ensure they are working safely?
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Same as every other idustry: make a regulatory authority. Duh.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Absolutely. Why should the government come in and re-neg contracts made between willing adults? What business is it of government to tell someone what to do with their own body?

The only people who want this enforced are the religious moral police.
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Thing is it isn't always between "adults." There are a LOT of underaged girls and boys into prostitution. But legalizing and regulating it would help to cut down on those things IMO.
 
ChrisL said:
Thing is it isn't always between "adults." There are a LOT of underaged girls and boys into prostitution. But legalizing and regulating it would help to cut down on those things IMO.
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How would a situation be handled if there was a pregnancy resulting from an encounter?
 
ChrisL said:
Thing is it isn't always between "adults." There are a LOT of underaged girls and boys into prostitution. But legalizing and regulating it would help to cut down on those things IMO.
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Then the law should step in and prevent this, simple as that. Kids under 18 years old do not legally have the mental capacity to make such decisions. Those 18 and over should be legally allowed to do absolutely anything they want with their body. If they're deciding something completely crazy, yes it should be investigated to make sure they're doing it of their own free will and not being coerced, but if it's of their own free will, there's zero reason to deny it.
 
wolfie said:
Oh right..you speak for the whole forum then..
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Well then stop with this silliness and state your position and explain why, realizing that your anecdotes are not proof and don't back your position.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Then the law should step in and prevent this, simple as that. Kids under 18 years old do not legally have the mental capacity to make such decisions. Those 18 and over should be legally allowed to do absolutely anything they want with their body. If they're deciding something completely crazy, yes it should be investigated to make sure they're doing it of their own free will and not being coerced, but if it's of their own free will, there's zero reason to deny it.
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Oh, I was just pointing out that there are kids out there prostituting, but I agree that adults should be able to do it if they choose to.
 
AlabamaPaul said:
How would a situation be handled if there was a pregnancy resulting from an encounter?
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With an adult prostitute? However they decide to handle it. That's a personal problem.
 
ChrisL said:
Well then stop with this silliness and state your position and explain why, realizing that your anecdotes are not proof and don't back your position.
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Well in that case..your anecdotes are not proof either and do not back your position...

You agree that women should sell their bodies to men for money..but it makes you feel uncomfortable if they are minors..

Tell me, do you know of any free prostitutes who can work without the presence of men!!
 
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X Factor said:
It's not a victimless crime. People don't get into prostitution because their lives are going well. Would you be ok with someone doing "business" in the house next to yours?
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If it's not a crime, then there is no crime to speak of - victimless or otherwise.



And I would not mind if an escort lived next door to me IF prostitution was legal.

If it was still illegal, then I would be concerned.

I would certainly mind a WHOLE lot more if someone next door took up some very loud hobby/stay-at-home career that disrupted my life then a legal escort performing her legal job next door....again, only if the latter were legal.


And for the record, prostitution is legal in Canada.

Though certain aspects surrounding it are not - like common bawdy houses (brothels), public solicitation (street walkers) and pimping of any kind.
 
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wolfie said:
Well in that case..your anecdotes are not proof either and do not back your position...

You agree that women should sell their bodies to men for money..but it makes you feel uncomfortable if they are minors..
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I never said they "should." However, you and I don't make the decisions for other adults and what they do with their bodies unless we are talking about minors who need protection from predatory adults.
 
ChuckBerry said:
Holy crap are you kidding me? Even with legal prostitution most men wouldn't want their wives knowing about it, you think people will want to be on camera, that could be recorded, and used for blackmail? just because it's legal doesn't mean that the brothel owners are decent mom and pop owners, as the wikipedia article on Nevada brothels reports most women working at the brothels claiming exploitation and the use of girls under age 18 in the brothels.
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Um... no it doesn't. I just looked at it. Also the section containing criticisms and controversies over the practice is specifically labeled as questionable to the biases of the sources posted. Also why do you assume that the vast majority of clientele would be married men who would want to keep it a secret? Do you have stats and facts to support this assertion?

Redress said:
Would you be ok if there was a brothel on your street? On the route your children walk to school? Next to where you go shopping with your kids? There are legit reasons why people might not want a brothel in those places. It is far from an easy question.
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So regulate the locations the same way as porn shops. Seems like an easily solved problem.

Viktyr Gehrig said:
More importantly, how does one observe to make sure that they are engaged in prostitution willingly? People who answer "yes" to this question either don't know or don't care about the prevalence of human trafficking in the world-- including in the US-- and that the majority of people trafficked are women and girls intended for the sex industry.
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The same way we know that the mall isn't employing slave labor. They keep records. The are regulated. A legal prostitution industry means that those who want to purchase those services would have a regulated place to purchase them, that would not be using trafficked women and girls. Shut down the trafficking by providing a better alternative.

wolfie said:
This thread is nuts...what about pimps...who have a stable of girls..who get beaten up on a regular basis if they don't comply..They get them addicted to drugs..then they have to ''work'' to buy more drugs..

No more than a meat market...

Men who use prostitutes should be ashamed of themselves..
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The point of a legal and above-board prostitution industry is to protect these women from violence, drugs, and abuse.

wolfie said:
Of course it won't..I go to Amsterdam quite frequently..it is very regulated...from the 14 yr old schoolgirl to a 70 yr old Granny..all available in shop windows...and all working for Turkish pimps..
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Then it's not very well regulated, is it?
 
wolfie said:
Well in that case..your anecdotes are not proof either and do not back your position...

You agree that women should sell their bodies to men for money..but it makes you feel uncomfortable if they are minors..

Tell me, do you know of any free prostitutes who can work without the presence of men!!
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She never said "should", she said "could". If you knew anything about ChrisL, you'd know that she's a moral prude that looks down on anyone not following her strict moral code. She however does recognize that not everyone wants to do what she wants, and respects their own choices. How is this hard for you to understand?
 
ChrisL said:
I never said they "should." However, you and I don't make the decisions for other adults and what they do with their bodies unless we are talking about minors who need protection from predatory adults.
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Most adult women prostitutes don't have a say with what happens to their bodies either..

So you are not bothered about them?
 
RabidAlpaca said:
She never said "should", she said "could". If you knew anything about ChrisL, you'd know that she's a moral prude that looks down on anyone not following her strict moral code. She however does recognize that not everyone wants to do what she wants, and respects their own choices. How is this hard for you to understand?
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Not hard at all..I was just surprised that everyone was bored with my ''anecdotes'' whilst holding up a serious political debate..
 
AlabamaPaul said:
And if the two parties do not agree?
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I don't know, but what does that have to do with the legalization of prostitution? A pregnancy can occur from a one night stand too you know.

A pregnancy can also occur whether prostitution is legalized or not.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
She never said "should", she said "could". If you knew anything about ChrisL, you'd know that she's a moral prude that looks down on anyone not following her strict moral code. She however does recognize that not everyone wants to do what she wants, and respects their own choices. How is this hard for you to understand?
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I knew it was only a matter of time. :roll:
 
ChrisL said:
I don't know, but what does that have to do with the legalization of prostitution? A pregnancy can occur from a one night stand too you know.
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I understand that, but should there be some sort of indemnification agreed to amongst the parties before any action begins and would the courts even uphold that?
 
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