TeleKat
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Should prostitution be legalized?
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?
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.
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.
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.
Should prostitution be legalized?
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.
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?
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.
Normal people don't have sex as often as prostitutes. Prostitutes are a higher risk.
People like governments only act after someone decides a problem exists.
So it's about the amount of sex someone has? Ok. Sorry, but that is a bit stupid, imho.
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.
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.
But, this ignores the magical ability of market forces to fix any social ill. I can't believe you don't already know this.