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Teenage Prostitution

sangha said:
IMO, you are the one being unrealistic here.
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Some people just can't deal with the idea of a woman making a decision on her own. To them, there MUST be some kind of regulatory oversight or she would have stayed home barefoot and pregnant as the good lawd intended.
 
OldFatGuy said:
Yes, I have done so. I've been speaking in generalizations, however I believer those generalizations are accurate. I do understand the industry, its reach, its lack of honesty by all parties. I understand no one is independent and survives. Sure, there are the neighborhood single mom's who act temporarily, but are not true professionals, but they don't represent most of those in the industry, and they stop once they encounter a violent client.

This conversation pertained to teenage prostitutes, and like all threads took its twists and turns. It is a very rare situation to find a teenage prostitute working free and clear of a pimp. Someone turned her out to the life, a predator. In general, for purpose of discussion, specifics beyond the visible norm, won't change the overall realities of teenage prostitution nor prostitution for any age group.

No one growing says or thinks "I want to be a prostitute."
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And how often generally is that? I hear that it is often but I get lied to a lot. I also know that in recent years a lot of the girls have felt safe enough to be on their own using the internet to find customers, which of course lots of powerful people are in the process of ending.....so maybe there are not that many guys who abuse sex workers.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
And how often generally is that? I hear that it is often but I get lied to a lot. I also know that in recent years a lot of the girls have felt safe enough to be on their own using the internet to find customers, which of course lots of powerful people are in the process of ending.....so maybe there are not that many guys who abuse sex workers.
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Using the internet appears to be safer, however, there are still murders, robberies, and beating of working girls who think they are safer. They are easy targets and unlikely to call police. We still have 7 unidentified bodies partially buried on a beach near Islip, LI. The one identified body was a single mother advertising herself on Craig's List. The net is touted for safety advantages, a working girl can ask for references, is safe from random street crimes inclusive from other girls, but in the end the john who is dangerous will circumvent all controls because criminality creates a vulnerability.

Legalization can help reduce that vulnerability, extending the arm of the police toward safety. Realistically no system is 100%, we cannot stop people who go postal in schools, malls, work places of any sort unless the police get lucky and hear from an informant first. It is an inherently dangerous profession because it brings out some of the worst in some men.
 
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