Okay, so tone of the posts on this site these days have been about homosexuality and abortion. But I have yet to see what about prostitution. I don't want to talk about the morality of prostitution, but whether or not it should be legal. I know a few prostitutes who have absolutely no regrets about their choice of job. I have also met police officers who feel that arresting prostitutes is a major waste of time and tax payers money.
I do not think that streetwalking should be legal. Many times streetwalkers are, in fact, drug addicts, and they are exploited by pimps. I don't think this is right. There are, however, other types of prostitution that I feel should be made legal. Call Girls are often paid for their time, not only sex. Many of them serve the disabled or people who lack social skills. They are more of a companion than a sex buddy. I think this type of prostitution is perfectly legitimate, same as prostitution in brothels.
By regulating and legalizing prostitution, prostitutes would recieve healthcare which would be paid for by the brothels, and be protected from unsafe working conditions. They would also have the option to going to the police when necessary, which they aren't allowed to do now.
I consider myself a feminist, and I also believe prostitution should be legal. I think it empowers women to choose what they want to do with their bodies. They have control over themselves and the person they are with. I believe that a women has the right to do what they want with themselves.
Premarital sex is legal, so I don't understand why prostitution isn't. We see images and hear references to sex all the time, yet we refuse to let having sex be a profession. One woman can have sex with as many men as she wants, but the moment an exchange of goods occurs, it is considered prostitution. I guess I'm a prostitute because my boyfriends loves giving me gifts.
So what do you all think? Like I said before, I don't want your moral opinions, but whether or not it should be legal.
And on a further note,
Did you know that a woman who carries large numbers of condoms may be arrested for prostitution, but not a man?
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you have a few prostitutes? maybe you meant to say that you know a few? either way, i agree that prostitution should be absolutely legal. i dont understand how that last fact could actually be true... this double standard is so obviously unjust. is there a website or an article i can read that talks more about women being able to be arrested for carrying condoms but not men? if anything, people should be praised for safe sex. not arrested.
I don't know... I knind of suspect that legalizing prostitution would be like trying to legalize polygamy. It would tie up a lot of time, most people don't have any comprehension of the world they're meddling in... Sure, let it be legal, but don't make a legal institution out of it.
Legal or not, I don't think it is a good idea. It seems like it would be too easy to contract a disease or end up with a sexual predator.
As far as health care, that's a tricky thing. It's one thing if the brothels would pay for it, but it would be too easy for this issue to turn into health care that is tax-supported. My dad works a job eight hours away from us, his family, to support us and continue to help the two of us that are already in college. Mom has stayed at home to raise us all our years growing up, and they have given us the standard "protestant Christian" set of world views, including that premarital sex is wrong. I'm working hard to figure out what I want to do, what I need to study to do it, where I need to go to school to continue, how not to get slammed with insurance problems for not being a full-time student, how to organize all the money for it and how to get a car and a summer job to fill the gaps left by scholarships. I would feel extremely cheated if money was taken out of my taxes to pay for someone who choses to walk the streets for drug money. I know, many of them may not have another option, but this is America. There are churches, there are outreach groups, there are Urban Missions, there are people who want to help. I'd bet you anything if one of those girls wanted to get into radiography school, she'd be surprised at the amount of scholarship money she might get, if she only had enough faith in herself to try.
The thing is, if you don't think Prostitution is wrong, what about some of the affects it might have on society? Spreading diseases, tearing up families, and of course, subjecting girls to dangerous and degrading clientele, and likely enslaving them to drugs. Are those things wrong? Should America come up with state-sanctioned programs to support this industry, when it opens the doors for other societal problems?
What about the woman who divorces her husband after he brings an STD home and gives it to her, who now has to work a job and support her kids, who no longer have a father-figure? Should she have to pay for it?
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The type of prostitution you are talking about is entirely different than the legalized, regulated prostitution I am. First of all, there are many other professions out there where employers pay for insurance. It would be no different. If it were regulated, condoms and birth control would be mandatory, as it is in many places with legalized prostitution, and we wouldn't have to really worry about STIs or pregnancy. Regular health check-ups, again like they do in places with legalized prostitution, would prevent the transmission of diseases. The key idea here is regulated. Unless you are working on the streets, which is definitely not what I am advocating, violent predators are a rarity. Now, however, if a woman is attacked by a client, there is nowhere to go. If it were legalized, she would be able to report the person. Child and forced prostitution wouldn't be necessary because it would be illegal. It would be just as much of a crime as it is now. Many of the prostitutes who work in brothels or who are call-girls are not drug addicts. It is a legitimate profession, and, let me tell you, takes a lot of skill.
the show was devoted to prostitution. she talked to companions, escorts, and street walkers. i thought the show put a spotlight on the different forms of prostitution and made you think about the women who are apart of this profession. perhaps prostitution should be legalized, but not in this decade.
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you feel that prostitution has a chance of being legalized, but not in this decade? why not now? what types of circumstances do you feel prevent it from being legalized?
I really don't comprehend the reasoning that suggests that something that can be legally given (i.e. sex) to another person cannot also be sold.
percivale
I think that prostitution should be illegal because prostitutes are risking their lives and the lives of their companions of getting infected with HIV and AIDS; also, dying because of one of those things.
Read my blog!
You do realize that prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada, right?
If you really think about it, dating can be just like prostitution. Now let me explain before everyone gets all crazy.
When you first start dating, usually the only thing on the guys mind (I can't speak for women) is sex. So what happens on a typical date now days? Well, the guy picks up the girl, they go out and spend $30 - $40 on dinner, then maybe they go see a movie ($30 at least), then they go out for desert or something like that ($10 - $15), and then after the GUY has spent somewhere between $70 to $90; they usually end up back at his or her place having sex.
ONE third of women who meet someone online have sex on the first date, and three quarters of these do not use a condom, according to a new survey.
The US study, which surveyed 568 women, also found 27 per cent of respondents performed oral sex on the first date.
(http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22743688-1702,00.html)
Specifically, 37 percent of Baby Boomer singles would have sex on the first date, compared with just 18 percent of younger singles. Gentlemen, this won't come cheap. Among the women who said they would have sex on the first date, a stunning 76 percent said they expected romance first and for the dinner bill to be fully paid by the man.
(http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/love/package.jsp?name=fte/firs...)
Twenty-nine percent have had sex on a first date, and about as many have had an "unexpected sexual encounter with someone new."
(http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/PollVault/story?id=156921&page=1)
In a survey conducted by One2One Living magazine, 63 percent of men and 69 percent of women surveyed had indulged in first-date sex.
(http://howtodate.wetpaint.com/page/First+Date+Sex:+Yes+or+No%3F?t=anon)
So, the guy in the situation above basically participated in prostitution. And what I mean by that is that the guy paid for the entire night and then had sex with a woman with absolutely no strings attached. I'm not saying that what the two “consenting” adults did was wrong, but in some way, the situation was the same as prostitution. There was no commitment, yet money was exchanged (in one way or another) and sex was the end result. So, if a guy who pays a prostitute money for sex wants to come back and do it again the next night; wouldn’t that be the same as a “second date”? Maybe the guy and the prostitute will fall in love, get married, etc…
I don't see why two consenting adults can't skip all the movies, dinner, and whatnot and just get down to business. If the guy and/or woman wants to leave a "tip" at the end of the night, then so what. It’s his/her money, let them do what they want with it.
There are many places out there, especially in Nevada where girls and guys work as escorts, they are tested on a regular basis, and are probably safer than your average girl or guy on the street. I do support organizations like this. Being that I support this really makes it hard to be totally against "streetwalkers", especially when again, the exchange of money for sex (whether it be a streetwalker or a professional) is still between two consenting adults. I believe that this should be perfectly legal. If they want to take the risk of catching something, then let em. It’s no different than having a one-night-stand (un-protected) with someone from the bar.
Tabias-
I worked in australia for a year and prostitution was legal there and fairly regulated. I would have thought that would have gotten a lot of the girls off the streets and helped solve some of the problems of prohibition.. But there are areas of Sydney that have an abundance of unlicensed street hookers.