Prostitution: What do you think of it ?

[The Seleucids (Ancient)]

I think it should be legalized but only under certain circumstances: there should be licensed brothels and all the employed sex workers should have ownership or a union.

Street prostitution should be illegal but only for pimps and clients, the sex workers themselves should not be arrested.

With that you would only make the problem worse.

[Imperializt Russia]

I think that countries which permit prostitution (ie, the act of paying for sex with money is not a crime) but do not permit businesses such as brothels under law are doing it completely backwards.
Then again, it's a similar list of countries to those who prohibit drug use and make that needlessly dangerous also.

[The Seleucids (Ancient)]

Prostitution is a form of modern slavery. We must do everything we can to get these poor women out of their. They need real jobs that give them the dignity that they deserve. It sickening that they become an object, a service to be bought and sold. Women are not commodities! Women deserve more dignity than to be treated as a sex object! This goes for male prostitutes as well.

1.You ever thought about the fact that some woman want to be a prostitute? I agree that alot of poor woman do it as a last resort, but prostitution is far from slavery. Don't think that the world ends at you own nations borders. There are countries where its legal and regulated, minimizing forced prostitutiion and other backwards stuff that could happen.
2.So prostitutes don't have dignity?
3.Prostitutes are far from an object, even from the perspective as their clients. Clients want fun, if the prostitute doesnt have fun (being an object) the client won't have fun either.
4.bought and sold?
5.Woman are human beings who are perfectly capable of making their own decisions!

[-The Trade Federation-]

Prostitution is a form of modern slavery. We must do everything we can to get these poor women out of their. They need real jobs that give them the dignity that they deserve. It sickening that they become an object, a service to be bought and sold. Women are not commodities! Women deserve more dignity than to be treated as a sex object! This goes for male prostitutes as well.

*facedesk*

What if the women who willingly took this job cannot find another acceptable job OR likes their job, mmh ?

Some women love their job. Sure, it's a small minority, but it still exists.

Also, I've known someone who worked in the sex industry.

[Firsthome]

Prostitution is a form of modern slavery. We must do everything we can to get these poor women out of their. They need real jobs that give them the dignity that they deserve. It sickening that they become an object, a service to be bought and sold. Women are not commodities! Women deserve more dignity than to be treated as a sex object! This goes for male prostitutes as well.

*facedesk*

What if the women who willingly took this job cannot find another acceptable job OR likes their job, mmh ?

Some women love their job. Sure, it's a small minority, but it still exists.

Also, I've known someone who worked in the sex industry.

quote from someone I know: don't do what pays well, do what you love

[Xeng He]

People are just misinformed as to the effects of criminalizing goods and services. If they're better educated, they'll understand how making drugs and prostitution illegal is more harmful than either of those things are on their own. In fact, that's a large part of why Prop 91 passed here in Oregon. The debate wasn't phrased in terms of rights, it was phrased in terms of harm. The YesOn91 cats did a good job of pointing out the economic and social harms caused by Cannabis Prohibition, which rings more true to people than saying "we have a right to do this".

You know, I support cannabis legalization, but I really don't buy this "everything is like cannabis. EVERYTHING." argument.

I mean, forget prostitution for a second, do you believe that ALL drugs should be legalized? Most people who think cannabis should be legal - including myself - don't think the same about crack cocaine.

Or what about other chemical substances? Do you really believe that "criminalizing goods and services" - any goods and services - is a bad idea? Should it be legal for me to buy any chemical substance I want in any quantities I want? People didn't like it when I used heavy weapons as an example of goods whose sale should be banned, but I could just as easily make the same argument about a wide range of dangerous chemicals that no one in his right mind would want to see legalized.

Again, you seem to be starting from the assumption that what holds true for alcohol and weed holds true for EVERYTHING that people might want to buy and sell. Uh, no. It doesn't. It really doesn't.

Well, what's your specific objection to the use of those chemicals?

Really, I should say "specific objections", but...

(As for me personally, I believe we should legalize heroin as well, in addition to all drugs we have methadone-like substitutes for, though we should place some strict regulations on the stuff)

[Fanosolia]

Prostitution is a form of modern slavery. We must do everything we can to get these poor women out of their. They need real jobs that give them the dignity that they deserve. It sickening that they become an object, a service to be bought and sold. Women are not commodities! Women deserve more dignity than to be treated as a sex object! This goes for male prostitutes as well.

*facedesk*

What if the women who willingly took this job cannot find another acceptable job OR likes their job, mmh ?

Some women love their job. Sure, it's a small minority, but it still exists.

Also, I've known someone who worked in the sex industry.

Plus if I not mistake there are also males in the sex industry to. Sure they're also a minority, but I'm more than sure they exist.

[The Carlisle]

I'm surprised how many people go on the "abuse and slavery" tangent on why to make it illegal but are ignorant of the fact that it's like that BECAUSE it is illegal.

[-The Trade Federation-]

*facedesk*

What if the women who willingly took this job cannot find another acceptable job OR likes their job, mmh ?

Some women love their job. Sure, it's a small minority, but it still exists.

Also, I've known someone who worked in the sex industry.

Plus if I not mistake there are also males in the sex industry to. Sure they're also a minority, but I'm more than sure they exist.

Males in the pornography industry usually gets paid a lot less than women.

[Paid To Troll]

Plus if I not mistake there are also males in the sex industry to. Sure they're also a minority, but I'm more than sure they exist.

Males in the pornography industry usually gets paid a lot less than women.

Supply and demand being what they are.

[Kiruri]

Courageous people? I'm surprised that option has that many votes. There's nothing courageous about prostitution :/

[Paid To Troll]

Courageous people? I'm surprised that option has that many votes. There's nothing courageous about prostitution :/

Remember, prostitutes often get clients that can't get sexual gratification from (perceptually) normal methods.

In short, people can be really disgusting. And prostitutes have sex with disgusting. That's some courage.

[-The Trade Federation-]

Males in the pornography industry usually gets paid a lot less than women.

Supply and demand being what they are.

Fair enough, I find.

Courageous people? I'm surprised that option has that many votes. There's nothing courageous about prostitution :/

If you looked at the other faces of prostitution, some people would consider it courageous.

Or as we say here...

"They have the balls."

[Val Halla]

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg wants to legalize brothels if he comes in to power at the next general election. Nick Clegg's opinion polls are at about -150 right now and his party has fallen to fifth in terms of power now. They are behind the green party so it seems more like a move of desperation than true intent. Nevertheless i do think brothels should be legalized.

[Kiruri]

Courageous people? I'm surprised that option has that many votes. There's nothing courageous about prostitution :/

Remember, prostitutes often get clients that can't get sexual gratification from (perceptually) normal methods.

In short, people can be really disgusting. And prostitutes have sex with disgusting. That's some courage.

That's not courage It's a service is all. They don't necessarily have to take those clients with the odd fetishes, there are others I'm sure. If the person providing the sexual service also agrees to whatever his or her customer would like, then that's that. Nothing really courageous about that, I figure. :/

Supply and demand being what they are.

Fair enough, I find.

Courageous people? I'm surprised that option has that many votes. There's nothing courageous about prostitution :/

If you looked at the other faces of prostitution, some people would consider it courageous.

Or as we say here...

"They have the balls."

What other "face" are we talking about here? Do you mean forced prostitution or something along those lines? I don't consider that courageous. :/

[Priddish]

Prostitution is a form of modern slavery. We must do everything we can to get these poor women out of their. They need real jobs that give them the dignity that they deserve. It sickening that they become an object, a service to be bought and sold. Women are not commodities! Women deserve more dignity than to be treated as a sex object! This goes for male prostitutes as well.

1.You ever thought about the fact that some woman want to be a prostitute? I agree that alot of poor woman do it as a last resort, but prostitution is far from slavery. Don't think that the world ends at you own nations borders. There are countries where its legal and regulated, minimizing forced prostitutiion and other backwards stuff that could happen.
2.So prostitutes don't have dignity?
3.Prostitutes are far from an object, even from the perspective as their clients. Clients want fun, if the prostitute doesnt have fun (being an object) the client won't have fun either.
4.bought and sold?
5.Woman are human beings who are perfectly capable of making their own decisions!

Some links against prostitution legalization:
http://www.isha.org.il/eng/docs/p180/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/lega ... g-business
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/mhvlegal.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ ... story.html
http://stopprostitution.net/legalizatio ... oesnt-work

1. How many? Prostitution is slavery. When you sell your body you are a slave. In Germany where prostitution is legalized, there has been no justice for these poor women and men. There has only been a green card given for more control over their lives. Why can we not guarantee these women good professional jobs like factory workers, doctors, CEOs, or other respectable jobs they deserve. Should we legalize and regulate slavery or indentured service as well? Prostitution is the epitome of male dominance over women, they only see them as commodities. This goes for male prostitutes as well.

2. They don't have the dignity they deserve as women and men because people enslave them and strip their rights away. The very idea that sex is a thing you can pay for, that it is a commodity, is despicable. If society is to truly progress, people or their bodies must not be for sale. We must help these people get out of prostitution and into the normal economy. We should not punish them, for it is not their fault. They need society's help.

3.Prostitutes are objects to others, even if they say they don't see them that way. When you reduce people to a service to be paid for, they become objects. This is not right. People are not services, we can achieve gender equality if they become services. Clients should not demand "fun" from others. If they want this "fun", like everything in life they must earn it, not with money but through love and dedication to another man or woman.

4. Prostitution is a service. It is also slavery. People pay the prostitutes for sex, they prostitutes often are forced to comply because they can be punished if they don't. They become objects and the clients take their dignity as humans away. This is wrong, people are not commodities.

5. They are. Women and men are fully independent and can make their own decisions. But there comes a point when you must realize that this has been forced on people. Prostitution is not voluntary. They are forced into it, because we as a society have failed them. We have not provided good jobs and helped those who are stuck in it. We must help them get out and help achieve their full potential. We as a people, must do no less for other members of society.

I do not want to see prostitutes punished, like I said before they need our help to get out. Legalization will only entrench the slavery. We must oppose slavery in all it's forms. All these carnal desires are a stain on humanity, human rights, and even democracy.

[-The Trade Federation-]

Remember, prostitutes often get clients that can't get sexual gratification from (perceptually) normal methods.

In short, people can be really disgusting. And prostitutes have sex with disgusting. That's some courage.

That's not courage It's a service is all. They don't necessarily have to take those clients with the odd fetishes, there are others I'm sure. If the person providing the sexual service also agrees to whatever his or her customer would like, then that's that. Nothing really courageous about that, I figure. :/

Fair enough, I find.



If you looked at the other faces of prostitution, some people would consider it courageous.

Or as we say here...

"They have the balls."

What other "face" are we talking about here? Do you mean forced prostitution or something along those lines? I don't consider that courageous. :/

I meant mothers (and very very rarely fathers) who get into prostitution to feed their families.

[-The Trade Federation-]

1.You ever thought about the fact that some woman want to be a prostitute? I agree that alot of poor woman do it as a last resort, but prostitution is far from slavery. Don't think that the world ends at you own nations borders. There are countries where its legal and regulated, minimizing forced prostitutiion and other backwards stuff that could happen.
2.So prostitutes don't have dignity?
3.Prostitutes are far from an object, even from the perspective as their clients. Clients want fun, if the prostitute doesnt have fun (being an object) the client won't have fun either.
4.bought and sold?
5.Woman are human beings who are perfectly capable of making their own decisions!

Some links against prostitution legalization:
http://www.isha.org.il/eng/docs/p180/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/lega ... g-business
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/mhvlegal.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ ... story.html
http://stopprostitution.net/legalizatio ... oesnt-work

1. How many? Prostitution is slavery. When you sell your body you are a slave. In Germany where prostitution is legalized, there has been no justice for these poor women and men. There has only been a green card given for more control over their lives. Why can we not guarantee these women good professional jobs like factory workers, doctors, CEOs, or other respectable jobs they deserve. Should we legalize and regulate slavery or indentured service as well? Prostitution is the epitome of male dominance over women, they only see them as commodities. This goes for male prostitutes as well.

2. They don't have the dignity they deserve as women and men because people enslave them and strip their rights away. The very idea that sex is a thing you can pay for, that it is a commodity, is despicable. If society is to truly progress, people or their bodies must not be for sale. We must help these people get out of prostitution and into the normal economy. We should not punish them, for it is not their fault. They need society's help.

3.Prostitutes are objects to others, even if they say they don't see them that way. When you reduce people to a service to be paid for, they become objects. This is not right. People are not services, we can achieve gender equality if they become services. Clients should not demand "fun" from others. If they want this "fun", like everything in life they must earn it, not with money but through love and dedication to another man or woman.

4. Prostitution is a service. It is also slavery. People pay the prostitutes for sex, they prostitutes often are forced to comply because they can be punished if they don't. They become objects and the clients take their dignity as humans away. This is wrong, people are not commodities.

5. They are. Women and men are fully independent and can make their own decisions. But there comes a point when you must realize that this has been forced on people. Prostitution is not voluntary. They are forced into it, because we as a society have failed them. We have not provided good jobs and helped those who are stuck in it. We must help them get out and help achieve their full potential. We as a people, must do no less for other members of society.

I do not want to see prostitutes punished, like I said before they need our help to get out. Legalization will only entrench the slavery. We must oppose slavery in all it's forms. All these carnal desires are a stain on humanity, human rights, and even democracy.

How many times to we have to blast it in the conservatives' ears...

PROSTITUTION (Excluding forced prostitution, the REAL forced prostitution, not the chimeras you keep bringing up) IS NOT SLAVERY. Also, it's the world's oldest profession. Want to ban something that has existed for thousands of years ? Good luck with that.

[Priddish]

Some links against prostitution legalization:
http://www.isha.org.il/eng/docs/p180/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/lega ... g-business
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/mhvlegal.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ ... story.html
http://stopprostitution.net/legalizatio ... oesnt-work

1. How many? Prostitution is slavery. When you sell your body you are a slave. In Germany where prostitution is legalized, there has been no justice for these poor women and men. There has only been a green card given for more control over their lives. Why can we not guarantee these women good professional jobs like factory workers, doctors, CEOs, or other respectable jobs they deserve. Should we legalize and regulate slavery or indentured service as well? Prostitution is the epitome of male dominance over women, they only see them as commodities. This goes for male prostitutes as well.

2. They don't have the dignity they deserve as women and men because people enslave them and strip their rights away. The very idea that sex is a thing you can pay for, that it is a commodity, is despicable. If society is to truly progress, people or their bodies must not be for sale. We must help these people get out of prostitution and into the normal economy. We should not punish them, for it is not their fault. They need society's help.

3.Prostitutes are objects to others, even if they say they don't see them that way. When you reduce people to a service to be paid for, they become objects. This is not right. People are not services, we can achieve gender equality if they become services. Clients should not demand "fun" from others. If they want this "fun", like everything in life they must earn it, not with money but through love and dedication to another man or woman.

4. Prostitution is a service. It is also slavery. People pay the prostitutes for sex, they prostitutes often are forced to comply because they can be punished if they don't. They become objects and the clients take their dignity as humans away. This is wrong, people are not commodities.

5. They are. Women and men are fully independent and can make their own decisions. But there comes a point when you must realize that this has been forced on people. Prostitution is not voluntary. They are forced into it, because we as a society have failed them. We have not provided good jobs and helped those who are stuck in it. We must help them get out and help achieve their full potential. We as a people, must do no less for other members of society.

I do not want to see prostitutes punished, like I said before they need our help to get out. Legalization will only entrench the slavery. We must oppose slavery in all it's forms. All these carnal desires are a stain on humanity, human rights, and even democracy.

How many times to we have to blast it in the conservatives' ears...

PROSTITUTION (Excluding forced prostitution, the REAL forced prostitution, not the chimeras you keep bringing up) IS NOT SLAVERY. Also, it's the world's oldest profession. Want to ban something that has existed for thousands of years ? Good luck with that.

I'm not a conservative, i am anti-slavery however. Hunting is actually the worlds oldest profession. regular slavery was old too and we still rightfully banned it. Stop supporting the enslavement of men and women.

[Sun Wukong]

Some links against prostitution legalization:
http://www.isha.org.il/eng/docs/p180/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/lega ... g-business
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/mhvlegal.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ ... story.html
http://stopprostitution.net/legalizatio ... oesnt-work

1. How many? Prostitution is slavery. When you sell your body you are a slave. In Germany where prostitution is legalized, there has been no justice for these poor women and men. There has only been a green card given for more control over their lives. Why can we not guarantee these women good professional jobs like factory workers, doctors, CEOs, or other respectable jobs they deserve. Should we legalize and regulate slavery or indentured service as well? Prostitution is the epitome of male dominance over women, they only see them as commodities. This goes for male prostitutes as well.

2. They don't have the dignity they deserve as women and men because people enslave them and strip their rights away. The very idea that sex is a thing you can pay for, that it is a commodity, is despicable. If society is to truly progress, people or their bodies must not be for sale. We must help these people get out of prostitution and into the normal economy. We should not punish them, for it is not their fault. They need society's help.

3.Prostitutes are objects to others, even if they say they don't see them that way. When you reduce people to a service to be paid for, they become objects. This is not right. People are not services, we can achieve gender equality if they become services. Clients should not demand "fun" from others. If they want this "fun", like everything in life they must earn it, not with money but through love and dedication to another man or woman.

4. Prostitution is a service. It is also slavery. People pay the prostitutes for sex, they prostitutes often are forced to comply because they can be punished if they don't. They become objects and the clients take their dignity as humans away. This is wrong, people are not commodities.

5. They are. Women and men are fully independent and can make their own decisions. But there comes a point when you must realize that this has been forced on people. Prostitution is not voluntary. They are forced into it, because we as a society have failed them. We have not provided good jobs and helped those who are stuck in it. We must help them get out and help achieve their full potential. We as a people, must do no less for other members of society.

I do not want to see prostitutes punished, like I said before they need our help to get out. Legalization will only entrench the slavery. We must oppose slavery in all it's forms. All these carnal desires are a stain on humanity, human rights, and even democracy.

How many times to we have to blast it in the conservatives' ears...

PROSTITUTION (Excluding forced prostitution, the REAL forced prostitution, not the chimeras you keep bringing up) IS NOT SLAVERY. Also, it's the world's oldest profession. Want to ban something that has existed for thousands of years ? Good luck with that.

I'm not sure if being around for a long time is a good argument, because, actually, that would be an argument for slavery too.

But saying that prostitution is slavery because it's selling your body would logically make all forms of labor slavery.

[Kiruri]

That's not courage It's a service is all. They don't necessarily have to take those clients with the odd fetishes, there are others I'm sure. If the person providing the sexual service also agrees to whatever his or her customer would like, then that's that. Nothing really courageous about that, I figure. :/



What other "face" are we talking about here? Do you mean forced prostitution or something along those lines? I don't consider that courageous. :/

I meant mothers (and very very rarely fathers) who get into prostitution to feed their families.

Ah, I see. I guess I view that as being "forced" into the trade by circumstances, not necessarily by another person or people. Either way, I see prostitutes, regardless of why they're in that profession as "normal people". I wouldn't think less of them at all; however, I wouldn't go as far as the first option (though I'm all for legalization, recognition and regulation).

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

I think that countries which permit prostitution (ie, the act of paying for sex with money is not a crime) but do not permit businesses such as brothels under law are doing it completely backwards.
Then again, it's a similar list of countries to those who prohibit drug use and make that needlessly dangerous also.

I would speak more about it if people didn't read "people with male privilege" who speak over abolitionist feminism as people who are trying to potentially advance their own class while they silence others.

Yes, it's fucked up.

[-The Trade Federation-]

How many times to we have to blast it in the conservatives' ears...

PROSTITUTION (Excluding forced prostitution, the REAL forced prostitution, not the chimeras you keep bringing up) IS NOT SLAVERY. Also, it's the world's oldest profession. Want to ban something that has existed for thousands of years ? Good luck with that.

I'm not a conservative, i am anti-slavery however. Hunting is actually the worlds oldest profession. regular slavery was old too and we still rightfully banned it. Stop supporting the enslavement of men and women.

Most prostitutes (excluding the children and forced prostitutes) WILLINGLY chooses prostitution. Hell, some college students choose prostitution as a way of making money EVEN when they have other fairly acceptable choices.

Also, with your mentality, all forms of labor and service consumerism is "slavery".

[Priddish]

I'm not a conservative, i am anti-slavery however. Hunting is actually the worlds oldest profession. regular slavery was old too and we still rightfully banned it. Stop supporting the enslavement of men and women.

Most prostitutes (excluding the children and forced prostitutes) WILLINGLY chooses prostitution. Hell, some college students choose prostitution as a way of making money EVEN when they have other fairly acceptable choices.

Also, with your mentality, all forms of labor and service consumerism is "slavery".

Once again that is our society's failure to provide good jobs. Slavery is never willing. Did anybody willingly become a slave or an indentured servant. No circumstances or other people force them too.

Also labor is not slavery because they sell their work not their body. Workers still have dignity.

[Paid To Troll]

Most prostitutes (excluding the children and forced prostitutes) WILLINGLY chooses prostitution. Hell, some college students choose prostitution as a way of making money EVEN when they have other fairly acceptable choices.

Also, with your mentality, all forms of labor and service consumerism is "slavery".

Once again that is our society's failure to provide good jobs. Slavery is never willing. Did anybody willingly become a slave or an indentured servant. No circumstances or other people force them too.

Also labor is not slavery because they sell their work not their body. Workers still have dignity.

So do prostitutes. I've been friends with many, they love their work.