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by PeterODB on July 4th, 2008
Its not illegal, in legalized brothels.
by Die Finsternis on January 18th, 2008
People don't know how to let go of traditions based in times long since passed and accept the ideas of a developed society. Why is this? Because we are not developed enough to live up to our own ideals.
by Lovely1 on January 2nd, 2008
Have you ever noticed anything that the government can't control is illegal.
by Agostwriter on December 26th, 2007
Prostitution brings with it a lot of dangers such as disease, violence and exploitation of women. Some could argue that making it legal might actually help some of these things. The risks are definitely real but the main reason we do this is because as a society we decided it was yucky and we are raised with this idea and it is shared by many. If our society changes this value it will become legal.
by Capt.Lizzie_pirate king_Swann on January 18th, 2008
Generally it's illegal, due to the fact that people like to try and take advantage of others in a situation where someone could sell sex from someone else, like a pimp.
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It can also easily be disrespecting one of the few things that people fully own, their bodies, just to make money, which causes a very serious lack of self-esteem. If you don't respect yourself, no one else will respect you.
by Agostwriter on January 16th, 2008
If sheep are legal . . .
If sisters are legal . . .
If kids are legal . . .
If walking down the street is legal . . .
There is no logic in your question.
by Capt.Lizzie_pirate king_Swann on January 18th, 2008
Generally it's illegal, due to the fact that people like to try and take advantage of others in a situation where someone could sell sex from someone else, like a pimp.
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It can also easily be disrespecting one of the few things that people fully own, their bodies, just to make money, which causes a very serious lack of self-esteem. If you don't respect yourself, no one else will respect you.
by Kw Hudd-Vets-superquack on January 16th, 2008
Because somebody made the attempt to combine the two? They may be afraid that oriental girls would come over and give american men the thrill of their life, causing no men left for the american girls!
by flowersandthings on January 19th, 2009
its an immoral selling service
by iwnit on January 11th, 2009
1) Prostitution is not illegal everywhere today, and was not always everywhere illegal in the past:
"Prostitution is the act of performing sexual activity in exchange for money or goods. The legal status of prostitution varies greatly between different jurisdictions, from being punishable by death to being completely legal."
The illegality of prostitution or of some kind of prostitution is related to the ethical issues involved.
2) "The case for making it against the law to buy sex begins with the premise that it's base and exploitative and demeaning to sex workers. Legalizing prostitution expands it, the argument goes, and also helps pimps, fails to protect women, and leads to more back-alley violence, not less. This fight over legalization has been waged in the last few years over international human-trafficking laws and proposals to make prostitution legal in countries like Bulgaria, a movement that the U.S. government helped defeat. In 2004, the federal government expressed its position: "The United States government takes a firm stance against proposals to legalize prostitution because prostitution directly contributes to the modern-day slave trade and is inherently demeaning." The government also claims that legalizing or tolerating prostitution creates "greater demand for human trafficking victims." And yet, prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada, a companion to other cherished vices.
You don't have to be a moralist or a prude to buy the argument for banning prostitution. But if you're so inclined, it's an easy one to take apart. Martha Nussbaum, a law and philosophy professor at the University of Chicago, argues that lots of work involves the sale of bodily services and that lots of the work that poor women do involves bad working conditions. For her, it's all about context—there's a big difference between a street worker controlled by a pimp and a high-end call girl who picks her own clients, and the real question is how to increase poor women's access to decent and safe work in general. Legalizing prostitution "is likely to make things a little better for women who have too few options to begin with," Nussbaum writes."
Source and further information:
http://www.slate.com/id/2186243
3) Further information:
- "why is prostitution illegal?":
http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2167
- "why is prostitution illegal?":
http://www.soulcast.com/post/show/21513/Why-is-prostitution-illegal%3F
by Anonymous on January 11th, 2009
Thank you. I did some digging around for two reasons and those reasons led me to this site. First, I'm writing a story that has a prostitute in it and second, I know a young lady who has been engaging in it a little. I went through the laws (at least in my state) and then went over the social issues (next are the historical issues considering it is referred to as "the oldest profession") and I found that though prostitutes do get prosecuted, they don't as much as those who solicit or compel it. Those are the people who spend several years in prison on a first conviction. Those are people like pimps and traffickers, and johns, or prostitutes who advertise themselves (such as in the Erotic Services section of Craigslist where stings have already been done).
It seems that while prostitutes themselves are a threat, they are not considered as big a threat as those who force them to do it or merely make their work possible. It's an incredible quagmire of legalese and socioeconomic debate over the one act of having sex for money, i.e. making a living.
But you'll always hear some cop or district attorney add that many of them, usually streetwalkers controlled by pimps, are paying off drug debts that exceed their living expenses. Then when they are incarcerated, they go through hellish withdrawals.
It's an incredibly interesting issue of who said what and who thinks what and who handles it how.
by Anonymous on January 6th, 2009
Generally, though legal authorities might suggest you not do something out of concern for personal matters, when it comes right down to it, it's about what they can prove you DID. It's also about what they can prove will HAPPEN. In their view, prostitution is a social problem, not a personal decision. To them, it promotes violence, particularly on the streets, that leads to crime, and it promotes human trafficking and the spread of disease. Finally, the only things in life that are certain, I'm told, are death and taxes. Prostitutes generally don't file tax returns because they don't usually have a good front operation and in the US, Uncle Sam really doesn't like not getting paid.
by My Favourite Life on January 18th, 2008
I am not asking you to "argue," I am suggesting you "think."
i recently sleep with a prostitute i used a condom but left it behind, what are the chances of her getting pregnant, if she was to use it?
by good95 on September 28th, 2011
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How much would you charge?
by John McCain on July 23rd, 2011
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Do you respect prostitutes?
by Weylon on August 21st, 2011
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what should i ask to a female prostitute if i am doing a study? and what term can i use so that my respondents will not be offended?
by psych-3A on September 19th, 2011
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Do you look down at men who sleep with prostitutes?
by Invidious on September 19th, 2011
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In Australia there's legalized brothels. As long as you use them you don't get in trouble and ladies are looked after and don't break on laws.
by PeterODB on July 4th, 2008