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I saw this thread on the Christianity forum and I wanted to ask this forum what people thought about prostitution.
Personally, I don't really have a problem with it. My sentiments are that given the vast amount of people arrested for prostitution each year that it's going to happen anyway. But, my curiosity is more centered around why specifically it is illegal in the first place? I think that if it were run like a business in which the women (or men - I'm thinking of a career change... ) who were prostituting themselves were required weekly or perhaps monthly mandatory HIV and STD tests and had to display it like the food preparation cleanliness report you see at restaurants that it would actually decrease the number of STD's transmitted through prostitution. I also think that given the number of affiliations that drug dealers and other low-lifes tend to have involvement with the prostitution community that it may cut down on that as well. Overall, I really don't see a huge problem with it. Besides, the government can just tax the hell out of it and pay for other things... like Sarah Palin's wardrobe.
If it's ever legalized then I hope it's institutionalized into "*****-houses". I suppose that may sound almost funny. But the reason for that is, I don't ever want to see it legalized out in the streets. While I'd never argue that some are doing it to make ends meet, there are drugs and violence tied into most of it, and restrictions on how and where it's done will keep neighborhoods safer.
For those who like to argue about how parts of Europe have legalized prostitution, I hasten to note that this profession is actually zoned into their own "red-light" districts. I don't mind that concept but it's too late for that here.
I agree with your comments about the mandatory "health" exams and taxes, but I've a hunch that much would get done "under the table". Especially within the Call Girl racket. I wonder if such services would have to become included in a CEO's expenses? Hee! Hee!
If it's ever legalized then I hope it's institutionalized into "*****-houses". I suppose that may sound almost funny. But the reason for that is, I don't ever want to see it legalized out in the streets. While I'd never argue that some are doing it to make ends meet, there are drugs and violence tied into most of it, and restrictions on how and where it's done will keep neighborhoods safer.
For those who like to argue about how parts of Europe have legalized prostitution, I hasten to note that this profession is actually zoned into their own "red-light" districts. I don't mind that concept but it's too late for that here.
I agree with your comments about the mandatory "health" exams and taxes, but I've a hunch that much would get done "under the table". Especially within the Call Girl racket. I wonder if such services would have to become included in a CEO's expenses? Hee! Hee!
Oh, no, I agree that it should be done in something like a brothel or a "prostitute farm" or whatever they call them. I really think that if it were legalized that this would be the way it would go anyway. I don't think any prostitute REALLY ENJOYS her job standing out on the street corner in the cold waiting for a "John" to come pick her up. I mean, if you really think about it, you could have somebody come in, buy a couple of warehouses, hire some prostitutes (they could even have a union) and you could have an entire set of legalities up to and including taxes that the owner would have to pay. I think that any "working girl" would prefer that over some pimp slapping her around and telling her to earn more money. And so I think that the women involved in these sorts of professions would actually gravitate towards the more "industrial" side of it.
And as a side note, and I'll have to make this PG-13 but like George Carlin once quipped:
"Selling is legal. Sex is legal. So why isn't selling sex legal?!"
'Brothel' ~ Thank YOU! I was trying to think of the right word and that's the one.
I do think your idea would be more complicated than you think. I envision a whole lotta' corruption ramifying from that one, perhaps more from drugs than anything else. But it's still a good concept.
I'd sure love to see a post here from someone who lives/has lived in one of those countries where it is legalized. How successfully is prostitution scruitinized for diseases and drugs?
Good ol' George. I know you don't believe in this stuff but. . . I'm sure he's somewhere giving people a non-stop performance. He's probably making His Maker sweat a little, but George made people smile, and I'm sure it scored a lot of points with Him.
I think sex between two consenting adults is their business. If they want to swap money then that's between them. It should organized as a business with rules attached for safety like mandatory testing. The idea of a brothel as being sold on the stock exchange is pretty funny, not to mention it would be very stable and lucrative for the economy. I believe when something is banned and goes "underground", that is when crime element comes into play. I can't see any of this happening in my lifetime though, especially in the conservative US.
I remember I started a thread awhile back on this subject and expressed my viewpoint that it should be legalized for various reasons. First of all, I don't think it's any of the government's business what consenting adults do. I also think that the dangerous lifestyle of a prostitute living in America where it's illegal is extremely dangerous and prostitutes are often the victims of homicides by killers such as the Green River Killer who happened to live very close to my sister's neighborhood in the southern suburbs of Seattle.
Anything that has to do with sex causes religious people who are extreme in their beliefs to take an irrational point of view. The basic question is whether or not our government can regulate human behavior to such an extent that they can decide for all of us whether or not it's acceptable for a man and a woman to engage in a sexual act in which money is enchanged.
First of all, I don't think it's any of the government's business what consenting adults do.
Ah, but you would have government involvement if it was legal, too. Mandated medical scruitiny, even taxes. Think about it. At that end of the spectrum it (government) wouldn't be all bad.
Prostitution is legal here in Victoria, but they have to be licensed. Unfortunately there are still a few unlicensed girls that work the streets...These girls are mostly addicts and their STD rate is rather high.
VIP, like other escort agencies in Victoria, is legal and has a business licence. All the women are licensed under the city's escort laws. But the business is still developing its policies based on the real challenges of the people involved, said Paterson.
"We're trying to be a fair employer and as legit as the laws allow us to be. We're trying to be a good, discreet, clean and safe business."
VIP has weekly staff meetings to discuss different issues such as income tax or sexually transmitted diseases. The escorts range in age from 22 to 30.
There is also a health service but I'm having trouble finding any info on it but there is definitely testing and women's health testing covered.
Of course it doesn't stop the charmers that set up illegal brothels in the neighbourhood and it certainly hasn't slowed down the sex slave trade which is still happening in some areas.
Porn is legal, and you can bet porn stars are screwing people they don't know for money just the same!
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) who were prostituting themselves were required weekly or perhaps monthly mandatory HIV and STD tests and had to display it like the food preparation cleanliness report you see at restaurants that it would actually decrease the number of STD's transmitted through prostitution. I also think that given the number of affiliations that drug dealers and other low-lifes tend to have involvement with the prostitution community that it may cut down on that as well. Overall, I really don't see a huge problem with it. Besides, the government can just tax the hell out of it and pay for other things... like Sarah Palin's wardrobe.
