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Sorry, but I think I am going to have to go against the popular sentiments in favor of prostitution on this thread, and advocate for the less-popular position of continuing to ban prostitution. Why? Because everyone who is a prostitute is also somebody's mother, daughter, sister, etc. Prostitution dehumanizes and reduces people into being mere intimate objects, to be used for others' pleasure. Prostitution is the natural and obvious antithesis of having true, genuine romantic love and affection, for someone. The ultimate test is that if someone truly wants to love and be loved, prostitution is not the answer, and is not the solution to the natural longing for love in the human heart, that all of us have and need.
Sorry, but I think I am going to have to go against the popular sentiments in favor of prostitution on this thread, and advocate for the less-popular position of continuing to ban prostitution. Why? Because everyone who is a prostitute is also somebody's mother, daughter, sister, etc. Prostitution dehumanizes and reduces people into being mere intimate objects, to be used for others' pleasure. Prostitution is the natural and obvious antithesis of having true, genuine romantic love and affection, for someone. The ultimate test is that if someone truly wants to love and be loved, prostitution is not the answer, and is not the solution to the natural longing for love in the human heart, that all of us have and need.
It's not something I would partake in. But, you cannot legislate morality. In the end, nobody forces one to find a career in prostitution, and nobody forces one to seek out a prostitute. What two consenting adults so long as there is no harm or violence, is between the two individuals and the MAN upstairs.
Because it is a "profession" that preys on and dehumanizes/objectifies people. What type of people? The weak, poor, and ignorant who are in one way or another lured into it despite the fact that prostitution can have devastating long- and short-term effects.
I find it odd that some people on here have the idea that ONLY women are prostitutes....... Men can and do sell their bodies for money. Happens all the time, in every part of the world, including the USA.
For the USA to legalise prostitution will require a huge social change, in the way that Americans think about sexual acts.
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On the real. The conservative people in this country really want to shield everyone from basic human instinct. But back to OP, it should be legalized and regulated and offered within brothels, much like its already done in parts of Nevada.
Yeah and even in NV, prostitution is still technically illegal in all but the most isolated counties. And though I agree with some others that it is a pretty de-humanizing thang… so are a lot of other lines of work! In fact it may sound counter-intuitive, but if anything, banning prostitution simply re-enforces the notion that all women are a sort of commodity with only "one special thing" to offer, and it has to be "regulated" outside of marriage!
Sorry, but I think I am going to have to go against the popular sentiments in favor of prostitution on this thread, and advocate for the less-popular position of continuing to ban prostitution. Why? Because everyone who is a prostitute is also somebody's mother, daughter, sister, etc. Prostitution dehumanizes and reduces people into being mere intimate objects, to be used for others' pleasure. Prostitution is the natural and obvious antithesis of having true, genuine romantic love and affection, for someone. The ultimate test is that if someone truly wants to love and be loved, prostitution is not the answer, and is not the solution to the natural longing for love in the human heart, that all of us have and need.
If women (or men) are going to prostitute themselves regardless, how does this argument make any sense? Might as well make it as safe as possible and get some revenue in the process.
Any ban only increases demand.
Any ban only makes a forbidden fruit more desired and, as result, more EXPENSIVE. Look at drugs. As in - narcotics.
All any ban does is creating a black market and blown up prices. Those then trickle into you know whose hands. And they likely have much less profit from legalized whatever is banned, than from have it black marketed.
Don't forget, kids, it's all about money. No matter how puritan the verbiage covering it is.
I think it's because America is much more conservative than most western countries. When you think about it most of the Middle East and Africa is more conservative than the US but outside of those regions the US is much more conservative than it's counterparts. It's interesting to observe the people's views in a country like Uruguay which is extremely liberal socially and they give no second though of prostitution being legal, they seem to have the perspective of "it is what it is."
Any ban only increases demand.
Any ban only makes a forbidden fruit more desired and, as result, more EXPENSIVE. Look at drugs. As in - narcotics.
All any ban does is creating a black market and blown up prices. Those then trickle into you know whose hands. And they likely have much less profit from legalized whatever is banned, than from have it black marketed.
Don't forget, kids, it's all about money. No matter how puritan the verbiage covering it is.
In short... prohibition is a failure. History has shown us this to be true. Of course, we never learn.
Two consenting adults should be allowed to exchange money for sexual gratification. At least that is my opinion.
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