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View Poll Results: What do you think of prostitution?
It is wrong 24 18.32%
It is okay 96 73.28%
Undecided 11 8.40%
Voters: 131. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-29-2014, 11:12 AM
 
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So I've noticed there are many websites where "sex workers" advertise themselves for sale (Backpage is one example). What you guys think of it? Should it be allowed?
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Old 03-29-2014, 11:21 AM
 
Location: Kingstowne, VA
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As long as it's consensual and all parties are adults working on their own will, I see no problem with it.
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Old 03-29-2014, 11:22 AM
 
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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Working people. Nothing else.
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Old 03-29-2014, 11:29 AM
 
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If guys need to pay for sex I sort of pity them but it probably keeps them from going postal, so I have no problem with it. Like to see women getting paid for providing a service too. Legalizing prostitution is probably the best way to eliminate exploitation of vulnerable people.
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Old 03-29-2014, 11:36 AM
 
Location: Jupiter
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So I've noticed there are many websites where "sex workers" advertise themselves for sale (Backpage is one example). What you guys think of it? Should it be allowed?
I have mixed feelings towards it. I see a lot of women do not like prostitutes or escorts.
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Old 03-29-2014, 11:38 AM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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If guys need to pay for sex I sort of pity them but it probably keeps them from going postal, so I have no problem with it. Like to see women getting paid for providing a service too. Legalizing prostitution is probably the best way to eliminate exploitation of vulnerable people.

That's how the Supreme Court of Canada sees it, too.

Supreme Court strikes down Canada's prostitution laws - The Globe and Mail
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Old 03-29-2014, 12:25 PM
 
Location: The Hall of Justice
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I think we should focus on rehabilitating our staggering prison population before setting up another system that happily sucks people in and then forgets to deal with what happens at the other end.
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Old 03-29-2014, 12:31 PM
 
Location: USA
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There is really nothing wrong with it. It's the legal system which turns sex work into a dark and shady endeavor. But this is America and our laws have always been a little behind the rest of the world. It's just not that much fun when going in for some "entertainment" with the thought of being pounced on by the pigs.
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Old 03-29-2014, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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I've read ice cream and prostitution were the only two business that made money during the Great Depression, Lol

I think it's all good
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Old 03-29-2014, 12:36 PM
 
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Of course it should be allowed. There's no reason why anything that consenting adults do in private is the business of the government's.
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