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I was surprised to see a comment elsethread to the effect that PUAs believe that women support prostitution being illegal. All the women I know think it should be legal, because they are feminists-- pro-sex and pro empowerment of women.
global politics typically reflect views that extend beyond our respective personal social circles
Anyway, I can't find any good stats about the subject, but what little I can find suggests that men are twice as likely to support legal prostitution as women.
Right now I think its the prices that are keeping prostitution from being rampant, if it were legal and prices fell dramatically there would be a pretty dramatic shift in society. You would not see a bunch of unwanted kids and broken homes because guys that just wanted sex would not be forced to enter into that social contract so they could get sex. As society is today getting a FWB is really shaky as a male and can be really inconsistent. Of course disease is the major issue, I mean there is only so far testing and all that can take you when a woman is sleeping with multiple men every day which is probably why its still illegal.
Would be nice if it were legalized and we could see what happened, but for now we will just have guys settling so they can get laid, unwanted kids and broken homes.
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Originally Posted by highlife2
Then business will remain where it is today, I think the prices are mostly what keep men from using them a lot more often. Legalization typically always lowers costs even with the taxes because your not facing jail time or a record so more women will enter into it. Risk of jail time raises prices quite a bit.
You see broken homes on a daily basis and men sleeping with women they don't find attractive, I mean the divorce rate is over 50% and break ups are not even recorded.
I don't know a lot about prostitution, just what I've seen on the news, documentaries and what a few guys have told me but unless you are using an expensive service I was under the impression it would range from $20 to $200, about the same price range CD guys spend on a date. And the prostitutes I have seen on the news aren't exactly super models.
Im not making the connection between prostitution and broken homes and unwanted kids. Are you saying men only marry to get laid and that children are just an unwanted byproduct of their fleshly desires and that if prostitution were cheap men would not have girlfriends and wives and children?
You should stop visiting the PUA sites and ignore them. It's nothing.
Me? I read it here, on CDR. Or are you talking to the guy who posted it?
Anyway, back on topic, what do you folks imagine pricing would be, if legal? History shows that legalising anything brings the price way down. But how low?
If stopping off at prostitute, for any gender, were more like picking up drycleaning, how would that affect relationships?
It's already like that for people who have some coin and go to escorts. No big deal really.
I don't think it would change relationships that much. It's just an outlet. Look at the countries where prostitution is legal. Has it changed them much?
for the most part people have sex for pay bek they are unwilling to work on relationships and their own defects of character, its easier to pull out your wallet.
prostitution is a symptom of a sick and unloving society, not a cure.
Why is everyone of your posts a shot at PUAs? Have you been burned one too many times?
I don't consider myself a PUA, I like being single, but I love a good relationship too, but I do consider myself a supporter of game theory.
- We don't hate women and we know you don't control access to sex. That is a myth perpetuated by men that put women on a pedastal.
- It would still be taboo if legal, for both sexes, and I'm sure anyone who openly participated in it would be shunned, just as they are today.
Kinda defensive aren't you? She's only raising a question about prostitution that came up on another thread. I noticed that post too, and it didn't make any sense--that women don't want prostitution to be legal. It's a perfectly valid topic to question that, or ask why there is that belief.
It's kind of funny, though, the "...for all genders" part of it. How could it be legal only for one gender? Aren't both genders involved in it? Or did the OP have in mind also "3rd gender"/gay? Anyway, the way prostitution works where it's legal in the US is that nobody wants it in their neighborhood, so it's limited to certain counties, and certain isolated locales in certain counties. This came up on another forum. It's not like everyone would be free to set up their own business anywhere they want.
As far as regulation goes, and required STD checks, doesn't it make more sense to have the customers checked before they get the service? That's where the risk is, if the service providers start out clean.
Me? I read it here, on CDR. Or are you talking to the guy who posted it?
Anyway, back on topic, what do you folks imagine pricing would be, if legal? History shows that legalising anything brings the price way down. But how low?
That's a good question. If you were filling out a job application to be a prostitute what would you put down for expected salary?
I imagine looks, age, experience and what particular services you were willing to preform would factor in. Or would anti-discrimination laws apply?
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And the prostitutes I have seen on the news aren't exactly super models.
