Prostitution

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edited November 2008 in A Moving Train
Should it be legal or illegal?
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    Legal.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    legal
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Probably legal, but I'm not going to spend a lot of time or effort to try and get that passed.
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  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    i'd say legal, but then who is going to protect all those women who are being trafficked (and children)and then sold to sex slavery. so my answer is that it can be legalised as long as there is a law to protect those that don't consent to prostitution.
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    As long as we're talking about 2 consenting adults entering into a contract it should absolutely be legal.
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    genie wrote:
    i'd say legal, but then who is going to protect all those women who are being trafficked (and children)and then sold to sex slavery. so my answer is that it can be legalised as long as there is a law to protect those that don't consent to prostitution.

    Well just as a street vendor would need a license to operate, so would a prostitute. This can be used as a means to prevent illegal sex slaves and underage prostitutes.
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  • RainDog
    RainDog Posts: 1,824
    Legal, but with regulations/restrictions - i.e. minimum age requirements for both the prostitutes and the johns, manditory health screenings for the prostitutes, etc. Oh, and replace the pimps with union bosses. Call 'em the USWA (United Sex Workers Association) or something.
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    mammasan wrote:
    Well just as a street vendor would need a license to operate, so would a prostitute. This can be used as a means to prevent illegal sex slaves and underage prostitutes.

    i guess so, and it should be closely monitored
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    RainDog wrote:
    Oh, and replace the pimps with union bosses. Call 'em the USWA (United Sex Workers Association) or something.

    I thought union bosses were already pimps of a sort so this shouldn't be a stretch.
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,168
    legalize it
  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    Legal.
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    hehe if they do then i should get a job 'closely' monitoring brothels and what they get upto :D
  • RainDog
    RainDog Posts: 1,824
    jeffbr wrote:
    I thought union bosses were already pimps of a sort so this shouldn't be a stretch.
    Good to see someone gets my jokes.
  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    jeffbr wrote:
    As long as we're talking about 2 consenting adults entering into a contract it should absolutely be legal.


    That is what I have always thought. I mean right now if a prostitute gets paid for sex laws are being broken, but if a porn star does the exact same thing and it is all nice and legal. How does that make any sense?
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Legal...I don't even see how it's debatable, really. The only problems that arise with prostitution happen because it's illegal.

    Dunno when it'll ever happen though....no one wants to really fight for the safety of prostitutes nor the privilege to pay for sex.
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    i guess the bigger question then is - should it be regulated?
  • Thecure
    Thecure Posts: 814
    i say legal.

    i think that theer are many issues around prostition that have to be looked at. to begin, protection of teh men and women who are selling themselves for money. in canada, having sex for money is legal but teh act of selling oneself is not. also have a brothel is illigal in canada and so is living off teh avails of prostition is illigal so you can't have a pimp. howver, for many men and women who are sex workers want a saef place to bring johns to such as a brothel but they can't legally. teh same issues arises with pimps, soem women and men want that protection but you must worry that pimps will take advanatage of teh people.

    i think what truely needs to happen is that police are taught how to handle sex workesr and understand teh issues that they face.
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    polaris wrote:
    i guess the bigger question then is - should it be regulated?

    It should be just as any other industry in this country is.
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    polaris wrote:
    i guess the bigger question then is - should it be regulated?
    All legal trade is regulated as far as I know.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Isn't marriage essentially prostitution in most cases?, starting off from the first date where the guy pays.


    :p

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