Do you think Prostitution should be Legalized?

[Type Username Here]

It already is throughout most of the world. It's called Arranged Marriages.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Mainly due to the fact that when something is legalized it artificially creates a larger market for that specific skill or item. Keeping it illegalized atleast minimizes the size of the market.

Overall, legalizing it would simply create more Jons' and Hoes and a host of other problems IMO.

I remember coming across VD statistics in WWII in Italy where prostitution was legalized at the time, and what eventually happened is that 'p*ssy' became somewhat of a social currency like cash, every other woman was offering ass for something that they wanted. With that of course came higher rates of everything in the negative.

Legalizing it never erased the black market, it just expanded it.

I feel the same about keeping drugs illegal as well BTW.

I am sure there was little to no regulation of the sex market in the 1940s.
A legalized sex market today would have regulations in place that saw to it that all interactions are done as safely as possible with condoms being mandatory for all acts and workers being regularly tested for STDs as well as for drugs.
I would have to assume that if done correctly the chances of contracting a disease would drop considerably from the figures we see currently as well as taking out the violence and drug use that is rampant in the illegal sex industry.

 

[Type Username Here]

I don't think it should be taxed though. Maybe having to buy a permit but not taxed for every transaction.

 

[Bud Bundy]

You mean legally? I'm sure they could. I don't think women there, at that time, were any more intergrated into the work force than they were in the US.

I think now the numbers would be different now that women have more options.

 

[filial_piety]

I am sure there was little to no regulation of the sex market in the 1940s.
A legalized sex market today would have regulations in place that saw to it that all interactions are done as safely as possible with condoms being mandatory for all acts and workers being regularly tested for STDs as well as for drugs.
I would have to assume that if done correctly the chances of contracting a disease would drop considerably from the figures we see currently as well as taking out the violence and drug use that is rampant in the illegal sex industry.

We'll agree to disagree then.

I think that the black market which doesn't operate on the same playing field as the legal one, would actually grow. Both markets would be available instead of just one. Which would translate into a larger number of people with STDs and other problems.

I also personally think that legalization would increase the number of consumers and products. Whether that's something socially acceptable is up to the individual. I on the otherhand, don't think so.

 

[Type Username Here]

Relevant study:

More STDs Among Porn Stars Than Prostitutes - 28% of LA adult film stars infected with gonorrhea or chlamydia: study


I wonder if they included random crackwhores in the study?

Because if you ever driven by Calle Ocho or Sistrunk Blvd, you can catch AIDS just by looking at some of those dirty bytches.

 

[filial_piety]

I think now the numbers would be different now that women have more options.

I'm not sure how, it would just be another 'profession' like anything else. Sure, women have more of a diverisified set of options than they did 60 years ago--true, but I still think that the overall number of prostitutes and customers would grow dramatically.

I think it's a bit of wishful thinking to say that the black market prostitutes would all of a sudden become legal--and the buck would stop there without the possibility of your kid sister becoming one in the future.

 

[daze23]

yes especially in today's world where women have more options and don't have to be either a hooker or a housewife.

[warning: devil's advocate argument]

well I think there's an argument that it could hold/set women back. because instead of pursuing a career, they'll just be sex-workers. yes, this is already an issue with strip clubs, porn, etc. but I don't think the woman's-lib movement would see legalizing prostitution as a step in the right direction

 

[Bud Bundy]

I'm not sure how, it would just be another 'profession' like anything else. Sure, women have more of a diverisified set of options than they did 60 years ago--true, but I still think that the overall number of prostitutes and customers would grow dramatically.

I think it's a bit of wishful thinking to say that the black market prostitutes would all of a sudden become legal--and the buck would stop there without the possibility of your kid sister becoming one in the future.

sex workers are not respected so I don't see it becoming a popular profession. I only see this as a option for women who are not doing shyt with there lives anyway. This would not be the case if we didn't have women rights.

 

[Type Username Here]

[warning: devil's advocate argument]

well I think there's an argument that it could hold/set women back. because instead of pursuing a career, they'll just be sex-workers. yes, this is already an issue with strip clubs, porn, etc. but I don't think the woman's-lib movement would see legalizing prostitution as a step in the right direction

Have you been to a strip club? The only people being taken advantage of are the men and their wallets.

$11 for a Black and Mild

 

[Black_Jesus]

Tax them hoes

 

[filial_piety]

sex workers are not respected so I don't see it becoming a popular profession. I only see this as a option for women who are not doing shyt with there lives anyway. This would not be the case if we didn't have women rights.

To each his own.

I still think the market would grow. When something is legalized, the marketwill grow artificially. I can't speak on people's motivations because it really depends on the current climate. But what I do think is true is that when a door opens, some people will walk through that door, while others won't. Overall, I see an increase. I see legalization as an 'invitation' of some sorts. Some people will attend the party, and others will pass on it

 

[Jello Biafra]

Relevant study:

More STDs Among Porn Stars Than Prostitutes - 28% of LA adult film stars infected with gonorrhea or chlamydia: study


I wonder if they included random crackwhores in the study?

Because if you ever driven by Calle Ocho or Sistrunk Blvd, you can catch AIDS just by looking at some of those dirty bytches.

They do some nasty shyt in porn though. The majority of them don't wear condoms and they be doing ass to mouth and dudes be nutting in chicks one after another. The risky nature of the things being done in porn to push the envelope makes that STD number surprisingly low in my opinion.

 

[Bud Bundy]

[warning: devil's advocate argument]

well I think there's an argument that it could hold/set women back. because instead of pursuing a career, they'll just be sex-workers. yes, this is already an issue with strip clubs, porn, etc. but I don't think the woman's-lib movement would see legalizing prostitution as a step in the right direction

That is a very poor opinion of women if you think the mass majority of them only want to contribute to society by laying on there back.

If human nature way was to shyt around and fukk each other all day we would not have the internet. People want to do other things with there lives and I don't see a sharp increase in women becoming sex workers just because the option is there.

Men don't do it and we are way more hornier.

 

[Bud Bundy]

To each his own.

I still think the market would grow. When something is legalized, the market will grow. When a door opens, some people will walk through it, while others won't. Overall, I see an increase.

I am not arguing an increase but are you thinking half the women in our society would be sex workers all of sudden?