Time to legalise Prostitution

[Chad32]

Because sex is something you can give away to anyone of age for free, but if you charge for it, you belong in jail. Unless you take your payment in gifts and dinners, then it's perfectly legal. Indirectly negotiated bartering is fine, but cash transactions are immoral. It's their body, so they shouldn't be allowed to use it to make money, no matter how much they need it.

Well some people will say it's immoral to give sex for dinner and a car or something too. these are the "no sex before marriage" people. The same people that weren't convinced until recently in some places that a woman's body in fact doesn't belong to her father or husband.

[The Valkyrie]

There is no genuine reason not to legalise prostitution. It also has the bonus of annoying Christians and extreme Feminists.

It's legal in most parts of Oz and in NZ.

The girls are required to get regular medical checks.

[Minimalist]

I used to work with a guy who said "if I was a woman I'd never work a day in my life."

[Crossless2.0]

As I have mentioned elsewhere, I worked as a bartender in a legal brothel in Nevada for four years. The way it works there is that counties with a population above a certain threshold are not allowed to have legal prostitution (this precludes legal prostitiution in Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City, etc.). However, less populated counties have the option of legalizing it if they wish and many do. Brothel licenses are given out much like casino licenses. Applicants have to pass a rigorous background check and submit their financials for review. Holders of brothel licenses may not have casino licenses and vice versa, so you will never see video poker machines in a brothel.

The ladies submit to regular testing. I forget the frequency with which this or that STD or other condition such as hepatitis is tested for, but on-duty working girls are required to see the doctor and give blood samples each week. The use of condoms is mandatory.

I can't speak for the other brothels, but the one I worked at had no shortage of women seeking work. The ladies come from all walks of life. Some were turned out young and seek employment in Nevada to get off the street and work legally. Some have never so much as danced in a club before making the leap to prostitution. Some have substance abuse issues, but not all do. Some are single mothers with little formal education, trying to provide for their children. A surprising number are married and providing a crucial second income. I knew several ladies who had B.A.s or B.S.s (including a few who had advanced degrees) who simply preferred the easy money to be made. No one's arm was twisted to be there. If a lady decided it wasn't for her or that she had put in her time and wanted to move on, no big deal. Again, there were several waiting to take her spot.

For what it's worth, I support legalizing and regulating prostitution. Nevada provides a clear example that it can work safely and profitably for all involved. The alternative is a system that does nothing to stop prostitution but encourages every abuse and danger people normally associate with the world's oldest profession.

**Edited to add that the number of brothel licenses in Nevada is fixed. The only way to obtain one is to buy it from an existing license holder (the vetting process mentioned above applies).**

[Jacob(smooth)]

That sounds like an odd thing to say. I know both parties get something out of it when they have sex, but I won't fault someone for not being an open window to just anyone who wants sex.

If you don't want to have sex with someone, then fine. But you shouldn't charge for sex, that is just prudish.

Oh OK. As others have said, it's a service industry. I sell my body and and skills, if you pay me money I'll do some surgery on you. Periodically I pay for someone else's body and skills, she gives me a massage. Now the lady I see gives massages to her husband for free, but that doesn't mean she should charge someone else.

I think sex need no different. It's a service industry. I think it's a real shame that society can't grow up enough to accept that it goes on and regulate it according. I know a lot of Christians who feel likewise.

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As for upsetting feminists, hopefully a female one will be along, but I think it's more disempowering to tell a woman what she can't do with her body!

[EgoRaptor]

If you don't want to have sex with someone, then fine. But you shouldn't charge for sex, that is just prudish.

Oh OK. As others have said, it's a service industry. I sell my body and and skills, if you pay me money I'll do some surgery on you. Periodically I pay for someone else's body and skills, she gives me a massage. Now the lady I see gives massages to her husband for free, but that doesn't mean she should charge someone else.

I think sex need no different. It's a service industry. I think it's a real shame that society can't grow up enough to accept that it goes on and regulate it according. I know a lot of Christians who feel likewise.

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As for upsetting feminists, hopefully a female one will be along, but I think it's more disempowering to tell a woman what she can't do with her body!

If you legalize prostitution you are encouraging people to have sex for money & not for the sex itself. This will lead to prudishness.

[Crossless2.0]

If you legalize prostitution you are encouraging people to have sex for money & not for the sex itself. This will lead to prudishness.

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[Jacob(smooth)]

As for upsetting feminists, hopefully a female one will be along, but I think it's more disempowering to tell a woman what she can't do with her body! I

[Clueless Morgan]

I am against the legalization of prostitution, as I find it prudish.

If you don't want to have sex with someone, then fine. But you shouldn't charge for sex, that is just prudish.

If you legalize prostitution you are encouraging people to have sex for money & not for the sex itself. This will lead to prudishness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2y8Sx4B2Sk

prudishness adjective \ˈprü-dish\
: marked by prudery
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prudishness

prud·ery noun \ˈprü-d(ə-)rē\
: the behavior or thinking of people who are too easily shocked or offended : prudish behavior or attitudes
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prudery

prude noun \ˈprüd\
: a person who is easily shocked or offended by things that do not shock or offend other people
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prude

[EgoRaptor]

of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters