(September 8, 2012 at 11:48 am)Haydn Wrote: ...i believe sex should be if not between 2 people that love eachother , then at are at least in lust.Fair enough. Don't use prostitutes then. That's hardly an argument for keeping prostitution illegal though; what you want to do sexually is up to you, what others want to do is up to them. As long as there's mutual consent, I don't see any problem whether money changes hands or not.
Quote:I find that financial transaction a (person) pays to (essentially) masterbate inside of (someone else)... a bit perverted.Fixed that sentence for you. Same argument as above, same response. Would you make one-night-stands illegal? It's pretty much the same thing.
Quote:...i bet the vast majority (of prostitutes) are financially desperate...and so you think it's right to deny them an opportunity to make legitimate money?
Quote:...and/or feeding a drug habit , coerced into it or much worse.Generally, these are problems caused by the illegality of prostitution. Legalise it, provide properly constructed legislation and support mechanisms and the vast majority of these issues stop. Check out the Australian model for a great example.
Quote:I think if these woman are given education and better opportunitys then they wouldn't fall into this seedy dead-end trap.Examining the Australian model, plenty of well educated women get into the business because there's plenty of money to be made for someone with the smarts. Let's not forget that the sex industry, world-wide, is only financially outperformed by the arms trade.
Quote:Just think if it was your own daughter ? would you think that was ok?...or my son (just to make the point). It would be none of my business who s/he sleeps with or why. Given the current illegality, I'd like to think I'd only be supportive. It must be shit enough having society judge you for your sexual behaviour without having police stress on top. I assume you wouldn't empathise?
Sum ergo sum
