Prostitution - your stance

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Is this ever morally justifiable?

It's the oldest trade going, and a few divorcee friends of mine are making use of the services of "professional" women now on a regular basis, and they talk about it as if it's no big deal. Obviously what they do is their business but still, it nags at me.

I don't think I could bring myself to do it, although I must admit I see their point of view... No hassle, no commitment and they are gone once you've finished.

Views and answers on a postcard, please!
 
It should be legalised and taxed from official brothels, proper healthcare etc.

It's always going to happen so take it off the streets.

I personally couldn't do it, but I've had friends that have and my now bosses wife is/was one.
 
Legalising it might go some way towards tackling the human trafficking problem which supports the industry. Bring it out from the underground and it can be better controlled.

It won't go away.
 
Providing the person providing the services is there by their own accord then there is nothing wrong with it.

There isn't a single, reasonable, argument that counters this.
 
It should be legalised and taxed from official brothels, proper healthcare etc.

It's always going to happen so take it off the streets.

I personally couldn't do it, but I've had friends that have and my now bosses wife is/was one.

Lets make one thing clear though, OP is taking morally and as for legal. As far as I am aware.

Prostitution is legal.

Solicitation is not.
 
Licensing it really is a semi-sensible option, people want the sex, people will pay for the sex, women want money, women will have the sex for money.

Pretending it doesn't happen, locking up anyone who sells the sex and making it taboo has already lead to murders, human trafficking and all sorts of health problems for those involved, but this is Britain and talking about the sex gives people erections like a 14 year old boy.
 
Don't care about it, as in, can't see anything even remotely wrong with it, never used one, know a few people who have, though that is mostly weird people at uni with stories of banging some really cheap nasty woman when they were 16 or something along those lines.

IT should be legalised, getting rid of the vast majority of the criminal element from it, which will again like legalised drugs reduce crime, reduce violence, reduce health risk, etc, etc. If it's legal, and people can make a proper living and get health checks you'll make money from tax and save money in treatment.

If your average punter can check she's registered and check she's been checked up say every two weeks for std's, you'll have less people needing treatment for std's, you'll have less spread of serious disease's like aids and it will be safer for the prostitutes and punters. You've got violent people who might go to prostitutes, beat them and it doesn't get reported because they'll get in trouble for being prostitutes, then a few of those guys esculate to rape/murder of "normal" women.

It's a large industry, its profitable, its unsafe and it generates crime, health problems and policing costs. If it were legalised it would generate tax profit, reduce crime, reduce spending on health care and reduce spending on policing costs. It would also dramatically reduce trafficing for prostitution, kids, women, being forced to work illegally. Because police would have less other "busy" work to do and because the demand for cheap unsafe hookers would basically disappear and be far easier to track(as being legal it would be safer for prostitutes and punters to tell the police when they see something dodgy).

Prude's and not wanting to seem "for it" in an age when politics is about looking good rather than doing whats good for the country. It's as simple as this, there is no down side, only upside, it would improve thousands of peoples lives in the UK, it will never happen because politicians haven't cared about what's good for this country for 30 years.
 
Should be legalised. Couldn't believe how many of them were on the road leading into Las Americas in Tenerife when I was there last week. And before anyone asks no I didn't "have a go".
 
Wow. That doesn't make any sense at all.

clarification. Given the only argument against it I hear, that I would consider valid is "its dangerous", and consider that if it were legal the workers could be properly protected, explain why its wrong.
 
Lets make one thing clear though, OP is taking morally and as for legal. As far as I am aware.

Prostitution is legal.

Solicitation is not.

Morally, I answered, It's not something I could personally do, it's a tacky, and under the current system, high dubious due to all the other illegal issues associated with it.

As for legally, it should all be legal and it should all be monitored and run to strict standards. Make working outside of the legal system using these prostitutes carry even more legal ramifications and it'll have a positive effect on the industry.

At the end of the day, it's one of the oldest industries and it'll remain for a long time to come.
 
clarification. Given the only argument against it I hear, that I would consider valid is "its dangerous", and consider that if it were legal the workers could be properly protected, explain why its wrong.

Aaaaaaaah I see. Sorry I wasn't getting that link exactly, but I see what you mean.

I don't actually have much of an argument :o
 
prostitution is illegal but porn isn't?

it doesn't make sense, if you film people having sex then its fine however paying a stranger to go fumble in the car (based purely on gta) is illegal.

am i missing something? it seems like im missing something
 
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