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Speaking to the issue of prostitution, fairness, and therapy

posted 12 years ago by Kalamata
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I consider prostitution as an essential service for men and women who - for whatever reason be it extreme bad looks or profound maiming or debilitating injury or, as in my own case, advancing age – can no longer attract a particular partner for sexual intimacy. If a girl – in my own case – is willing to engage in sexual play with me for a fee we can both agree upon, that right there is, for me, therapy (even if it weren’t, laws forbidding it are ludicrous as well as patently biased and unfair). Prostitution should be legalized in the U.S. Maybe we can sue the Federal Government using the Americans With Disabilities Act since we are being forbidden from engaging in an act of sexuality because there is an exchange of money.

There is a bias in the law against unattractive people getting sex from more attractive people by paying them to do it (they simply wouldn't do it otherwise!). Should I or anyone else be denied the right to hire someone for pleasure? Huh? How fair is that?

As to so-called "sex therapy", it's sex for pay, sure, but so what? We should all be free to engage in sexual activity, not just those of us who are still young, or in one piece, or attractive.

What do others of you think about that? Am I in grave moral error here?

ekw

[–] mikecart1 12 years ago

I think prostitution should be legalized and licensed. By that I mean quality. If you have been to other countries where it is known to be legal, you also know about the cards these women carry and the high level of security that goes on.

1. They are all volunteers to the profession
2. Security to meet these girls is high and they don't allow any crap
3. They are more disease-free than the US
4. They are paid well and drug-free
5. They are nice

The problem with illegal prostitution is that it isn't regulated. You have women with diseases, carrying drugs. You got dudes that are not checked or clean. And you have no security so women wind up missing or hurt. I won't name countries, but there are some FAR BETTER than the US that operate this system FAR BETTER and FAR SAFER for all involved.

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[–] Kalamata 12 years ago

agree totally

ekw

[–] PoppyTransfusion 11 years ago

I consider prostitution as an essential service for men and women who - for whatever reason be it extreme bad looks or profound maiming or debilitating injury or, as in my own case, advancing age – can no longer attract a particular partner for sexual intimacy.

If only this were the truth of prostitution.

The fact that money is exchanged in both prostitution and sex surrogacy does not make them the same, which you seem to imply in your post. If exchange of money for services were the measure of prostitution then we would all be prostitutes in some form or another.

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[–] Princess_Ashmi 11 years ago

Lol yeah isn't that stupid, it may not be legalised but people still do it and use them everyday, including police officers and politicians! People obviously ignore than law, they may as well legalise it!

Ashmi any question

[–] macgirl66 11 years ago

Right now, prostitution is NOT legal in the US. Which means that many of the girls/women working in this capacity are not there voluntarily. Some are, but many more get brought in by pimps who pay them little, get them hooked on drugs so they are stuck doing this for money. If you hire a prostitute, don't be so sure that this woman is not being forced, intimidated, etc, into doing this. She may have no family, no support and feel she has no options.

They regulate the porn industry in the US in order to at least try and make sure the workers are over 18, want to be there and they're tested often or they can't work. I agree, prostitution will always be around, they don't call it the oldest profession for nothing. Women would be safer and make better money, have more options on what they do and who they see if the profession was legalized in the US. However, we are such a sexually repressed society, I see this as being a long way off, if ever.

Just as a note, I am a woman who has never worked in this capacity, don't know anyone who has admitted to using one. I just have read a lot on this subject as it pertains to the US and other countries.

To each their own...opinion

[–] tzogas 9 years ago

macgirl66 said:

If you hire a prostitute, don't be so sure that this woman is not being forced, intimidated, etc, into doing this.

Trying to determine whether an individual's participation in sex work is "voluntary", has no real meaning if poverty undermines meaningful choice.

This goes for porn as well. And as I have no way of discerning whether this or that performer is there out of their own complete and total free will, I cannot in good conscience support it through my consumer choices.

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