KaskadskyjKozak

sicko.

I would argue that many women are coerced into prostitution and legalization will not change this fact - and not even improve the situation (it could make it worse). That's a possibility, but not one that's equally likely under all regulatory regimes. I think you'd have to consult the statistical record to make a convincing argument one way or another. I think it all comes down to: 1)Whether or not there's a moral case for prohibiting things that mentally competent adults do to themselves in private, or that they choose to do to one another in private. 2)Whether or not you think it's likely that the coercive apparatus devised to limit one particular variety of behavior that fits the description above will remain confined to the said activities. Personally, someone using heroin concerns me far less than the state's enforcement apparatus seizing their assets because they choose to consume a substance that others don't think is very good for them. You have SO got to be an attorney, aren't you?! No, but like many, I often dreamed of a career as such as a child. When I wasn't dreaming of being "Credit Analyst" or other acts of childish whimsy... speaking of which, who ever dreams of becoming a proctologist?

like keeping the restroom clean with the hand towels folded nicely in a whorehouse. no shit. this ain't sensitivioso!

just tied up? tied up, tied down, up against the wall, be my rubber-made baby and we can do it all

does she love you long time?

Yeah, fucking and jacking off are the exact same thing. umm, I think the point is f-ing with a total stranger for money is not much of a gain over whacking off.

I would argue that many women are coerced into prostitution and legalization will not change this fact - and not even improve the situation (it could make it worse). It is as if no one has noticed that when you ask a gal of any age what she wants to be when she grows up, she NEVER says, "a whore". Someone claimed that marriage is an institution whose aim is to control women and their "reproductive" rights (i.e. their bodies). I'd argue that prostitution is an even older institution with that exact same goal.

I would argue that many women are coerced into prostitution and legalization will not change this fact - and not even improve the situation (it could make it worse).

Are you kidding? They are the only good part of the marriage. Really? You've been married then?

My grandfather told me that his dad used to whack his mom from time to time when under the influence (this would be in 30's). Then one day when his oldest brother got big enough (at about age 16), and dad whacked mom with his lunch pail after coming home from the mines, splitting her head open, older brother beat the shit out of dad, and destroyed his homemade beer and brandy barrels. That was the end of spousal abuse in that family.

Not a fact - an assumption, a claim, whatever. You guys are in a fantasy world anyways if you think prostitution will be legalized in a country where alcohol was banned for over a decade, and pot is still illegal

Arrested, cited, and released. Oooh, what a deterent! It seems like more of a nuisance and hassle than anything really harmful to them. And enforcement is arbitrary and hardly comprehensive. Thanks for making my point. So why waste the time and money? Hold on, buddy. My point was that legalizing prostitution does not mean you have happy, wonderful lives for these women, as claimed by one poster in this thread. "they are paid for sex, what could be better?" That's all I am responding to. It's a fantasy.

Arrested, cited, and released. Oooh, what a deterent! It seems like more of a nuisance and hassle than anything really harmful to them. And enforcement is arbitrary and hardly comprehensive.

Financial - yes. Religious control? I think that's weakly supported. What is more important and neglected here in this discussion is societal stability. People make rules on how to live and norms of behavior because the absence of these rules is chaos and destruction.

BTW, I profoundly disagree with the notion that legalizing prostitution eliminates all the baggage for women in this industry. The evidence is that most if not all of these women were abused as children, have low self-esteem, are controlled by others, and turn to drugs and suicide in higher proportions than average. YOU as a horny male might be getting something out of legalization, but don't fool yourself into believing these women would have a "great life".

I've never paid for sex, but I've been to plenty of strip clubs in my youth, and I have to agree with your sentiment. I always thought - "man this is for losers - what's the point?". If you have to pay for it, you're lame.

That's nonsense. Marriage was not invented by "the church" - I assume you mean the "Catholic" church. You are aware, for example, that the dominant culture in which Christianity arose - the Roman Empire - had an institution of marriage, are you not? As have most cultures and peoples on this planet - whether "religious" or not.

These are the guys we want in charge of our health care?

Where do you recommend visiting in Oesterreich?

Jay will gladly ride the SLUT

Yeah, I wonder how Mt. Irvine went...

But what will I do with all that extra money? hookers and blow?

linky bug, you gotta post a TR of your Rainier climb this summer...