Prostitution

[Washington]

Are there any practical reasons for not legalizing prostitution, or are they all grounded in religious or subjective convictions?

 

[Q2004]

What is not grounded in subjective conditions?

 

[rppearso]

Are there any practical reasons for not legalizing prostitution, or are they all grounded in religious or subjective convictions?

Prostitution spreads disease and promotes organized crime which further burdens society. I guess if it were gov regulated, but then you have the social implications that are similar to gambling by breaking up homes to people who fall pray to it (gambling is probably different than prostitution, if a wife is taking care of her husband prostitution I would not think would enter his mind), but never the less it can still spread disease regardless of how much you regulate it. Why dont you just find a nice wife, specify what you are looking for and then invest time looking for that person.

 

[Caitlin.ann]

Theres no reason not to legalize it.

 

[rppearso]

Theres no reason not to legalize it.

Also its probably expensive, and could have the same financial effect that gambling has. So there are lots of practical reasons to not have it.

 

[Caitlin.ann]

Gambling pumps more money into the economy.

 

[Verv]

Are there any practical reasons for not legalizing prostitution, or are they all grounded in religious or subjective convictions?

Well, there are very practical reasons why you do not want it in your country...

Even when it is legal it often becomes tied to organized crime.

Often times it spreads disease.

Often times it becomes a last resort for people, and it is people that you know.

I know a girl who works in the sex industry because she has to pay for college... And you know what? This isn't a happy, carefree story of I'm making college money and furthering my life. Emotional scars become attached to it by committing this degrading act.

It can ruin marriages and families and demean the act of sex, demean the idea of chastity...

You know, there are so many moral reasons (not necessarily religious) to outlaw prostitution but you are right:

There are no practical reasons.

It does generate money and it penalizes only the people who volunteer to do it. The same goes for drugs. The same goes for dueling with pistols.

Some people just do not want it in their country because it does terrible things to people and can turn parts of their hometown into despicable rat holes.

 

[rppearso]

Well, there are very practical reasons why you do not want it in your country...

Even when it is legal it often becomes tied to organized crime.

Often times it spreads disease.

Often times it becomes a last resort for people, and it is people that you know.

I know a girl who works in the sex industry because she has to pay for college... And you know what? This isn't a happy, carefree story of I'm making college money and furthering my life. Emotional scars become attached to it by committing this degrading act.

It can ruin marriages and families and demean the act of sex, demean the idea of chastity...

You know, there are so many moral reasons (not necessarily religious) to outlaw prostitution but you are right:

There are no practical reasons.

It does generate money and it penalizes only the people who volunteer to do it. The same goes for drugs. The same goes for dueling with pistols.

Some people just do not want it in their country because it does terrible things to people and can turn parts of their hometown into despicable rat holes.

I agree with you, but if you are burning with so much passion that you are thinking about getting a prostitute you probably should not remain chastate but find a wife. Sex is not bad and in marriage it should be plentiful. If you are having a hard time finding someone you might want to lower your physical appearance standards, besides it wont matter how hot she is if she is prudish or even has some prudish tendancys you life is going to suck.

 

[TooCurious]

Unfortunately, making prostitution illegal only makes it more likely to spread disease, more likely to be tied to organized crime, and more likely to place sex workers in dangerous and exploitative situations. In places where prostitution is legal and regulated, there are laws mandating regular screenings for sexually-transmitted diseases, and the workers have the same avenues for protection that any other employee in a legitimate industry has. The problems associated with prostitution may not go away entirely in places where it is legal, but they are certainly significantly diminished. When prostitution is made illegal, prostitution does not go away; it merely becomes less safe for those individuals who, by choice or by circumstance, make their living in such a manner.

The only reasons I can see for making (or keeping) prostitution illegal result from one group of people wanting to impose their moral standards regarding sex between consenting adults, on the entire community. So, in answer to the OP, no, I can't think of any practical reason for prostitution to be illegal.

 

[cantata]

I agree with you, but if you are burning with so much passion that you are thinking about getting a prostitute you probably should not remain chastate but find a wife. Sex is not bad and in marriage it should be plentiful. If you are having a hard time finding someone you might want to lower your physical appearance standards, besides it wont matter how hot she is if she is prudish or even has some prudish tendancys you life is going to suck.

Are you for real? This is disgusting.

 

[Rebekka]

(gambling is probably different than prostitution, if a wife is taking care of her husband prostitution I would not think would enter his mind)

Nice of you to blame the wife when the husband visits a prostitute. Must be something wrong with her, eh?


I'm against legal prostitution. We have it here. It doesn't solve problems, but it makes it more difficult for the police to catch the bad pimps. There's still a lot of forced prostitution.

Then there are moral and religious reasons why I'm against prostitution, but since the OP doesn't ask for those I won't give them here. There's a difference between making something illegal because it goes against your own moral (/religious) standards, and not wanting to make something legal because it goes against your own moral standards. People who have no moral objections against prostitution will probably have a problem with the former because then a certain group (e.g. christians) "forces" their moral beliefs on all (this happens in society anyway), but I don't see the same objections against the latter, as nothing is changed. So I see no moral problem whatsoever with not making prostitution legal.

And if through legislation I could make prostitution illegal again over here, in a democratic way, then I would.

 

[Autumnleaf]

Moral reasons are practical reasons.

 

[RangerJoe]

Are there any practical reasons for not legalizing prostitution, or are they all grounded in religious or subjective convictions?

Whether drugs and prostitution are illegal or not, they will continue to be used. An intelligent government would take advantage of that fact and regulate the system. When something is legal it can't be tied to organized crime, because it's legal.

Not all drugs are illegal. Just the ones the companies aren't making money off of. The entire "War on Drugs" is the single largest failed US Policy ever enacted. It's the same as the prohibition. If you want a "Drug Free" US then you'd better outlaw cigarettes and booze...Oh wait...there's money in cigarettes and booze.

It's rediculous.

 

[RangerJoe]

I agree with you, but if you are burning with so much passion that you are thinking about getting a prostitute you probably should not remain chastate but find a wife. Sex is not bad and in marriage it should be plentiful. If you are having a hard time finding someone you might want to lower your physical appearance standards, besides it wont matter how hot she is if she is prudish or even has some prudish tendancys you life is going to suck.

No wonder the divorce rate is so high in the US. With an atitude like this I don't see how that is family oriented...

This is why the whole concept of "purity" doesn't work. The whole, "Oh! Your horny? Get married! Lower your standards!" idea is a bit twisted....

A marriage should be based off love, not lust.

 

[RangerJoe]

Are you for real? This is disgusting.

That must be the definition of "Good Christian Family Values"

 

[cantata]

That must be the definition of "Good Christian Family Values"

Yep.

"Don't sit and suffer with the horn! You might be tempted to visit a prostitute, and that would be a disgusting sin. Instead, find something to put your penis in on a more regular basis - a wife."

 

[Washington]

Whether drugs and prostitution are illegal or not, they will continue to be used. An intelligent government would take advantage of that fact and regulate the system. When something is legal it can't be tied to organized crime, because it's legal.

Quite right. Look what happened to organized crime's complete grip on liquor during prohibition, and how it vanished as soon as its manufacture, distribution, and sale were legalized.

 

[Washington]

Moral reasons are practical reasons.

Depends on what the morality is based on. If it's simply the whim of a dictator, then no.

 

[flicka]

Prostitution spreads disease and promotes organized crime which further burdens society. I guess if it were gov regulated, but then you have the social implications that are similar to gambling by breaking up homes to people who fall pray to it (gambling is probably different than prostitution, if a wife is taking care of her husband prostitution I would not think would enter his mind), but never the less it can still spread disease regardless of how much you regulate it. Why dont you just find a nice wife, specify what you are looking for and then invest time looking for that person.

Some men like harlots because they don't want "respectful" sex but they want to act out certain, uhh, fantasies that you will have a hard time finding a good Christian women to oblige in. Others like them because they want sex but not the relationship (or marriage in your case). Some men can't and won't ever find a wife no matter how low their standards are.

That said, prostitution is legal in Nevada with legally controlled brothels.

 

[poohgirl]

Moral reasons are practical reasons.

Some people have none and therefore anything goes.