Prostitution - make it LEGAL?

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I find this a very interesting topic. I can't decide what my opinion is on it though as both sides have fair arguments.

I really don't understand why it's illegal in the first place. If someone is willing to prositute themselves they will do it anyway possible - illegal or not, they'll still find a way to do it. So the law itself isn't helping much anyway, and it probably never can.

Although, at the same time, I personally believe prostitution being illegal can prevent things from occuring. For example - a woman might think of prostituting herself because she needs the cash but since it's illegal she may feel intimidated to do so. And maybe by holding back from doing so, she'll have prevented herself from getting an STD she might have recieved otherwise.

But then again, seeing how popular prostitution is shows us that not many are intimidated by it's illegalization.

Just my two cents. :grin:

I never said anything about children. I'm actually for legalizing it, just pointing out that it won't stop 100% of the illegal activities in that "business".Oh and my username is nothing but an act of sincerity from an old friend trying to get on my good side. He'd always say that I was his Flawed Perfection.I don't understand how you thought I was talking about children. Oh well.

Figured i'd put my 2 cents in since i always loved this debate. If i wanna pay someone to fuck and they are willing i should be allowed. I mean just because some money is exchanged does not change the act, and maybe then it would stop a few freeloaded and gold diggers if they could just get money for the sex they were providing without it being a crime. Thats pretty blunt and not very formal but i dont wanna set up the whole legal debate right now.

In the Neatherlands, prositution is legal, cannibis is legal and so is enuthinasia.These are 3 particularly touchy subjects, everyone has an oppinion on the morality of these things, what the dutch have said basically is that its your life and we don't want to be to up tight on how you live it.Sex is a natural thing, prostitution your paying for a service, its no different from getting a massage in that respect your paying someone to do something to you. In the Neatherlands prostitutes are checked for dieseses every 6 months and have designated areas (Red Light Disrict). It keeps the streets safer and all the prossies are in 1 place and everyone knows where to go for it.I think most of the world still sees sex as something you don't talk about at the dinner table but its a natural act, being a legal thing to do in the Neatherlands means its accepted and not shunned.Why do people underage drink? Coz you know you shouldant, people are drawn towards things they shouldan't do as its exciting. When your old enough to drink legally, drinking seems to loose its appeal and your better controled with it. Same with prositution. If it were legal, there wouldan't be pimps, probably a manager or something, it would work more like a massage parlour/salon, you could actually have a career in prositiution and make a respectable living outta it. Its only sleezy because its illegal, its actually a very clean, safe act to be involved in in the Neatherlands.I haven't been but i know people who have and they said that its quite an experiance, this is why Amsterdam is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe because you can do things you cant do at home. Its not immoral over there to do these things its accepted and i think that the Dutch are a better society because of it.

Ask you biology teacher this: Some animals eat their young? Is it okay to do that too?Seriously though...my dad thinks it should be legal because he says that that's their "profession" and they have to make a living too. I'm more inclined to agree but for a different reason. Even if it is illegal they're going to do it anyway. Does that mean I think it's right? HELL NO! It's wrong. I think that's a small part of what's wrong with our society today. No moral values..no integrity...and no honor. No sense of family or self worth. No sense of just wanting better for yourself than to be have some johnny slobber all over you so you can make a couple of bucks. Anyhow, that's my two cents...I think it's wrong...but should it be legalized? If they're going to do it anyway why not?

what do u constitute prostitution? exchange of money for sex? well if that's the case, then marriage - with shared accounts or even giving money to each other - and/or bf/gf relationships with sexual acts is also considered prostitution, so i believe that prostitution should be labelled as any lude act of sexual doing that is comprised of two or more people interracting in a sexual way, where as they both do not have feelings for each other, and where money is exchanged. so in a sense, america does have legal prostitution, Government screws the country, and they tax us for it.

Whatever...

In reply to: Whatever... agreed @ blackmanoncampus In reply to: Ask you biology teacher this: Some animals eat their young? Is it okay to do that too? ermm... that was my point...

I'm just giving you something a smart ass (that would be me) would fire back at your professor.

I'm in agreeance with you by the way. :smile:

whatever? is that all? how intelligent...let me guess what ur response to this post will be...something along the lines of "ur post isn't worth me posting something intelligent due to the fact that ur post was idiotic or stupid...