The Never Ending Debate on Prostitution Options

[fameONE]

The title alone should speak for itself.

From time to time, I'll turn on my digital cable box in the midst of my insomnia to find something erotic in nature, or just downright kinky on the major movie channels. Last night, at around 2am, I flip on HBO and found myself fixated on a documentary following the business and girls of the Bunny Ranch in Nevada. I had never even heard of a legal brothel so my jaw dropped. Along with the entertainment, I went along watching this hour long show attempting to morally justify someone's pastor concealing his identity and helping out their business. Being that this country is run by the moral majority, I still tried to way the pros of a possible decriminalisation on a wider scale.

Already there are brothels run legally all over Nevada; Las Vegas (of course), Reno, Carson City, Beatty, Hawthorne, Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, Elko and Wells. If its already legal there, don't you think its just a matter of time before its legal across the country? Imagine driving up the highway and seeing whorehouses instead of XXX Megaplexes.

So, I ask all of you. Do you think its wrong? Or do you think that in this free country a woman should be allowed to sell her body for cash.

[superstitious]

Porn's legal so I think prostitution should be.

I mean, in the end, someone is getting paid to have sex with someone.

You do realize that a lot of porn is stimulated sex, right? I don't even think they do hard core inserts anymore. (Don't ask me how I know that term. Hahaha)

The black market is very lucrative though. Not a complete success, but definitely not a failure. In the very least, there is certainly enough monetary gain to inspire people to hide smack up their ass in condoms.

And, to be a bit more on point: If you're going to call yourself f**king free, it's sort of f**king essential. Legalized prostitution allows for the regulation of business transaction and appropriate licensing - this means frequent medical examinations to prevent the spread of STDs, safe and clean environments for both employee and customer, and a fair percentage of earnings for workers. This is all very good. Not to mention, when you really consider it, it's an important and thoughtful public service. Some people have very serious issues in find companionship and intimacy - prostitution allows those people to live happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives (while someone else gets to pay their way through college from it).

Beautiful.

See, that sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I'm not sure if these services would get taxed though. I imagine they somehow would if Uncle Sam has his hand in it. *snigger*

Religiosity, the moral right, politics, and f**king old people. Just about the same sort of reasons that The Drug War will never end. These people have created such a culture that believes and finds unity and strength in the moral crusades of those things they perceive as icky and scary. It would take a lot of balls for a politician, elected of the people, to challenge any social mores or norms.

Oh, don't forget the patriarchal fear of the strength of women. White old men hate the fact that women can love sex and, even more so, freely choose to take a career path that involves them making money off of this love.

We are a prude nation, there's no denying that. And you've hit the fear of women loving sex right on the nose. Sex is a powerful thing and if women actually have a say in compensation for sex, it would be a scary thing indeed to most older men. Of course, I'm sure many of these older white men have no hard time whatsoever seeking these services illegally.