Your comment about the prices going down is nothing but personally speculation without anything to back it up. All we have is the evidence of Nevada and what has happened there to go on. It’s something that is personal in nature and I don’t care how many people / brothels are out there doing it, there aren’t going to be a lot of girls wanting to give “that” away for $20. The reason you hear of that now, is because of the “crack-whore” syndrome. Because many of the women on the street are on drugs, their desire to get high will outweigh their previous prices.

Regarding making teen drinking legal because it will make them safer just makes no sense. How would allowing teens to become chemically dependent add to their safety. If you’re going to make a comparison argument, please use an example that can be defended as making society safer.

How about we reduce the number of laws to only those laws that prevent actual harm to others? That should get rid of about 97% of them…

Making it legal will force the legal commuity to give credibility to any claims of assult or abuse. It also will take the girls out of the “shadows” so they won’t be afraid to report crimes of abuse. So, yes it being legal would mean that assult rates would drop dramatically.

My point about a non religious reason to oppose it is simple. Not everyone is religious, and not everyone wants to live by your biblical rules for society. Therefore, you’ll need to find reasons that aren’t based on the bible to justify your position. However, if you really want to dig into the bible, prostitution was widely accepted in biblical times. The temple prostitute was a very respected position. She was called the “K’desha”.

It’s funny how you make my points for me. You said – “Why would someone be so concerned over the safety of hookers?”
That comment alone is the reason prostitution should be legal. Guess what? That hooker is someones daughter, sister, mother etc. She’s a person trying to make a living the best way she can. Make whatever argument you’d like about other careers available, but where there is a need, someone will fill it.
But I find your comment amazing. Are you baically saying that you don’t care about the safety of prostitutes? They’re free game to beat, rape, abuse and kill? I thought you were a religious person. Doesn’t that clearly state to love everyone?

“Tacky and disgusting”? So, what you find tacky or disgusting should be illegal? What about the porn industry, should that be illegal as well? People find it tacky. People find used car dealers and lawyers tacky, should that be illegal?

Drugs would be all but non-existent. Remember, the girls get tested regularly. Any drug use would show and she wouldn’t get her lisence renewed.

You are right, there can be instances of STD’s inbetween tests. That’s a risk. However, rather than that girl spreading that disease for years, it might happen for a week or two. Secondly, it takes STD’s a time before they become transmitable. STD’s also exist in the bar scene, the dating scene or even in married couples, so there is no perfect way to avoid STD’s other than abstinence. And since you made a comment on the other thread saying “Stop giving it up often and I’m gone”, I’m guessing that abstinence isn’t an option.

Now, on August 7th, you said – “You have to be a loser to pay someone to have sex with you.” Today you said – “Face it most of the guys who go those places have one thing most don’t. Really good paying jobs.” Are they losers with really good paying jobs? Just wondering. Now, that statement is also completely untrue. Many guys with reglular jobs just choose to save up a couple hundred dollars to treat themselves to some fun with a prostitute.

Your argument about prostitution being everywhere and the prices would be driven down so everyone would go has two problems. One, we already have it legal in Nevada, and that hasn’t happened. We have a perfect way to check and determine how it would work. We don’t have to speculate on what might happen. Secondly, if it’s so tacky and disgusting and there is an overwhelming distain for it, why would everyone “with a dollar” go?

Create whatever argument you want justifying your claim, but there is really only one. It’s based soley on religious views. The women’s safety is at risk, and the “religious” folks out there try to stand on morals while these girls are dying for no reason. Legalizing it provides safety and regulation for the industry.

Again Mike, I’m going to ask again since I can’t seem to get an answer. WHY IS IT THAT SEX IS THE ONLY THING THAT’S LEGAL TO DO, BUT NOT SELL? If your argument is strong, you should have no problem with an answer to this question.

I don’t think that people are arguing that it should be legal because people will do it anyway. The base arguement is that there are no “non-religious” reasons it should be illegal.

You say that they have to be caught in the act to be prosecuted. I don’t know if that is true or not, but I can promise you that thousands of prostitutes across this country don’t trust that they can go to the police and report an assult and not be charged with prostitution. As a result, thousands of assults go unreported. Even murderers that target prostitutes aren’t given the publicity that’s given to others. They’re a forgotten class of women in our society. Keeping prostitution promotes violence against them.

There will always be women who choose to work the streets, but it would be easier to enforce if there were legal alternatives for these women. They would be protected in a brothel situation where their safety is paramount.

You also say that the stigma would remain even if it were legal, admitting that juries already “look down” on them because of their line of work. I don’t think that a woman who’d been beaten is any less of a victim because she’s a hooker than a woman who has a different profession.

And Mike or anyone for that matter, please answer this question.

WHY IS SEX THE ONLY THING THAT’S LEGAL TO DO, BUT NOT LEGAL TO SELL?

I’m going to keep asking that question until someone can attempt an answer. Thanks..

Just a few points to consider… Remember, we’re talking about government legislating one man’s morality to be the law of the land – a very dangerous proposition.

The argument that prostitution should be illegal because it will deter your grown (read: adult age) children from doing it is rooted in wanting control what they do. This is artificially raising the age of maturity in some cases and saying “yeah, you’re an adult, but not really that much of an adult that you can do what you want with your own body, even if you don’t hurt anyone – because I don’t like it”.

I can understand the natural urge of a parent to control their child, even after they reach the age of maturity, but our children will live their own lives and make their own choices. All we can ask is that we’ve raised them in such a way that they will make the best choices for ‘them’ – not necessarily for ‘us’.

In the same vein, you could argue that too much candy should be made illegal, so that you can tell your children “now kids, too much candy is not only bad, but it’s illegal”.

Consider the chilling reality we have today. Every single woman (or man – but let’s not go there today) is someone’s daughter, mother, sister. Because someone pushed their “moral” or religious beliefs into law, suddenly these women have been made an underclass with no rights. If you are victimized or assaulted, you can fight back, go to court, call the Police. These women can never report an attack, rape, abuse, nothing. And THAT should be a crime.

While as parents we may not want to face the reality that our children will make their own decisions, it’s not realistic to ask for laws to be passed for everything we deem immoral or unhealthy for our child.

Once we accept that these (adult) women will make their own choices, let’s make it possible for them to defend themselves.

Again, the major point of decriminalizing prostitution is to get rid of most problems attributed to it today. The crime and violence in the prostitution world today is CAUSED by the very people who outlawed it. They’re responsible for every single act of violence that young woman can’t report to the police for fear of being jailed.

Enforce government controls and regulation on this industry, and our children will be safer and will have a way to defend themselves without fear of legal action being taken against them.

Having said all that, it would not be my choice that my daughter choose prostitution as a way to make her living… But if she did, I would want her to be safer that the girls are today.

What kind of message are we giving to our young women? THat sex and money is okay and working hard to achieve something is not that important? If it is legalized you can expect many women to prostitute on the weekends as a part time job. THe money is rediculously easy to make. So this fact would tempt more women to do it alone. These are your daughters that you have to think about. Do you want your daughter to think of becoming a prostitute?

This is not directed to any on person, but I would like to remind everyone to please keep your comments constructive and avoid any personal attacks. We’re talking about legalizing prostitution, not each other.

Don’t you realize that the reason prostitutes are victims and are abused is because they’re not protected or regulated. If they had the protection of a legal brothel, govt mandated testing and simply the idea that they’re not in the shadows anymore and can report crimes against them, there would be many many fewer victims.

Why won’t anyone answer the question why sex is the only thing that’s legal to do, but not purchase? Please give me a valid answer to this one.

Also, as stated before, if you had a daughter and for whatever reason she chose prostitution, would you rather her be on the streets of Chicago, or in a legal brother in Nevada? And before you start saying your daughter would never do that, remember that every prostitute is someones daughter.
These women aren’t society’s outcasts. Some are professional employed women that choose to make some extra money. I know one woman who’s a nurse M-F and a call girl on the weekend. I know her from her nurse position, and she felt comfortable enought to tell me what her side job was.
What you need to realize is you promote violence against women by opposing the protection that’s given by making it legal.

You can’t deny a job because it’s not something they enjoy. Do you think people enjoy being garbage men? Do you think it might have something to do with the money? How about people that clean up after crime scenes? Do they like to clean up blood, vomit etc, or do you think they do it for the money? Should that be illegal because it’s driven by money? I could give you a hundred jobs that people do soley for the money and feel degraded by their jobs. That’s not a reason to make a job against the law.

Prostitution is harmful to the prostitute. You can try to convince yourself that she really likes it or it’s better than working at KMart or whatever ridiculous justification you come up with. But it is psychologically (and physically) damaging to real women.

Prostitutes are people. Real human beings. They do not enjoy giving 4 or 5 guys a blow job every day. If you think they do enjoy it, you are kidding yourself. They do it for the money.

Once you convince me that they have other options for the money, AND they have a path out of prostitution, then you MIGHT convince me that it is a CHOICE. Until then, you are just an apologist for the serious and horrific abuse of women in the name of free love and being “sex positive” — and that is NOT ok.