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In reply to the discussion: What Drives Most Prostitution is Men. [View all]chervilant
(8,267 posts)121. "...best judgments based on actual research which is applicable to the discussion..."
Last edited Sun Aug 10, 2014, 01:45 PM - Edit history (1)
Okay:
I suggest that you view this.
Also, visit this website.
I try not to respond with righteous anger, because you, too, have been raised in a society that attaches certain values to masculinity, including the value of having sex on demand. How sad for those among us who think that pornography and prostitution are necessary and 'good.'
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Did global human trafficking go up, or did human traffickers go to Germany instead of elsewhere?
anti partisan
Aug 2014
#8
Do you really believe that open up large markets for trafficked people will not increase the
Squinch
Aug 2014
#26
Yes I am OK with trafficking going up in one country if it decreases more in others
anti partisan
Aug 2014
#36
And what in god's name makes you think that if you open up the US for trafficking, trafficking will
Squinch
Aug 2014
#60
It says so much about the left that this industry is treated so differently. nt
redqueen
Aug 2014
#65
I just can't believe the stuff I am reading! They all just pulled the idea out of the air that
Squinch
Aug 2014
#70
because knuckleheaded proponents have made it into a "Hip vs. Prude" argument
Scootaloo
Aug 2014
#116
And you are just A-OK with increasing trafficking in the US because of this bullshit strawman
Squinch
Aug 2014
#144
"...best judgments based on actual research which is applicable to the discussion..."
chervilant
Aug 2014
#121
It's not OK, but when presented with the choices of A) less trafficking and B) more trafficking
anti partisan
Aug 2014
#169
I'm assuming you mean well but whatever argument you're making is not well articulated.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#170
I used to believe that legalizing/regulating prostitution was the answer
A Little Weird
Aug 2014
#17
If a adult man or woman wants to buy sex with young as in < 18 persons
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#33
Agree! It just seems so incredibly risky. I think there are something like about 25 STDs now. I
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#7
Lots of people are "coerced" into crappy jobs out of economic necessity.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#51
Then we should outlaw jobs like the police and military where the incidence of PTSD
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#72
That you rank the entitled attitude of men to have whatever kind of sex they wish alongside
redqueen
Aug 2014
#79
What are you even talking about? I didn't denigrate them, I lambasted your idea
redqueen
Aug 2014
#95
You implied that sex workers suffer the same incidence as do soldiers and policemen and policewomen.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#98
No I didn't. You inferred that on your own. And your sickening comparison stands.
redqueen
Aug 2014
#109
I actually lived in the same home with someone who served in Korea and Viet Nam
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#91
Yeah because making the punishment more severe has stopped every other crime
davidn3600
Aug 2014
#11
Exactly. And law enforcement uses decoys disguised as buyers and sellers of sex to ensnare offenders
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#27
Why does it matter to you if two consulting adults consent in acts that are none of your concern?
Shoulders of Giants
Aug 2014
#151
Prior to Lawrence V TX there was a man in a GA prison for performing oral sex on his wife.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#37
I have this CRAZY mixed up idea that consenting adults should be free to do what they want to do
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2014
#40
The solution to all our problems: Build more prisons and put people in them
The Straight Story
Aug 2014
#46
There's a lot more coercive sex in the hoosegow than there is on the outside.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#57
So you think you can stamp out the world's oldest profession with modestly harsher punishments?
tritsofme
Aug 2014
#55
There are parts of the world where the penalty for unmarried sex, paid or otherwise, is death.
LadyHawkAZ
Aug 2014
#56
I'd argue but I can't help worrying that your humor is flying over my head.
Gidney N Cloyd
Aug 2014
#62
Paying for sex with an underage prostitute is already legally and culturally prohibited
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#77
In both instances, the prohibitionists profess to know what is best for other people.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#124
"Personally, I cannot even imagine what possible benefit I could get from paying for sex."
Silent3
Aug 2014
#71
You want to throw consenting adults into prison because you don't like what they're doing?
Iron Man
Aug 2014
#76
I have worked as an 'escort'. You want to throw my clients into jail for paying me
mwrguy
Aug 2014
#87
I agree, and I wish it was true, but it is the 'world's oldest profession.'
joanbarnes
Aug 2014
#104
I can't believe somebody wants to make it a felony, mind you, not a misdemeanor
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#173
The only thing I have against it is that it very often is slavery, criminal human exploitation.
Quantess
Aug 2014
#140
Money is not part of human biology. There might be some truth to a claim that
hedgehog
Aug 2014
#148
I believe in "legalize, tax and regulate" for alcohol, drugs and prostitution (nt)
Nye Bevan
Aug 2014
#149
So you are selective about where you think the government should stick its nose in private business
Shoulders of Giants
Aug 2014
#164
Well actually it's either desperate or lazy women in a comination with men. You can't have customers
craigmatic
Aug 2014
#156