What Sex Workers Want

I find the thought of prostitution saddening. The idea that you give yourself to someone for a set amount of money leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Its not a moral issue or a religious one for me, but an issue with psychological and sociological repercussions for everyone. That said, it is not for me to place my beliefs or personal issues on anyone else. If they are comfortable with their life-style, then who am I to say they should be ashamed? As long as this behavior is commencing between consenting adults, so be it.

As for the religiously moral posters, I would counsel you to take care of your own soul, and let others do the same. By spreading a message of hate and intolerence you are doing the exact opposite of what Jesus commanded everyone to do. Hate the sin, but love the sinner. Its a terribly hard thing to do, I know, but try. Everyone deserves to feel protected and have their basic welfare maintained by law, no matter if you believe what they are doing is amoral or not.

To those who believe that marriage is merely a legal form of prostitution or that men must "pay" for a wife. I beg to differ. I am married and my husband does not "pay" for me. I live in our house and eat our food and wear my clothes and buy presents for my daughters and none of it hinges on whether or not I provide sex. I am not with him for what he pays for or gives me and he is not with me based on physical intimacy. If you cannot say the same truthfully I would advise finding a new relationship or seeking some help (and no I'm not saying this in any condescending or hateful way). I only mean that there are better things out there for those who seek them.

hangerfly
true iwill concede your point. but, do you imply that prostitution and trafficing are unrelated?

Think about someone who has sex out of wedlock and deliberately gets pregnant. Is that prostitution? Or when dating, having to pay for dinner, a movie, gas, in the hope that you get laid? Women have been peddling sex for money for centuries! So in my opinion, its all prostitution in one shape or another.

frankly:
so you think that if a man went into a house and had to show his drivers lisence before visiting a prostitute, he would be just as likely to beat her as the guy who, on the street corner, can remain anonomous? lets not go that far even if he dont have to show a lisence, but in a building where all the woman has to do is run out a door or scream, whithouot fear of prosecution herself? thats just wishful christian thinking for you. the cold truth is that yes some women will still be beaten. do also think that domestic violence laws do nothing to reduce violence against women?

Having traveled all over the world, and witnessing or even meeting many ladies for hire, I can honestly say that legalization in America is long overdue! Abortion is legal, right or wrong, because it is nobody's business what a women does with her own body! The double-standard needs to end. I know many So. Cal college girls who go to Tijuana every weekend to work as prostitutes to help pay for college. It would be much safer for them to stay in country.

Besides, Prostitution is already practiced all over America -- Its called marriage!

Having traveled all over the world, and witnessing or even meeting many ladies for hire, I can honestly say that legalization in America is long overdue! Abortion is legal, right or wrong, because it is nobody's business what a women does with her own body! The double-standard needs to end. I know many So. Cal college girls who go to Tijuana every weekend to work as prostitutes to help pay for college. It would be much safer for them to stay in country.

Besides, Prostitution is already practiced all over America -- Its called marriage!

"The U.S. government estimates that the human trafficking industry involves 600,000 to 800,000 people worldwide???about 80 percent of those trafficked are women and up to 50 percent are children."

Someone explain this. Up to 130% could be women and/or children?
Legalize it and then tax the shipoopi out of it. Take the tax revenue and fix our broken nation. If prostitution is legalized, they could be registered or licensed and that would help distinguish between human trafficking and prostitution. But it's probably easier said than done...

Ah, Etfonedhome, I think it is you who should go back and re-read the article. These sex workers who are protesting to have prostitution legalized have nothing to do with human traffiking, to which you are referring. So, yes, while a great percentage of those caught up in human traffiking are forced into prostitution against their own will, this is a different issue from the desire to legalize prostitution.

mk
Exactly!!!

Legalizing prostitution would not reduce violence towards the prostitute.. Its still sex with strangers and therefore unsafe by its very nature. Add to this the "buying power" of the john, and you have a risky mix. But making it legal would help reduce the spread of disease, and that protects us all, "Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.".G.B.Shaw ...
Those who pay for sex are not seeking true intimacy. They feel powerless. They are helpless, they lack conviction and cannot resist an experience of being in control. Make them sign up for a class or a gym membership. Get them a dog. Find them a second job. And forgive them, There are worse sins.

no on e is condoning under age prostitution or kidnappings. Actually if legal age women selling their bodies was legal the vice squads in every police dept could spend 24 /7 on protecting underage girls who are kidnapped etc etc.

Legalized prostitution in America has a documented and sucessful history. During the American Civil War, Federal forces in Nashville and Memphis legalized prostitution. Having done so, the rate of STDs amongst the troops decreased dramatically. There is no reason why prostitution should NOT be legalized. The benefits of doing so far outweigh the reasons to prevent it. It would provide an addition tax stream for the local government, reduce STDs, etc. The argument that legalized prostitution would lead to more divorces is bogus and is based on fear in order to turn any support against it. If a person is of the quality that they are going to cheat on a spouse, they are going to do so regardless of whether prostitution is legal or not. It was that person's attitude and mind-set that led them to cheat, not the availability of prostitution.

nightraven
go back and read the article again clearly you were not paying attention the first time. women and girls are being kidnapped and FORCED into prostitution by thier captors NO CHOICE INVOLVED. and the current laws protect the kidnappers. so your whole idea about how ridiculous it would be to pass laws protecting drug dealers and gun runners is exactly the point!!! thats what the current laws do, and it is time they changed!

I THINK THEY SHOULD JUST LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION FOR ALL THE HORNY GUYS WHO WANT TO GET A PIECE.
ITS NOT LEGAL WHERE I'M AT BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE,MAKE IT LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS AND HAVE THEM
PAY TAXES ON IT.I KNOW IT COULD HELP SOME STATES OUT OF THE BUDGET PROBLEMS.

lets see go out on date w/ girl and buy dinner and movie etc etc get lucky and its legal. find a girl offer same amount of money spent on dinner and movie for sex and you get arrested . lets drop the puritan attitudes. sex is sex. some guys arent suave enough able to persuade a girl into sex ( dont fool yourself guys you pay dearly to have sex w/ your wife or significant other) so they pay up front. think about all the nights out in bars buying a girl drinks in the hopes of having sex. could just pay a prostitute if it was legal and cut out the chase.

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People are so ignorant. Look at it this way. you can't stop prostitution. It has been a part of our culture from the beginning. If it were legalized, it can then be monitored and somewhat regulated. As far as the health issues, they would have to pay higher amount for health care coverages. If it is treated as a business, it can be regulated as a business. It will never be stopped! If people want to use there bodies as assets so be it. Would you rather you son, daughter, wife or husband go to a prostitute on a corner or to a clean running establishment where condoms and safe sex has at least a chance to take hold. It seems to work in other areas of the country. NEVADA! Wake up and grow up people. You can't try to bury the hard truths that we all must face in the sand. Not everything will please everyone.

prositution is also legal in RI. too bad the author doesnt have her facts straight