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41. Sex work is work and it's less about sex and work but

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Sat Feb 23, 2019, 06:43 AM

Feb 2019

More about power and control. It's not gender specific either. Interesting post, Caliman73.

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Is it time to legalize prostitution? [View all] Caliman73 Feb 2019 OP

Having had close friends who worked as escorts musicblind Feb 2019 #1

no, sexual freedom is about consensual sex because one WANTS to have sex with someone JI7 Feb 2019 #2

So all work is prostitution? Caliman73 Feb 2019 #6

no, fixing cars and digging ditches for money is not the same as having sex with someone for money JI7 Feb 2019 #9

Sex work is work. littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #31

The political situation is worse than this qualitative analysis janterry Feb 2019 #42

Thanks for sharing the blog. Did you read any of the abstracts? littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #51

As a second wave feminist janterry Feb 2019 #55

When you are hungry and hurting there's not much littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #60

Yup, + 1000 janterry Feb 2019 #38

Your OP and these posts of yours are just so gross obamanut2012 Feb 2019 #57

None of that is so personal treestar Feb 2019 #76

And nobody by WANTS to be a janitor either. crazytown Feb 2019 #17

most people would rather be a janitor than have sex with guys like Trump and Kraft for money JI7 Feb 2019 #26

Not everyone gets a kick out of cleaning toilets nt crazytown Feb 2019 #30

there are many other jobs and fucking guys like trump and kraft is worse than cleaning toilets JI7 Feb 2019 #33

'Cleaning Toilets' was a reference to Trump :) crazytown Feb 2019 #64

i know people who clean toilets and they financially independent JI7 Feb 2019 #50

'Cleaning Toilets' was a snarky reference to Trump. crazytown Feb 2019 #65

+1 treestar Feb 2019 #79

I agree Dorian Gray Feb 2019 #54

+1 treestar Feb 2019 #75

Not now loyalsister Feb 2019 #3

That is an interesting take. Caliman73 Feb 2019 #8

US culture has not been union friendly for decades loyalsister Feb 2019 #71

And their current situation isn't damaging and exploitable? Lancero Feb 2019 #12

Obviously it is loyalsister Feb 2019 #70

Kraft's ugly old ass being able to buy sex is about sexual freedom for women ? JI7 Feb 2019 #4

Interesting... Caliman73 Feb 2019 #5

Long overdue. Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 #7

Then there is the issue of some low iq women being exploited. That applegrove Feb 2019 #10

Yes. There would be a great many things that would need to be worked out. Caliman73 Feb 2019 #11

Yes, the devil is certainly in the details Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #15

Yes, a large percentage of prostitutes are on drugs. LuvNewcastle Feb 2019 #18

+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #67

Looks like there will be a new rash of law enforcement crackdowns instead. Kablooie Feb 2019 #13

I support legalization but those women would have still been trafficked. RandySF Feb 2019 #14

It's legal in Australia, well regulated and widely accepted crazytown Feb 2019 #16

When they legalized it, Australia had to create a special police force to deal with the explosion Squinch Feb 2019 #20

No a task force to deal with the trafficking they Uncovered crazytown Feb 2019 #27

Sure. Because no one ever knew it existed before. It was legalized and all of a sudden Squinch Feb 2019 #28

I lived through it, did you? crazytown Feb 2019 #32

Lived through what? Squinch Feb 2019 #34

The process of legalisation. crazytown Feb 2019 #44

Gosh. That makes you an expert on that new police force that had to be created to deal with Squinch Feb 2019 #45

And your experience is? crazytown Feb 2019 #48

I think you are the one dismissing real world reports. Squinch Feb 2019 #49

Fine. Dont take my world for it. crazytown Feb 2019 #61

Yes. The legal prostitutes are very healthy. And at the same time, the country is being Squinch Feb 2019 #62

No it is not. crazytown Feb 2019 #66

You are correct on Australian immigration policy, crazytown. roamer65 Feb 2019 #93

Many average day folks become sexworkers in Australia to supplement their income. roamer65 Feb 2019 #83

a "healthy attitude towards sex" is not an issue here treestar Feb 2019 #84

I believe crazytown is saying they are Australian and/or lived in Australia during... DRoseDARs Feb 2019 #94

+1 roamer65 Feb 2019 #96

Not respectable argumentation to try to stuff words into opponent's mouth. Nor is binary thinking. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #72

I'd say it is... TreasonousBastard Feb 2019 #19

When wealthy women choose to walk the streets in appreciable numbers, Maru Kitteh Feb 2019 #21

This. Squinch Feb 2019 #23

Excellent point. nt littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #36

100% this -- is is "choice" because of economics obamanut2012 Feb 2019 #58

+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #68

That logic is as useless as saying ... Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #80

+1 treestar Feb 2019 #82

Every effing time a trafficking story comes out, we have to have this conversation again Squinch Feb 2019 #22

Freedom and privacy, just like abortion. safeinOhio Feb 2019 #24

And if you're a 14 year old girl being trafficked, which does not stop with legalization but Squinch Feb 2019 #29

Legal means regulated. safeinOhio Feb 2019 #37

Here. Squinch Feb 2019 #43

it's actually a pretty complicated issue Locrian Feb 2019 #69

do you have any figures showing child exploitation is lowered treestar Feb 2019 #87

Prostitution is not equivalent to abortion EffieBlack Feb 2019 #74

It's not the same treestar Feb 2019 #85

No janterry Feb 2019 #25

One of the arguments against safeinOhio Feb 2019 #39

Again, as I posted above janterry Feb 2019 #47

Here is a plan that works in Nepal safeinOhio Feb 2019 #59

It is a woman's "right" to be a prostitute? treestar Feb 2019 #88

geez just legalize it... samnsara Feb 2019 #35

And Dorian Gray Feb 2019 #53

77 countries have legalized prostitution Brainstormy Feb 2019 #40

And Australia. roamer65 Feb 2019 #78

Sex work is work and it's less about sex and work but littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #41

I'm of roughly the same opinion on this as I am regarding illicit drugs. ForgedCrank Feb 2019 #46

Criminalise all BUT the prostitutes. OnDoutside Feb 2019 #52

THIS is really the answer. But we both know it will never happen. Squinch Feb 2019 #63

Yep. Traditionally it was illegal because of the morality of men treestar Feb 2019 #90

Using an event that entails human trafficking victims of "jack shacks" to make your point obamanut2012 Feb 2019 #56

No. ismnotwasm Feb 2019 #73

Legalization is really about getting men off the hook for paying for aex EffieBlack Feb 2019 #77

+1 treestar Feb 2019 #91

That is a good point. Caliman73 Feb 2019 #98

Absolutely. I've been saying this for the last 20 years. This would benefit women. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #81

I vote Snackshack Feb 2019 #86

Correct. Legalize, regulate and tax it. roamer65 Feb 2019 #95

Wel said! Snackshack Feb 2019 #99

In abstract, an argument can be made for it. mn9driver Feb 2019 #89

Yes, like a hundred years ago. former9thward Feb 2019 #92

. LadyHawkAZ Feb 2019 #97

Long past time Lordquinton Feb 2019 #100

No. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2019 #101