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edgineered

(2,101 posts)
19. Currently one out of eight polled
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 09:22 PM
Aug 2014

have answered yes to paying for sex, as compared to none being paid. One would think the numbers would be a bit closer than that.

Steadfast proponents, not of a woman's right to choose, but of prostitution in general, are not the same thing. When the right to choose has been taken away it should not also mean that the basic right to be treated like a person is gone. Either way, as long as consequences for reporting abuse
are as vulgar as the abusers themselves no meaningful actions will occur.

It does however look like puritanical prohibitionists are the ones most eager to denounce payment for sex - by a seven to one margin.

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Prostitution: Have you ever? [View all] JJChambers Aug 2014 OP
Never have. Never will. MineralMan Aug 2014 #1
I would support legalization, but am not in the market for the service. BillZBubb Aug 2014 #2
If it were not for being able to view user names, edgineered Aug 2014 #3
That usually doesn't stop people from voting. MineralMan Aug 2014 #4
+1 nt edgineered Aug 2014 #9
You mean a child's right to choose BainsBane Aug 2014 #5
+1. closeupready Aug 2014 #10
Uh... regnaD kciN Aug 2014 #17
Well, let me clarify BainsBane Aug 2014 #18
Yep... Callmecrazy Aug 2014 #6
I have first-hand experience with this issue BainsBane Aug 2014 #7
Great post. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2014 #15
Just so you know BainsBane Aug 2014 #16
i understand why guys who need to pay for sex would feel a need to turn JI7 Aug 2014 #8
A woman's "right" to be owned BainsBane Aug 2014 #11
Where is the "I am patronizing one as I write this post" selection PowerToThePeople Aug 2014 #12
What an odd poll leftstreet Aug 2014 #13
You nailed it in one short sentence BainsBane Aug 2014 #14
Currently one out of eight polled edgineered Aug 2014 #19
Never. Never. 840high Aug 2014 #20
Never done it, probably never would Prophet 451 Aug 2014 #21
Puritanical? Me? I've never been Puritanical. hunter Aug 2014 #22
Define prostitute. Are we just talking sex? flvegan Aug 2014 #23
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