Edit to add my opinion so I’m not just replying “I agree” to 90% of comments. I think it should be legal, properly regulated, taxed and viewed as a profession. I haven’t personally engaged in it but I have no moral objection to it. I do hate the common sentiment that it was the individual’s “only option” though.
As long as all parties involved are consenting adults it’s none of my business what they are up to. Except that prostitution should be legalized in a way in which they get equal rights and protections to other professions. The only reason it’s illegal in many countries in the first place is likely based on religious Puritanism, which I do not think laws should ever be based on.
So long as it’s regulated and all parties are safe and consenting then it’s none of my business. It’s not something i’d be interested in however. To each their own.
We should find out which policy minimises harm to those participating in it. Then, regardless of how anyone might feel about that policy, implement it.
The only thing more certain to exist till the end of time than prostitution is people complaining about it. I like it because it makes something explicit that is implicit in so many apparently non transactional relationships. There are so many people who say prostitution should be banned, who are also in relationships/marriages where they expect sex for shelter, food, safety or whatever. Prostitution makes the transaction clear. People point to the exploitative nature of it, but then reveal their real agenda by also rejecting the idea of making it safer for the people selling access to their bodies. The whole thing is a massively hypocritical pile of double standards. Mix into that cultures with backwards patriarchal religious doctrines and that’s where you get the really angry people who talk about dishonor and stoning and all that jazz. Prostitution has been around since there were people and will always be around. When the puritans are in charge it just hides for a bit. This has been my TED talk, thanks lol
One of the commenters said it was fundamentally gross to them…
It’s fundamentally depressing to me: intimacy’s … unending.
There’s no such thing as “a 1-night stand”, or “just a fuck” … you’ll never be unmixed with that someone…
& doing it as mere-transaction, or mere-physicality … ??
but apparently that view that most of a someone isn’t physical, & most of sex isn’t physical either, is deemed to be nonsense,
& pretending that merely-physical is “all that exists” is actually common …
so, my perspective is deemed lunacy or idiocy by this world.
But seeing women being used for mere-physical sensation by random strangers, as a purchased-transaction … that’s depressing…
I wish the world didn’t work that way.
I’m with all the people who want prostitution not-criminalized, who want it taxed & regulated, & I’d add that I want pimping criminalized: let women form cooperatives, or something, but nobody should coerce anybody into the biz of being used bodily.
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I’m not going to read through to find where Carlin was already quoted, but I stick with "selling is legal, f****** is legal, why isn’t selling f****** legal?
Absolutely should be legal and taxed, with rules and regulations in place to protect clients and workers.
I pretty much do have moral objections to it, its fundamentally gross to me, but its not going to stop and id rather these prostitutes work in a safe place and pay their taxes like the rest of us than get their passports taken by a guy named The Scorpion with a spider Web tattooed on his neck.
Based ❤️ Great take IMO
Should’ve called himself the Spidion
I wouldn’t fuck with it personally, but I don’t judge those who do. Well, no, that’s not true, actually. I do kind of judge people who participate in it, whether providing or purchasing. That’s probably uncouth of me, but what can I say? I’m a product of my society and my time. I do, however, think it’s totally fine, if practiced correctly.
Which is why I’m all for it being legal. If it’s legal, it can be much more reliably regulated, which is safer for all involved. We should not be banning human vices—that just creates crime. Instead, we should try to manage it and make it as safe as possible, whether you’re talking about sex, drugs, gambling, whatever.
Same as my opinion on walking though the self checkout line. My body my choice.
Never had anything to do with it personally, but just like with drugs it should be legal and regulated because it’s impossible to prohibit it.
Hard agree.
Regulate it, tax it, protect the workers and users. Prevent the spread of diseases and use the money to ensure their futures.
Minimize harm, maximize happiness.
Failure to do so is a failure of society.
After all, we already have so many people making money on onlyfans and through doing pornography, which is legalized prostitution anyway, so the people that do that in a non-video scenario should have at least the same protections.
It was such a generic comment … lol. I agree with you,
Im old school and think humans should not legally be able to do this. But since they will do it anyway, without legal support, the issue is more complicated.
I guess its better if they have legal support if they are going to do it anyway.
I’m curious why?
Why a human being shouldnt sell their body for money?
Yes. Why?
If the individual selling their services is doing so freely and isn’t being exploited in any sort of way then I don’t have a problem with it.
We never used it but I did look into it when we lived in Nevada for a friend who had been celibate for over a decade at that point. Nice dude, but extremely quiet and just has zero confidence/game.
I loved that the ladies were independent contractors who set their OWN rates, and they advertised what THEY were comfortable doing/ their explicit “no-go” list. There was also a strict consent banner on the site I used that said any of the ladies could kick anyone out at any time and there were panic buttons in the rooms.
Never actually did end up contacting them because we ended up being too poor at the time. Wasn’t mad though, those ladies were setting prices that they deemed fair for their bodies and I have mad respect for that. Whether people agree with prostitution as a concept or not, its not going away and its referred to as the “world’s oldest occupation” for a reason. The best thing to do is protect the people who are choosing to engage in it/ensure they’re getting paid extremely well for their time.
As a former prostitute its work and legitamite work but it needs more protection
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It should be legal, safe, and taxed
Same as belief. Churches have to pay the same as everyone. They are a corporation.
Same as belief.
how do you know someone is an edgelord atheist?
Don’t worry, they’ll tell you. They’ll crowbar it in wherever
Yep
no tax on just the tip
Knowing how small businesses are taxed more, just the tip would be 2x tax
if you pull out the big beautiful bill, you get the tip tax free
Its an acutely exploitative labor relation that should be heavily regulated within a capitalist system in order to reduce the amount of abuse the people engaging in it experience. Ideally I want a system where no one feels a need to sell their body for a living. No one should be coerced into sexual relations.
This is the one.
The only issue with prostitution is how easy and likely it is to be exploitative. And STDs, I guess.
My worry about legalizing it is that we generally suck at regulating things. But at least if it were legal, that would give women an avenue to report and prosecute abusers.
