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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2020 10:40:29 GMT
Shouldn’t women have the right to use their body any way they choose?
Or men?
How does the government justify this?
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 8, 2020 10:46:17 GMT
Its the world's oldest profession and it stems from archaic and puritanical ideals that it is not lady like, or moral to whore oneself out. All just part of the patriarchal conditioning to control women. Sex is a different dynamic for men and operates on a different sphere. Homosexuality was used against them to control those that engaged in it as being immoral.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Sept 8, 2020 11:41:53 GMT
Shouldn’t women have the right to use their body any way they choose? Or men? How does the government justify this? Prostitution is "illegal?. Now you're telling me?
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Post by amyghost on Sept 8, 2020 12:16:12 GMT
There is no logical reason for it being so. All laws pertaining to its illegality in this society are rooted in Judeo-Christian taboos regarding the inherent 'sinfulness' of sexuality, birth legitimacy issues, the 'proper' sexual function of women as regards procreation, etc. However, a great many Western laws are also rooted in the same Judeo-Christian ethos, and many would argue that those laws are unquestionably good (proscriptions against murder, theft, and suchlike). Therefore it becomes extremely difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff where these laws are concerned. No matter how archaic the morality behind certain of these laws has become, many western societies are reluctant to abolish them, fearing some manner of social chaos and complete moral anarchy will ensue. Although I think eventually many of the laws prohibiting prostitution will finally fall, it will probably be some time yet before that occurs in places like the US, where a strong and vocal contingent of supporters of biblically ordained secular lawmaking still has great sway in the courts and government.
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Post by theravenking on Sept 8, 2020 15:44:19 GMT
I seem to recall that in some Ancient religions they had priestesses at the temples who were basically prostitutes, who offered sex for money. Perhaps this is what we would need today to make organised religion attractive again.  |
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Post by gameboy on Sept 8, 2020 16:08:02 GMT
In our society it's obviously because Christian morality dictates law to government.
But don't forget that opposition to prostitution is not always religious. Many feminists oppose prostitution as oppressive to women.
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Post by autumn on Sept 8, 2020 21:12:29 GMT
Puritanical reasoning, often with religious overtones.
However, I think it should be legal and regulated to create a safe environment for the women and the customers.
People are going to do what people are going to do. Might as well keep people safe and healthy.
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Post by moonchild on Sept 9, 2020 0:16:54 GMT
It should be legal because it's not going away and it might be safer that way
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Sept 9, 2020 14:55:06 GMT
Because sexual relations in the Christian-Judaeo context are sacred and should be between a married heterosexual couple. Anything outside this is base, demoralizing, blah blah blah blah. In some respect, since it's not legal and regulated, it can lead to sex trafficking, disease, unwanted pregnancy, ill treatment of the prostitute, etc. If it's legalized and properly regulated (and a sin tax added as a big incentive), it would probably eradicate a lot of the negatives.
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