Is it so much fun to be a prostitute ?

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pgwenthold said:
Just because there are things about a job that might be unattractive to you, or even to most people around, is no excuse for outlawing it.
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A common objection is, would you want your daughter to be a prostitute? I might say no, but then, I wouldn't want my daughter to scrub toilets for a living, either. It has no bearing on whether it should be illegal or not.
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I think you missed my point:
"There are some pro and contra questions where you shouldn't take sides. One of them is whether or not prostitution ought to be legal."
However, nobody seems to be willing to consider outlawing poverty!

I never heard about doctors 'suffering perpetual colds from October to April'. Where did you hear that one? And what does it have to do with prostitution? Are you saying that in general MDs have just as few options as the women who become prostitutes? And in that case: Why do so few of them turn tricks instead treating patients?
 
There are some pro and contra questions where you shouldn't take sides. One of them is whether or not prostitution ought to be legal.

I'm actually confused by that statement.

Pro and con would seem to imply that there *are* sides to be taken, why is the legality of prostitution a special case where we should not?
 
Re: Re: Is it so much fun to be a prostitute ?

Beerina said:
Nah, if you're gonna have a fantasy, make it very specific
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Nah, I don't have fantasies about being a woman... I was just considering an alternative career option... but... but... lemme watch "American Gigolo" once more.... maybe all isn't lost! :D
 
Re: "Only in Hollywood could they turn Cinderella into a sugar-coated whore."

dann said:
This line is a user comment at www.imdb.com

The problem with the movie is that it glorifies ... not love, not relationships, not even prostitution, but ... the illusions of a prostitute!
Being a skeptic, what would you say are the chances of a streetwalker not only looking like Julia Roberts but also running into a billionaire who not only looks like Richard Gere but is also willing to marry her?
Well, what are the chances of life on other planets? Let's count the number of known galaxies in the universe, the number of stars in the galaxies, the number of planets ...
The chances of a streetwalker being abducted by aliens are much, much better!
Pretty Woman is the screen version of a prostitute's wet dream, the same way religion is the opium of the people.
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Why I can see the headlines tomorrow "Hollywood Movies Plays fast and Loose with Reality" By the way Cinderella did not really happen either but some how it keeps getting told.

Prostitutes are not all the same, there is a huge difference between a Crack Whore and a $500.00 per hour callgirl. I have met quite a few women who met their husbands as customers, not billionairs but relitivily rich American G.I.s.
 
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SRW said:
Prostitutes are not all the same, there is a huge difference between a Crack Whore and a $500.00 per hour callgirl.
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Yeeees, one of them is a $500.00 per hour whore, the other one is $50.00 per trick whore. What's your point?
I have met quite a few women who met their husbands as customers, not billionairs but relitivily rich American G.I.s.
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So have I. I used to teach hotel receptionists German. Their job did not pay much, but they hoped to meet the right kind of husband in this way. But again: What's your point? Have you met many prostitutes who met their husbands as customers?
 
crimresearch said:
Pro and con would seem to imply that there *are* sides to be taken, why is the legality of prostitution a special case where we should not?
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Prostitution sucks! (pun not intended) Making it illegal does not put a stop to it. Eliminating poverty does.
 
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dann said:
Yeeees, one of them is a $500.00 per hour whore, the other one is $50.00 per trick whore. What's your point?

So have I. I used to teach hotel receptionists German. Their job did not pay much, but they hoped to meet the right kind of husband in this way. But again: What's your point? Have you met many prostitutes who met their husbands as customers?
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Sorry if I was not clear: but yes I have met many former prostitutes who married a customer.

The point is that prostitutes are not all the same. And if you are looking to Hollywood to get your view of the world, you are looking in the wrong place.
 
dann said:
Prostitution sucks! (pun not intended) Making it illegal does not put a stop to it. Eliminating poverty does.
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Can you provide evidence for this?
 
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SRW said:
And if you are looking to Hollywood to get your view of the world, you are looking in the wrong place.
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Thank you! I'm not!
(And a small correction: "but they hoped to meet the right kind of husband in this way", should have been: but some of them hoped to ...)
 
SRW said:
Can you provide evidence for this?
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Well, look at Cuba. Prostitution was virtually eliminated in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, then returned in the 1990s when the country was impoverished following the desintegration of the socialist countries that used to support it.
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: "Only in Hollywood could they turn Cinderella into a sugar-coated whore."

SRW said:
Sorry if I was not clear: but yes I have met many former prostitutes who married a customer.
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OK, I won't ask you to prove it! I haven't met any. Actually I have only met one woman who volunteered the information that she used to be a prostitute, but I still don't get your point.
 
dann said:
Well, look at Cuba. Prostitution was virtually eliminated in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, then returned in the 1990s when the country was impoverished following the desintegration of the socialist countries that used to support it.
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So all the stories I heard about the Russian sailors and cubian hookers were wrong...who would have thunk it.

Do you have a link or a source that shows this? And no fair eliminating prostition by calling hookers individual tour guides.
 
What, in your definition, is the difference between a prostitute and someone who marries for money? Or who uses their "assets" to get promoted?
 
Gulliamo said:
What, in your definition, is the difference between a prostitute and someone who marries for money? Or who uses their "assets" to get promoted?
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Well, the prostitute is a lot more honest about what she does.

In reality, a successful prostitute/john relationship is incredibly honest, fufilling and enjoyable for both parties.

Uh, so I've heard.
 
dann said:
Well, look at Cuba. Prostitution was virtually eliminated in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, then returned in the 1990s when the country was impoverished following the desintegration of the socialist countries that used to support it.
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I also find this quite dubious. What society on Earth has not prostitution? Is it populated with human men?
 
Nah, I don't have fantasies about being a woman... I was just considering an alternative career option... but... but... lemme watch "American Gigolo" once more.... maybe all isn't lost!
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If you wear that speedo swimsuit, I know some guys who could give you some "career options".....
 
dann said:
Prostitution sucks! (pun not intended) Making it illegal does not put a stop to it. Eliminating poverty does.
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Since it's never been done (eliminating poverty), don't you mean you think it would put a stop to prostitution? How do you propose to do this anyway, take from the rich and give to the poor until there are no rich no more?
 
[It's interesting that someone mentions the movie _Pretty Woman_. The _NYT_ did a feature article for its Sunday magazine on the global slave trade and sex industry. Many women in Eastern Europe seeking/forced to become mail-order-brides DO apparently believe that it's not so bad, and they explicitly compare themselves to Julia Roberts in the movie.
 
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