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No, it's not a fact. It's your assumption. And we're not talking about just *any* attention -- move goalposts much? Unless you have studies specifically about rape in such situations?
No, it is a fact. I did not say prostitutes do not go to the police.
I said they are
less likely to do so. Which is why you clearly are arguing against a strawman than what I said.
There have been tons of documentaries and interviews on the subject where working women clearly stated that they were raped and did not bother reporting it to the police because of their profession.
Even Penn and Teller did a show about it and interviewed several prostitues. I'm more sure a quick youtube search will lead you to it.
It's a simple fact, you go to the police, they start asking basic questions (or the rapist state them when he is brought in). Either way, making your issue known to the police can lead to bad consequences to you. So you think twice about it. Some people would still do it, others won't. Plain and simple.
Therefore, again, ilegal prostitutes are
less likely to report crimes than legal prostitues.
Again: I have friends, associates and just folks I know, and I know for a fact that an escort where I live is going to go to the cops in a heartbeat if she's been raped. I've known several who have done so, and none were arrested for prostitution. And everyone, male and female, in our little national online community has encouraged them to do so, and supported them as appropriate while they do
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Good for them. Seriously.
But you do realize you are talking about people with a supportive online community? Are you saying that
everyone are like that?
Realize that you just made my point for me. The fact that you admit you needed to persuade and encourage people to come forward means they were considering not coming forward to begin with.
Now imagine someone on the streets with no such supportive community.
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Yes, illegals are less likely to know that they have rights, too.
But gays in the military? Once again, I'm going to call BS unless you can offer more than bald assertion to support this.
Again, you are the one full of BS. This is your most basic from of blackmail (or fear of it).
It doesn't matter what form of crime or misconduct we are talking about.
If person A did something bad and person B saw him.
And if Pesron B has a "dark secret" that could get him in trouble,
And B thinks that either A knows he has said "dark secret" or that somehow that might be discovered, he
might decide to let A go so he won't expose.
Does everyone do that? Nope. Some will still do the right thing.
Others won't. But if B had nothing to lose, B will be
far more inclined to do so than if he had something to lose.
And I note you have apparently backed off from your claim about fewer rapists on the street, but the honest thing to do would be admit your error.
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Nope. I have not backed off from any claims. Once again, you are claiming I said stuff which I never have. The hoenst thing will be to admint you are the one who is BS-ing.
I said it before and I will say it again:
If people will report rapes when they occur, it will increase the chances of the police arresting said rapists and will make it less likely for said rapists to rape again. Thus, there are less rapes overall. Or are you saying that if there are X rapes in a given year they are all done by different people with no repeat offenders?
Making prostitution legal would make it more likely for prostitutes to report their rape and as such will reduce rape rates overall.
By how much? I have no idea. Could be 90% could be 0.000000000001%.
But it will have some form of effect.
