Is prostitution wrong?

To paraphrase: Is prostitution O.K? Professional and especially freelance prostitutes (henceforth let's call them commercial sex worker) serves an important function in the society. Commercial sex work is O.K. Promiscuity is what is wrong. I call commercial sex workers a different name: Alternative/practical relationship counselors. And what's love got to do with it? We love toddlers but study has shown they are unable to love us back cause they are fully dependant on us. So is a 'prostitute'.

 

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Why is promiscuity wrong? I definitely don't think prostitution is "wrong", and I don't think promiscuity is necesarrily "wrong" either - but I think it might help to further define the word "wrong". In what sense? Wrong as in bad for society? Bad for the participants? In opposition to a specific moral code? Or are you simply asking if it should be il/legal?

 

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If you're a soldier and have to kill another person, that's ok. It is professional. It doesn't matter if you're fighting under a flag or not. But if you're a soldier and enjoy killing, now that's sadism. Prostitution is professional. Promiscuity as akin to sadism in that analogy.

 

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I'm glad you framed it that way. That means you are correlating sex to killing. Do you really think sexual activity is that bad? On what basis to you make such a claim?

 

Prostitution is fine; if one wears a condom.

But no, seriously. Prostitution isn't right or wrong. It's just a little sad.

But if people want to do it it should be legalised and regulated, it isn't going to go away. But it should most definitely not be openly pedalled on any street (as in Amsterdam) and remain behind closed doors.

 

What makes it sad, and why should it NOT be openly peddled? To suggest it should remain behind closed doors is to suggest it is somehow shameful. What makes it shameful?

 

I suggest no such thing. Why give really easy access to something that someone may be pressurized into doing by their mates whilst walking down the street is all. Something they may later regret.

It is sad because if you can't chat-up a girl in the conventional way then maybe that's the way it is.

If a man really wants to find a prostitute he can find one in any town or city. Why paint an area of a city with a no-go brush for people who are offended?

And whatever you say, people do find it shameful, that's why any self-respecting man would hide such activities from his spouse, potential girlfriend, mother, father, siblings, even friends. What you or I think on the matter (shameful or not) is immaterial. We live in democracy and the view of the masses is what's important?

If you did a survey of good cross-section of the community, male and female, how many people would say it's shameful?

 

Only because we live in a culture that demonizes it.

Hardly, since the views of the masses can be swayed. It is up to responsible citizens to work to advance knowledge and understanding in others, not hide beneath the covers of the masses.

Continuing my point from above, that is irrelevant.

Consider this - both slavery and racism were for a long time considered acceptable practice - should we then simply say it is okay just because that was the will of the masses?

 

Are you serious?? You think that women don't want their husbands to see prostitutes because society demonizes it. That is seriously twisted my friend.

So the present views of the masses on such a fundamentally moral subject as this are wrong? One that people have had thousands of years to come to terms with and they are all wrong? You think you and others with your extreme views are going to sell the idea of prostitution as a morally sound exercise to a majority of monogamous functioning families? Ha Ha HA! Humanity has grown-up. Would be nice if people who think prostitution is socially acceptable could do the same.

This is nonsensical. Slavery was never the view of the masses. Was society democratic then? NO. Were lower class people (the majority) slaves then as well? YES. Was it the (minority) ruling elite that created the slave trade and could afford to buy slaves? YES.

How can you equate the oppression of racial groups to the right of women to sell their bodies to married men?

Will the abolition of prostitution laws remove people from oppression? possibly, but you ain't gonna change peoples view on this one. But you are not talking about that easy step, no. You are talking about teaching the world that prostitution is ok, come on everyone lets go do it.

Like I have already said. It should be legalised and monitored to protect the women. But it should be kept behind closed doors. This moral battle has already been fought.

Of course there is a possible argument (which I am not afraid to open up) that men with serious physical or mental problems rely on prostitution for release, so to speak. So these individuals that can't function within social norms would benefit massively from clean, regulated prostitution.

You are not going to win this one.

But I wish you luck.:bugeye:

 

First of all, you gave far more examples than just spouses. Secondly, there ARE people in this world for whom prostitutes provide a welcome third person in their sex life. I have lived among many different cultures in this regard, and I assure you that it IS a cultural thing.

I'm not saying that they are necessarily wrong. I'm saying that they aren't necessarily right. Just because it is the opinion of the masses doesn't mean a thing.

Actually, it's only been considered "wrong" for a few hundred years. It was the Elizabethan morals (or possible Victorian - I can't remember which off the top of my head) of England that actually started treating prostitution as "bad". Indeed, in ancient Rome prostitution was an upper-class profession.

Any chance you'd care to back up your proclamations with some sort of evidence? History, psychological studies, anything? I'm open to the discussion... but so far you aren't really providing any.

I don't even know where to begin dissecting this. Slavery was an accepted practice in the constitution of the United States - you know, that document that actually GRANTED democracy to America.

Re-read my post. I brought up slavery and racism as accepted practices until the minds of the masses were changed. I wasn't comparing them to prostitution.

No, I'm saying that people should decide what is right and wrong based on some compass other than the will of the massess.

You still have answered why.

If people on this forum fail to think beyond the closed mindset you have exhibited, I don't need luck - I need to find another forum - one in which people are capable of thinking for themselves.

 

I think you are arguing with yourself.

I have stated twice that prostitution should be LEGAL so people can use it responsibly but you seem hell-bent on convincing people it is going to be a future socially acceptable practice. I reiterate, grow-up. People do not want prostitution (in Europe, Uk, America, that's what I am talking about, not any far-flung society to reference to as it is convenient for a nonsensical argument) as a social trend to be passed down to their kids, it is at odds with the corner-stone of western society. That being, if you do not know, monogamous family life. That is the most productive model for society.

Prostitution, today, in successful civilisations is immoral. That is the place we are at now. I didnt say that all the people from thousands of years ago have this belief, if you read it in context (whole pargraph) you would see I was talking about modern populations, did you miss that lol?

If you don't respect the views of the masses then you're in the wrong country my friend.

On a side note: What about the cost of STD's? That is why it was frowned on by victorians. Social evolution established to protect people. So now antibiotics clear it all up. Back then people died and suffered from contracting disease.

I live in England, and you would have to be an idiot to not see that the majority of people are involved in monogamous practices.

Originally Posted by universaldistress
"This is nonsensical. Slavery was never the view of the masses. Was society democratic then? NO. Were lower class people (the majority) slaves then as well? YES. Was it the (minority) ruling elite that created the slave trade and could afford to buy slaves? YES."
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You can't dissect this because it's true. True democracy is voting for all, not excluding racial groups. Come on man. Do you think that that was true democracy? You need a politics lesson.

I have already said why it should be kept behind closed doors but maybe I need to simplify it for you. People ARE offended by it.

You seem incapable of following an argument, and determined to bend things out of shape to your own agenda, whilst forgetting or changing the previous comments you make.

I think you need luck and to find another forum lol.

My mind is very open, but I respect other peoples' sensibilities. And I could respect your viewpoint if you had pitched it in a less forceful, more sensible manner.

Nearly half of the population of Britain are married, and of the remaining half a very sizable chunk are in monogamous relationships. I respect your right to seek out other people with your views and to start-up any type of relationships you wish but you are not going to re-educate the people of my country that prostitution is right and proper. Or, for example, that we should all go out and create three or four-way relationships. If you think any such doomed to fail crusade has a snowflakes chance in hell of succeeding then not only are you lying to me, but you're lying to yourself as well.

Not gonna happen. Sensible people do not want to slip down a doomed path of decadence. We do not want to share our wives with our neighbours, for example. Monogamy works for me and for most people, providing a sound family unit in which to bring up our children. The whole western world evolved toward this point and it is a supremely effective model, adopted by all the most productive societies. Should we make similar mistakes to the romans and doom our society to collapse? Would it work as well under a polygamous model? I think you'll find that all social groups that maintain polygamous practices are all flagging behind in development.

Unless you can up your game I consider this closed. If you are not going to bring anything intellectually sound then I am not going to waste my time typing out another response.

 

Oh yeah, and by the way, you are in, and always will by in the minority on this topic in your lifetime, so get used to it.

 

I agree. I dont think people think these things all the way through and the term "hair barin" comes to mind.

 

imo, prostitution is a symptom of the disease. it objectifies sex, and objectifies human beings, and is for losers who don't want to recognize the disease, or who are too weak and/or careless to stand for the cure. it's just a pill to make them feel better, never mind the long list of side-effects including, but not limited to, dehumanization, violence, misery, and death. i don't think anything in this world should be bought and sold, much less a human being's body. it's for the losers who can't figure out how to, or that they should even want to, have a fulfilling and much more meaningful sexual relationship with another person, and just opt out for a cheap, quick fix. it's pathetic.

 

Bodies are not bought-and-sold in prostitution. That would be the slave trade. And a slave - even a sex slave - is not the same thing as a prostitute.

The thing one buys from a prostitute is a service. And as in most service fields, this is usually referred to as "paying for someone's time." Prostitutes typically charge by the hour, and once the alotted time is up, the transaction is over. You don't get to take their body home with you, because you don't own it, because you didn't buy it.

Although you might be able to say that you're "renting" a prostitute's body...

 

do you think it makes it sound better to say "renting"?

IT'S A HUMAN BEING.

and that disgrace does not wash off in the shower.

it's pathetic.

 

Well its always ok when its someone else being "rented"...

 

yeah, as long as it's not someone's daughter.

oh wait *smacks forehead* everyone is someone's daughter.

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or him.

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yes...or son. thank you john.