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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:14 am
by Malcolm
I'm sure some of you are devastated but aside from that, it highlights some of the psychotic puritanical traditions that still cost us time and money today.
Systematic research on the illicit sex industry is scant, but there is evidence that legal obstacles to prostitution can create costs for society as a whole.

For instance, when lawmakers inadvertently legalized prostitution in Rhode Island due to a drafting error, economists found an abrupt decline in the number of rapes and the rate of gonorrhea infection among women compared to other, similar states where prostitution remained illegal.
Doesn't that first part sound like a bad American Pie movie plot?
"Raking in millions of dollars from the trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable victims is outrageous, despicable and illegal," said Harris, the attorney general, who is running for U.S. Senate.
Yes, because it's so much easier to track unregistered sex workers on the black market as opposed to sanctioned legal brothels ... where they have to keep records like that or lose their biz status. I'm sure taking these dudes down means every mary on that site won't ever fuck for cash again. As George Carlin said, "What's wrong with this country? Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal?"

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:29 am
by TheCatt
Just make it legal, people.

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 11:44 am
by Leisher
I've never understood the logic behind it being illegal to sell something you can give away for free.

Unless you're filming it, then you can sell it...

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:04 pm
by GORDON
Leisher wrote:I've never understood the logic behind it being illegal to sell something you can give away for free.

Unless you're filming it, then you can sell it...
It is either empowering for women, or it victimizes them, depending on which feminist you ask.

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:59 pm
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:I've never understood the logic behind it being illegal to sell something you can give away for free.
You mean like a vote?

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:00 pm
by GORDON
Kind of, but I'd say sex has a bigger chance of accomplishing something.

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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 11:38 am
by Vince
I've always thought that abortion being legal was at odds with prostitution being illegal.