On The Morality Of Prostitution.

I think that prostitution isn't immoral, per se, but it is dangerous. But many of the dangers could be dealt with by decriminalizing prostitution, than regulating it.

"All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice." — Joseph De Maistre.

Still, given that pornography is legal to produce (at least in certain states), why then wouldn't prostitution also be legal? It would be like making marijuana use illegal, unless you grew enough for everybody.

If sex is legal and trade is legal, there is no valid reason at all to keep prostitution illegal.

People should be able to choose when, with whom and why they have sex without State interference.

You exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it.

Well, it clearly is not the same thing. For one thing, that it is on camera means others can see what you`re doing, which would be analogous to a brothel that had surveillance cameras which the general public had access to.

I fail to see how that's different at all. If anything it calls into question why only Nevada has legal brothels when logically they should be legal wherever the sale and purchase of pornography is.

Well, not immoral. My point is that calling prostitution imoral implies an objection to (casual) sex, commerce, or combining the two. I don't object to any of those, and moreover I tend to interpret objections to the third as dressed-up objections to the first (while, e.g., Marxists tend to be overt about disliking commerce).

All this is separated from how it's often actually practiced. I don't feel prostitution is inherently immoral; obviously abuse is.

edited 27th Feb '11 2:05:11 PM by HersheleOstropoler

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That's actually a good point, even if it gets a bit myopic in the details. It's easier to hold film production accountable for abuse etc. than random trysts.

If you can't handle the curves or miss the cues to slow down, you're going to crash and burn?

I recall hearing about a studio that tried to get around that by offering "the chance to star in your very own porno". IIRC it was technically legal, so the Moral Guardians of the area (somewhere around LA) changed the law.

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"My point is that calling prostitution imoral implies an objection to (casual) sex, commerce, or combining the two. I don't object to any of those, and moreover I tend to interpret objections to the third as dressed-up objections to the first" - Mershele

Even then, that would raise the question of why they aren't objecting equally to other forms of casual sex.

I most definitely do. But like I said, that's personal beliefs, and if regulating prostitution actually helped the matters it sets out to I'd support doing so.

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Nevada's... different. As far as this discussion goes, I don't think it should be factored in unless it shows some sort of clear economical gain from legal prostitution.

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^Money is money.

Thus why I mentioned it should only be factored in if there's a clear economical gain. From what I can tell, even with legalized prostitution and gambling, there's a rather high level of crime there compared to surrounding areas.

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