Prostitution: Decriminalize, Legalize, or leave it as is?

Eldritch

Eldritch

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MysterYvil said:
I am a strong proponent of decriminalizing it. From what I have seen and heard legalization simply introduces a layer of useless middlemen and pointless government bureaucracy.

I think it is evident that criminalizing prostitution is pointless.

In any case, what makes trading sex for security or goods okay in one case but a chargeable offense in another?

(In fair disclosure I know call girls, street walkers, adult film performers, dominatrixes, and sugar babies.)
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Legalize, Nevada has already set the successful model. Vice Crime Laws are stupid, we should be better than that by now.
 
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MysterYvil

Mr. Bad Example
ScarySpikes said:
Legalize, regulate, and tax. It works in Vegas, it will work nationally. A lot of the icky, nasty parts of prostitution go away with legalization and good regulation. The Brothels in Vegas don't have issues with women being trapped into the situation, strung out on drugs, or anything like that, there is security in place, prices are agreed upon beforehand, and medical checks are part of the process to make sure customers and prostitutes are both clean.
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Prostitution is not legal in Vegas. What are you talking about?
 
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MysterYvil

Mr. Bad Example
NorCalAthlete said:
Legalize, regulate, tax, etc. Provide safety and health resources for those who want to participate, allow tax write-offs for gym membership and whatnot, all that stuff.

Someone got hard data / studies on any positive / negative effects of Nevada?
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Hard data, no, at least nothing that was not funded by an interest group.

Anecdotally every one of the 25+ direct sex workers I have spoken to prefers decriminalization to legalization. Whether the new boss would be a bureaucrat or a pimp it would just be another boss living off their backs and not actually providing any tangible protection or benefit. They just want equal protection under the law, and the legalized schemes don't really provide that.

The legal brothels in Nevada would make Hollywood blush as far as work practices go. I know women who worked that, and they preferred to work illegally than give up a 50%+ tax to the good old boys network.
 
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MysterYvil

Mr. Bad Example
As far as taxes go, that's something many would pay if they could. Mrs. and I paid on our film and performances, 1099 or not, as did the vast majority of our peers.

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Regulation-wise, what did you all have in mind? Mandatory training? STD testing? Legal hours of operation?
 
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ABC

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Blankpage said:
I have no interest in smoking weed myself but I find it bizarre that a plant growing out of the ground can be made illegal to own to smoke to grow.
Same with getting laid. If you want to pay for it and someone is offering for an agreed price wft is the law getting involved for.
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Fuck, for real.. I don’t get it at all, as I’m sitting here blasted 🤪
 
Ogier le Danois

Ogier le Danois

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MysterYvil said:
I am a strong proponent of decriminalizing it. From what I have seen and heard legalization simply introduces a layer of useless middlemen and pointless government bureaucracy.

I think it is evident that criminalizing prostitution is pointless.

In any case, what makes trading sex for security or goods okay in one case but a chargeable offense in another?

(In fair disclosure I know call girls, street walkers, adult film performers, dominatrixes, and sugar babies.)
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I support decriminalizing it.

But it is clear that trafficking and exploitation are still common even in countries with regulated and legal sex trade.
 
mrmarklin

mrmarklin

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Should legalized IMHO.

Special rules can be used to guard against abuse. Some countries don’t allow pimps. The client deals directly with the prostitute, eliminating potential abuse by pimps etc.
 
cfives

cfives

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Decriminalize it, with any potential fine going to the person buying sex, not the one selling it.
 
lam@barf

lam@barf

cage killer
Certainly decriminalized and legalized would be better. It's an industry. OSHA should be able to delineate work place safety guidelines for it. It's not like there isn't data on this, we just have to be willing to look beyond the US.

As to human trafficking (the new way to say Slavery), make it a capital crime. There will always be people willing profit from slavery. Remove them from the gene pool.
 
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