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99. Being liberal, I would sympathize

Wed Feb 27, 2019, 09:10 AM

Feb 2019

If your john is your husband, brother or father you are in a really bad position. Maybe economic desperation. I really doubt that whole thing is entirely voluntary. As a liberal, I would be for better conditions. There seems to be this argument that some people really want to be prostitutes. When there is universal basic income, housing, food, etc. and we see otherwise rich people voluntarily going into this "field" then I might believe those are people who just really like the "job."

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So, what would happen if men didn't patronize places where sex-trafficking happens? [View all] MineralMan Feb 2019 OP

I don't get why they can't just TheFarseer Feb 2019 #1

Every town has zoning ordinances FakeNoose Feb 2019 #2

All of which has nothing to do with my post. MineralMan Feb 2019 #5

OK yep, I was making a parallel point FakeNoose Feb 2019 #7

Their location isn't relevent. eggplant Feb 2019 #22

"People need to stop using their services." saidsimplesimon Feb 2019 #27

On cable True Blue American Feb 2019 #24

After reading several of the news safeinOhio Feb 2019 #75

So involuntary servitude is okay if the woman is mddle-aged and foreign? Hekate Feb 2019 #76

I tell what I know from the streets safeinOhio Feb 2019 #83

I did read your post and I thank you for your knowledgable input... Hekate Feb 2019 #91

I don't have any answers. safeinOhio Feb 2019 #92

Well, don't those who would mostly already do that? Hortensis Feb 2019 #3

You know, I don't know. I don't know anyone who patronizes such places. MineralMan Feb 2019 #10

Yes, THOSE men, most of whom are drawn by Hortensis Feb 2019 #11

It's a nice excuse malaise Feb 2019 #4

Oh, they know, alright. In fact, they seek out MineralMan Feb 2019 #8

They're not looking for sex. They're looking to subjugate women EffieBlack Feb 2019 #13

I don't know what they're looking for. MineralMan Feb 2019 #14

Exactly. And I wouldn't want to be married to someone like that, and Ilsa Feb 2019 #85

Are women allowed True Blue American Feb 2019 #28

Don't have a clue malaise Feb 2019 #38

Of course. True Blue American Feb 2019 #42

THANK YOU! EffieBlack Feb 2019 #6

My pleasure! I hate that some men do things like that, knowing that they MineralMan Feb 2019 #9

And, perhaps, just as troubling are the number of people eager to jump to their defense EffieBlack Feb 2019 #12

I agree completely. MineralMan Feb 2019 #16

Penn Jillette has a good quote related to this. eggplant Feb 2019 #26

Nice summary of what it means to be human MaryMagdaline Feb 2019 #59

Thank you Effie! True Blue American Feb 2019 #31

I think it's a total power thing for these assholes, KNOWING FULL WELL bullwinkle428 Feb 2019 #15

Most Asian women arrested for prostitution in Florida happen to be in their 50s. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #19

You know this how? EffieBlack Feb 2019 #20

Easy. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #21

Again, care to share your source? EffieBlack Feb 2019 #23

Here IluvPitties Feb 2019 #29

Your cites list 9 Asian women arrested for prostitution. 4 of them were 50 or older EffieBlack Feb 2019 #44

In most places, underaged girls are not arrested in such stings. MineralMan Feb 2019 #49

"Too many people draw the wrong conclusions from news stories, I think" EffieBlack Feb 2019 #53

Why? I don't know why people are doing that. MineralMan Feb 2019 #58

I could be wrong. I don't mind admiting it. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #52

The people arrested at those places are the people MineralMan Feb 2019 #37

You know, I am not so sure. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #43

I do know, and you are incorrect. MineralMan Feb 2019 #55

Thanks for the info. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #60

Good answer! True Blue American Feb 2019 #45

Thank you EffieBlack Feb 2019 #46

Well, I know the laws in Minnesota, and that's how they are treated here. MineralMan Feb 2019 #51

Good question.:) True Blue American Feb 2019 #34

So I'm sure that makes it okay for them to be enslaved. Hekate Feb 2019 #81

Of course I did not say or mean that! IluvPitties Feb 2019 #89

my ex liked his porn. it was an issue. we compromised- mopinko Feb 2019 #17

Ok, that LAST line made me bust out laughing! oldsoftie Feb 2019 #41

In agreement. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #18

Amsterdam is full of trafficked women and girls too. Lucky Luciano Feb 2019 #32

I am assuming having people register and being able to monitor them IluvPitties Feb 2019 #35

Anybody know if Nevada has a higher or lower amount Sucha NastyWoman Feb 2019 #63

It is only legal in some area, not in Las Vegas... IluvPitties Feb 2019 #65

Prostitution is illegal in Nevada, except for 11 rural counties. MineralMan Feb 2019 #66

Quick question for you IluvPitties Feb 2019 #68

I don't know, actually. MineralMan Feb 2019 #70

Thanks for the great response. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #71

They'd just go to Craigslist aeromanKC Feb 2019 #25

It's not a profession. eggplant Feb 2019 #33

Don't shoot the messenger aeromanKC Feb 2019 #62

And what about the non-trafficked adult providers? Progressive Law Feb 2019 #64

I have zero problem with non-exploitative consensual sex work. eggplant Feb 2019 #69

Indeed! PWPippinesq Feb 2019 #30

Anyone think where True Blue American Feb 2019 #36

A lot of us wonder, and a lot of us are sickened by the prospects. Hekate Feb 2019 #78

If nobody goes, they wouldnt exist. It really is that simple. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #39

Thank you! True Blue American Feb 2019 #48

Well said! Real men won't do this to real women! Miigwech Feb 2019 #40

You are missing the sex-with-slaves horror of this. hunter Feb 2019 #47

Come on now. It is simply power. True Blue American Feb 2019 #50

Your reply would be kicked and recommended if I could. hunter Feb 2019 #67

No, actually, I'm not missing that. It's just not the subject of this thread. MineralMan Feb 2019 #61

He can't get it off with women he doesn't consider himself superior to. hunter Feb 2019 #72

I dont get it either. And he was one of MANY who can afford what you said. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #80

K&R stonecutter357 Feb 2019 #54

Hell would have frozen over. RGinNJ Feb 2019 #56

Thank you Mineral Man. lark Feb 2019 #57

Might as well ask, "What if rain didn't fall?" LOL. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #73

Billboards and publications here (Sonoma County) making it clear there is The Mouth Feb 2019 #74

No John, no need for a Jane appleannie1943 Feb 2019 #77

In the 80s I was an addict living in safeinOhio Feb 2019 #79

I have never blamed True Blue American Feb 2019 #87

Great post and congratulations on your personal success. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #90

What is it we don't know about? treestar Feb 2019 #94

Some of the women were trafficked. safeinOhio Feb 2019 #95

Being liberal, I would sympathize treestar Feb 2019 #99

First, men have to even care that the women they see are possibly sex-trafficked. They don't. ancianita Feb 2019 #82

I guess it's similar to how illegal immigration would be curbed even further forgotmylogin Feb 2019 #84

And if they didn't sell Viagra blueinredohio Feb 2019 #86

So true! True Blue American Feb 2019 #88

Not all men develop ED as they age. MineralMan Feb 2019 #96

I find that a few laps around the mall and a cinnamon bun keeps me in line. dameatball Feb 2019 #93

LOL! MineralMan Feb 2019 #97

The same thing that would happen if people didn't buy illegal drugs, hughee99 Feb 2019 #98