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Showing Original Post only (View all)I have the right to perform a sexual service in exchange for money. [View all]
And so do you.
You can regulate rights, just like we can have reasonable limits on freedom of speech (libel/slander). But at the end of the day you can not absolutely restrict my right to engage in sexual behaviors with a consenting partner for whatever reason we could possibly imagine. You can regulate it for my safety, you can limit it just like you can tell me I can't work for less than X dollars an hour.
But you can't tell me I can't do it, period.
When people say they want to ban prostitution, remember this simple fact. They are saying they know better than you what you ought to do with your body and they want the force of law behind them.
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I wonder how long it's going to take for someone to offer you money to go fuck yourself?
Electric Monk
Aug 2014
#1
I hadn't heard Limbaugh was into that, but it doesn't sound surprising. Got any links? nt
Electric Monk
Aug 2014
#69
I think that happens, for whatever reason, they feel trapped ... could be financial, illness, a
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#30
Who would you say is the most likely to pay for sex in marriage? Men or women?
KitSileya
Aug 2014
#99
I think you are misunderstanding what I said or I wrote it poorly. I don't think
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#117
so why don't people try to get brothels in their neighborhoods ? are there any campaigning to do so
JI7
Aug 2014
#19
What's your view on legalized slavery, then? If someone "wants" to sell themselves into servitude?
Scootaloo
Aug 2014
#56
People sell themselves into "survitude" all the time no one can stop them, except
Kurska
Aug 2014
#63
I've been in some of those areas when I worked in Germany for awhile, a German
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#110
Would you agree to allow brothels, with the stipulation that they be privately held coporations.
Kurska
Aug 2014
#39
Unfortunately the Public Interest overrules what we might think of as our 'rights'
elleng
Aug 2014
#20
when you introduce commerce/exchange money the State automatically has a role to play.
KittyWampus
Aug 2014
#119
profit is entirely relevant because the State automatically becomes involved when money is exchanged
KittyWampus
Aug 2014
#122
The exchange of money and introduction of commerce automatically gives the State
KittyWampus
Aug 2014
#121
of course you can. People mostly aren't TELLING you you can or can't use your body as you please.
BlancheSplanchnik
Aug 2014
#72
well you better put a much larger emphasis on your concern for the Good of Society,
BlancheSplanchnik
Aug 2014
#80
Paras 1-4 confuse regulation with criminalization. Para 5 is heteronormative
stevenleser
Aug 2014
#179
It's not much of a point if your reasoning is faulty and misstates study results.
stevenleser
Aug 2014
#185
Careful, assert the right to make your own decisions about your own body, and risk being called
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#98
You have the right to perfom a sex act. But when it becomes commerce, the state
KittyWampus
Aug 2014
#113
Economic security for those at the bottom of the ladder is one good way to minimize ...
Scuba
Aug 2014
#125
I'm talking about the social safety net, not working as a prostitute. If the social safety net ...
Scuba
Aug 2014
#189
I would have to agree with you on this. No doubt there are financial issues in many marriages
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2014
#150
OK go for it. Have a big sexxxytime party. Let us know how that works out for you. n/t
MadrasT
Aug 2014
#157
Small Point, With red light zoning adult entertainment is usually confined to industrial areas.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#159
Law of averages says there is a good chance that you will be raped on the job. n/t
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#165
Because we force prostitutes into back alleys and deny them the oppertunity to work
Kurska
Aug 2014
#166