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In reply to the discussion: I have the right to perform a sexual service in exchange for money. [View all]BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)86. well, I'm no expert....it sounds like your motives are pure,
But you've got a lot of blind spots about the vastness of the collateral damage, even under "optimal" conditions.
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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