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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
Wait, they'll pay you to do that? Kurska Aug 2014 #2
According to Limbaugh, only if you post the video. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #65
I hadn't heard Limbaugh was into that, but it doesn't sound surprising. Got any links? nt Electric Monk Aug 2014 #69
Remember the Sandra Fluke bit where he called her a slut? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #73
If Limbaugh politely asks for a video of my ass. Kurska Aug 2014 #75
Ah, I see you're a traditionalist.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #90
DUzy! arcane1 Aug 2014 #6
Pretty sure that's available LittleBlue Aug 2014 #12
You survived, 5-2 n/t n2doc Aug 2014 #101
Thats illegal in Alabama. Katashi_itto Aug 2014 #127
And many marriages are also basically that ... n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #3
Why does your comment customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #5
Don't know ... didn't say that. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #8
Just was giving you a chance to back away customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #25
People get married for all sorts of reasons IMO, for example, RKP5637 Aug 2014 #28
"Gold diggers" customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #35
... RKP5637 Aug 2014 #41
It's actually more like 'many wives are basically prostitutes', actually. nt redqueen Aug 2014 #13
I think that happens, for whatever reason, they feel trapped ... could be financial, illness, a RKP5637 Aug 2014 #30
Not so much anymore JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #129
Yep! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #132
It doesn't. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #34
OK, in the uncivilized parts of the world customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #40
After all, when isn't genocide the answer? n/t Gore1FL Aug 2014 #78
zing! Schema Thing Aug 2014 #142
It's not genocide customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #162
You advocated for their extinction. Gore1FL Aug 2014 #163
No, their ideologies do customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #164
Already happening in slow motion in places like India and China sadly. n/t Kurska Aug 2014 #85
I didn't take it that way at all. cui bono Aug 2014 #96
She said many, which to me means less than half. HERVEPA Aug 2014 #155
All. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #59
Exactly!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #100
good idea! Schema Thing Aug 2014 #143
Who would you say is the most likely to pay for sex in marriage? Men or women? KitSileya Aug 2014 #99
Here is an interesting article(s) IMO ... RKP5637 Aug 2014 #102
To be honest, I just wanted to know which gender you thought so badly of, KitSileya Aug 2014 #114
I think you are misunderstanding what I said or I wrote it poorly. I don't think RKP5637 Aug 2014 #117
That's not brownie mix you're stirring. Scootaloo Aug 2014 #4
lol, that's probably a common ripost Schema Thing Aug 2014 #145
What people have said is that it's about more than you BainsBane Aug 2014 #7
You're conflating crimes with the non-crimes. Kurska Aug 2014 #10
so why don't people try to get brothels in their neighborhoods ? are there any campaigning to do so JI7 Aug 2014 #19
that's relevant how? Schema Thing Aug 2014 #146
If, if, if, if Scootaloo Aug 2014 #29
I understand your concerns, and I put value in them. Kurska Aug 2014 #33
But it's not at all "just like drugs," because drugs are not human beings Scootaloo Aug 2014 #52
Do you really think criminalization makes things better? Kurska Aug 2014 #54
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
That's the thing though... Scootaloo Aug 2014 #97
what exactly do you suspect the law reorg Aug 2014 #46
Evidence shows it leads to increased human trafficking BainsBane Aug 2014 #58
again, not true reorg Aug 2014 #79
False, a 2012 study shows the opposite BainsBane Aug 2014 #111
no it doesn't reorg Aug 2014 #136
Why don't you read what the article actually demonstrates? BainsBane Aug 2014 #139
I think we know very well why so many are so desperately ignoring evidence. redqueen Aug 2014 #147
the "article" is a summary and demonstrates nothing reorg Aug 2014 #148
how do you expect they could have firm numbers of an illegal trade? BainsBane Aug 2014 #149
fine, so you admit that the numbers are questionable reorg Aug 2014 #156
They don't care that their assertions are highly dubious and in fact stevenleser Aug 2014 #180
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #106
I screwed up the link above BainsBane Aug 2014 #109
I am saying they are endemic to the industry BainsBane Aug 2014 #31
The problem is you can't separate them mythology Aug 2014 #126
YESSSSSSSSSS , EXACTLY THISSSSS JI7 Aug 2014 #16
Put a brothel right next to my house Kurska Aug 2014 #21
go start a campaign for it JI7 Aug 2014 #22
Dang, thought we were gonna be co-owners. Kurska Aug 2014 #26
Legalized prostitution should not be allowed in residential neighborhoods. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #36
Well isn't that nice BainsBane Aug 2014 #38
not really reorg Aug 2014 #77
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
If there is no third-party profit. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #44
+1000000 woo me with science Aug 2014 #128
why should it not be allowed in residential neighborhoods ? JI7 Aug 2014 #43
Streetwalking. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #48
And unicorns for every worker who stays over a year. Scootaloo Aug 2014 #57
Have you got a better solution? JackRiddler Aug 2014 #64
As I told Kurska, DRUGS ARE NOT PEOPLE Scootaloo Aug 2014 #94
Let's be civilized. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #135
That's pretty much how it works Scootaloo Aug 2014 #140
Look at the contradiction in your terms? JackRiddler Aug 2014 #158
well said and that is exactly the problem Tumbulu Aug 2014 #60
Maybe/Maybe not. elleng Aug 2014 #9
And there is the big question. Kurska Aug 2014 #14
Unfortunately the Public Interest overrules what we might think of as our 'rights' elleng Aug 2014 #20
"criminalise the buying, but *not* the selling" redqueen Aug 2014 #11
if it were freelance women, sure, but if a pimp gets busted, fuck him. dionysus Aug 2014 #15
yup JI7 Aug 2014 #18
"Of course you have a right to control your body" Kurska Aug 2014 #17
"Gays have always been able to legally marry..." DRoseDARs Aug 2014 #61
It reminds me of laws that criminalize only the receptive partner in gay sex. Kurska Aug 2014 #71
Your body. Their choice. DRoseDARs Aug 2014 #91
"... but taking an narrow-scope, blinders-on, absolutist stance helps RKP5637 Aug 2014 #115
when you introduce commerce/exchange money the State automatically has a role to play. KittyWampus Aug 2014 #119
Regulation and criminaliztion are the 2 roles of which you speak. DRoseDARs Aug 2014 #137
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #104
Fundamental principle: Who has sovereignty of the body? on point Aug 2014 #23
+11111111111111111111111 Kurska Aug 2014 #24
You're leaving out the profit motive and coercion. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #37
Coercion is against individual sovereignty of the body. Profit irrelevant on point Aug 2014 #45
Third-party profit totally relevant. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #50
profit is entirely relevant because the State automatically becomes involved when money is exchanged KittyWampus Aug 2014 #122
++++++ BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #82
I agree. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #92
Well said Ruby the Liberal Aug 2014 #124
The exchange of money and introduction of commerce automatically gives the State KittyWampus Aug 2014 #121
It's not a matter of self determination, it's a matter of the market treestar Aug 2014 #133
I can think of many who are working from sunnystarr Aug 2014 #138
Agreed, but at least Walmart doesn't involve treestar Aug 2014 #160
All prostitutes aren't walking the streets in a low class neighborhood sunnystarr Aug 2014 #178
There ought to be a better way to make a living treestar Aug 2014 #190
I don't judge peoples decisions ... sunnystarr Aug 2014 #191
This is the part of capitalism the "right" doesn't get because emotion. flvegan Aug 2014 #27
So prostitution is "legal" as long as you don't get paid. SummerSnow Aug 2014 #32
Are you available, and what are your rates? n/t Crunchy Frog Aug 2014 #42
For you baby? Kurska Aug 2014 #47
Fine, but I'll regulate you Prophet 451 Aug 2014 #49
Sounds good to me. Kurska Aug 2014 #51
You're exactly right. Iron Man Aug 2014 #53
I pay Palmela all the time. Lobo27 Aug 2014 #55
Yep. Should be legal. LostInAnomie Aug 2014 #62
+1 n/t Kurska Aug 2014 #67
It should also be an Olympic event.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #66
There was a time when madams were powerful people in some cities. nolabear Aug 2014 #68
At an interdiscilpinary research conference, I once attended a presentation Kurska Aug 2014 #70
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
I agree wholeheartedly. Kurska Aug 2014 #74
well you better put a much larger emphasis on your concern for the Good of Society, BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #80
You won't find a more firey labor activist than me. Kurska Aug 2014 #83
well, I'm no expert....it sounds like your motives are pure, BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #86
um Skittles Aug 2014 #177
We all contain carbon 4b5f940728b232b034e4 Aug 2014 #87
can I smack you in the snout? BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #88
So do it ismnotwasm Aug 2014 #76
Legalize it, get it out of the shadows. lovemydog Aug 2014 #81
"Use the tax revenue to go after trafficking & domestic violence." Kurska Aug 2014 #84
This whole topic jumped the shark long ago mindwalker_i Aug 2014 #89
I think you're making some questionable distinctions here. Unvanguard Aug 2014 #93
Outstanding. redqueen Aug 2014 #134
Paras 1-4 confuse regulation with criminalization. Para 5 is heteronormative stevenleser Aug 2014 #179
I'm not confusing regulation with criminalization. Unvanguard Aug 2014 #181
Yes, you are. stevenleser Aug 2014 #183
Thank you for (again) not engaging the point at all. Unvanguard Aug 2014 #184
It's not much of a point if your reasoning is faulty and misstates study results. stevenleser Aug 2014 #185
Um, newsflash... prostitution is illegal. cui bono Aug 2014 #95
Careful, assert the right to make your own decisions about your own body, and risk being called Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #98
You think this is funny? BainsBane Aug 2014 #105
No. You know what I DO think is funny, though? Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #112
BS BainsBane Aug 2014 #118
You're my DU hero! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #141
Because naturally when you see someone use the term BainsBane Aug 2014 #153
... opiate69 Aug 2014 #161
Dayum Warren Kurska Aug 2014 #173
Here ya go opiate69 Aug 2014 #174
100% on point, as usual. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2014 #182
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #116
I think "Your body, your choice" only applies to one thing. Ever. The Straight Story Aug 2014 #108
A man's paying child support is comparable to slavery BainsBane Aug 2014 #151
No, let me try to explain it simply: The Straight Story Aug 2014 #154
I'm really not sure you have a right, I am sure that you do have choice HereSince1628 Aug 2014 #103
but I just saw a big fat man on a TV show called christian viewpoint that B Calm Aug 2014 #107
You have the right to perfom a sex act. But when it becomes commerce, the state KittyWampus Aug 2014 #113
Cannot believe that this survived a DU jury Ruby the Liberal Aug 2014 #120
Do you have the results? Kurska Aug 2014 #168
No - I am just making an assumption that it was juried. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2014 #187
Massage hidden by jury decision. Major Hogwash Aug 2014 #186
Well played! Ruby the Liberal Aug 2014 #188
What right is that? rock Aug 2014 #123
Economic security for those at the bottom of the ladder is one good way to minimize ... Scuba Aug 2014 #125
OK Skittles Aug 2014 #176
I'm talking about the social safety net, not working as a prostitute. If the social safety net ... Scuba Aug 2014 #189
Do you have the right to sell your organs in exchange for money? DanTex Aug 2014 #130
You actually don't in most jurisdictions treestar Aug 2014 #131
...said no trafficked 13yr old child anywhere n/t leftstreet Aug 2014 #144
Gee, you think it might be the tracking and child slavery that is wrong there? Kurska Aug 2014 #169
I would have to agree with you on this. No doubt there are financial issues in many marriages Douglas Carpenter Aug 2014 #150
Really? abelenkpe Aug 2014 #152
Rights aren't defined by the laws. Kurska Aug 2014 #167
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
you mean *we* as a society? Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #170
Yes we as a society. Kurska Aug 2014 #171
Honestly - Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #172
I'm fine with that; just don't ask me to respect that choice Skittles Aug 2014 #175
I don't want to ban it. NCTraveler Aug 2014 #192
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