Prostitution.

PaperWings:

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Like Dru said there's bills etc. to worry about and very low paying jobs don't cover it, often. You'd have to take out a loan or something.

Plus, say you're not too good at cleaning up, or waiting tables, but you're good in bed? Prostitution seems like the most obvious answer doesn't it?
I'm not saying it's right and I can't say I approve of prostitution but I can understand why women become prostitutes/hookers.

I suppose we're from different countries because we have assistance and such. And the thing is there are more than weighing tables and such. And if you're awful at those jobs you go to school, if you don't have money for school you get a loan because the thing about it is; by the time you're 26-30. No one wants to sleep with you. You're too old and what do you tell the people you went to high school with.. oh yeah, I'm glad you're a lawyer, I decided to sell my body?

Maybe, I'm in England and while we do have assistance here, it's not as easy as you say it is. If it was women wouldn't be out on the streets every night selling themselves. Getting a loan is a lot of trouble because the person in question would have to pay it back over time and more financial problem is the last thing they need. Plus going back to school is a lot of trouble and costly for them.

And telling people from high school their occupation is going to be the last problem on their mind if you ask me.

Ars Poetica.:

If you want to go to college and have a career, if you truly want it, you'll make it through, without selling yourself.

Sorry, but how will wanting it mean you'll make it without selling yourself?
Sorry, but that really makes no sense in my opinion.

And if you ask me the people who really want it may infact be those who get involved in prostitution; after all they must really need it and want it to be willing to sell themselves most nights.

happy birthday by the way :D

the government shouldn't have a fucking say in what people choose as their job. you want to go strip in the street? you know what? be my guest. why the hell should the government decide what's right and what's wrong. if you think it's wrong, DON'T DO IT. but don't limit the rest of the population as well. you might think it's immoral, someone else doesn't. don't try to be all supreme, saying this and that, "Oh, we can't expose our young kids to these vile actions." fuck you. go protect your own kids if you think so. leave the rest of the population do what they want to do. for some people, that's actually how they get food on the table. so yeah, don't go saying stuff like that.

(lol, sorry. i'm just touchy when the government tries to stuff like this. it's not like i'll ever be into prostitution. xD haha.)

jules.:

the government shouldn't have a fucking say in what people choose as their job. you want to go strip in the street? you know what? be my guest.

Stripping in the street isn't fair to people who don't want their children to be subjected to it. But stripping in a club is totally cool.

Stripping, prostition and pornography are not all the same thing.

Figured I'd throw that out there.

PaperWings:

Stripping, prostition and pornography are not all the same thing.

Figured I'd throw that out there.

They're not all the same thing, but they are all jobs that sell the woman's body. And pornography is pretty much legal prostitution. Having sex for pay. The only difference is the absence of the video camera.

Pornography are prostitution are different, way different. Because pornography in a picture can be quite tasteful. Prostitution isn't. In any way or form. And the thing about it is prostitution is getting paid for company pornography is the looking.

There is nothing wrong with looking it's when you're paying for sex, and that is just my oppinion. I do understand that it may be an option for some people and some people may find that a good job. It is just my oppinion.

And I will repeat this again before my oppinion gets torn to pieces, this is an argument purely based on oppinions and so no one is right or wrong.

If you are able to sell sex on a DVD, then you should be able to sell it in a hotel room.

druscilla; in oz.:

If you are able to sell sex on a DVD, then you should be able to sell it in a hotel room.

I guess our oppinions are different.

If you've ever watched hardcore pornography, you'd realize, not all porn is tasteful. What's the difference in being paid to have sex in front of a video camera than being paid for just simply having sex or giving head? Absolutely nothing except the missing camera. So, no, those two aren't different at all, in fact, it's a lot less private, you're having sex in front of a crowd and eventually other people will watch it. To me, that seems a little more degrading that two grown adults having sex and paying for it.

You're right, stripping and prostitution aren't the same but they have the same general idea - selling women's bodies for money.

I don't really understand what you mean by "pornography is the looking" and "there is nothing wrong with looking".

The thing is, there is exceptions to every rule. But there are some pornography that is quite tasteful.

I don't understand why prostitution is illegal, yet it is okay to place the personal ads in the paper.
The "hot, young, blonde, Jenny. Call _____."

I don't think that should be legal if it isn't legal on the street.
They don't say prostitution, but that's what that is.

Libbey Crocodile.:

I don't understand why prostitution is illegal, yet it is okay to place the personal ads in the paper.
The "hot, young, blonde, Jenny. Call _____."

I don't think that should be legal if it isn't legal on the street.
They don't say prostitution, but that's what that is.

This is deffianatly quite true. I agree that ads like the one mentioned above is a lot like prostitution, just not as 'dirty' or 'wrong'. I don't believe it should be illegal, but at the same time I wouldn't say it's a good thing to end up doing. But I guess the people who do it are desperate, and if they feel it's right, or is an okay thing to do, then I think we should just let them, and respect what they are doing, or at least back down.

they should be able to control themselves... not the pimps

I think it should be legal. If it's adult prostitutes selling themselves to adults, what
right has anyone really got to say that they can't? They're responisble adults who can
make choices.

If it were legal, it would make the prostitutes safer. There would be regular STD checks,
emotional support for them, less abuse, and it would be easier to catch rapists,
etc, because they'd be on a list of the clients.

druscilla; daydream.:

If you are able to sell sex on a DVD, then you should be able to sell it in a hotel room.

And a very good point. I agree. Yeah, pornography and prostitution are
very, very different, but you are still 'acting' out sex, (because prostitutes usually
don't actually enjoy the sex they give, do they?) and you are still getting money
for it.

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cocaine.:

druscilla; daydream.:

If you are able to sell sex on a DVD, then you should be able to sell it in a hotel room.

And a very good point. I agree. Yeah, pornography and prostitution are
very, very different, but you are still 'acting' out sex, (because prostitutes usually
don't actually enjoy the sex they give, do they?) and you are still getting money
for it.

I think that depends on the prostitute.

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Has anyone here seen the show "Cathouse" on HBO? It's about a legal brothel in Nevada.