why is paying for sex illegal /

toetyper said:

not trafficking. not underage sex. not pimping

the act of me exchanging money for sex is illegal

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sr71plt said:

It's also illegal because, everything else aside, it easily becomes a vehicle for sexual predatory behavior that preys on vulnerable victims.

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sr71plt said:

It's also illegal because, everything else aside, it easily becomes a vehicle for sexual predatory behavior that preys on vulnerable victims.

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KimGordon67 said:

It's illegal because of the Judeo-Christian edict about 'monogamy', because sex has historically been seen as something that should only happen within the bounds of marriage.
It's illegal because sex is seen as having some 'special' status that means it should only occur between people who 'care' for each other (see above), and should also be a service that one might sell/purchase.
It's illegal because women, and especially women's sexuality, is seen as something that is ideally controlled by society/by men - take your pick.
It's illegal because some arms of feminism (and let me be entirely clear - this is not 'the' feminist position on the topic) see exchanging sex for money as inherently exploitative.

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phrodeau said:

Usually, there are people at the top who demand their cut of the action. In the old days, that was the religious leaders, running sex-for-money operations out of the temples.

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Tigersman said:

It's illegal because all our religious types feel men should only screw them, not someone else they don't have ties to.

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toetyper said:

not trafficking. not underage sex. not pimping

the act of me exchanging money for sex is illegal

why

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EternalFantasies said:

You were doing so well, up until the emboldened part, that I thought to myself: this is Kim writing? Could I have been wrong? Then, I started laughing.

The last point, was especially hilarious, the feminist complaining that some arm of feminism considers it exploitative.... Simply roll on your back hilarious and back to the user Kim Gordon that I know.

Phew, what a relief.

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tabt said:

I disagree with your last assertion - modern women in Western societies are pretty much independent. And even if they live in abusive or oppressive environments, society gives them the option to walk away any time.

Aa to past attitudes - many of them were indeed oppressive towards women.
But the rationale between them was quite understandable: Historically, sex outside the bounds of marriage was discouraged because of lack of effective contraception or adequate treatment of STD's.

Imagine -as a man- raising 5 kids who in theory were considered to be yours, but had the same ginger hair as the town's drunk.
Or -as a woman- contracting Syphilis (a death sentence) from your philandering husband. Or giving birth to a child out of wedlock, and having to raise him/her without support.

And even now - I never understood those who view sex as a soul-less bodily function.

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KimGordon67 said:

You've clearly misunderstood my last point entirely - I don't think sex work is inherently exploitative at all, but some feminists do, and it's a position that has informed the legal situation in some states, e.g. the Swedish model.

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Boxlicker101 said:

I thought I knew the various sexual positions, but what is the Swedish one?

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KimGordon67 said:

I can't tell if you're actually interested or not ... but let's err on the side of caution.

Under the Swedish model, selling sex is legal, but buying it is illegal. Basically, it stopped the criminalisaton of sex workers, but attempted to curb prostitution by criminalising the punters. Not very successful - prostitution continues to exist, and the workers aren't really any better off (except for not getting arrested).

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LocalHoney said:

'-cause women would rule the world even more?

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LocalHoney said:

'-cause women would rule the world even more?

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mark_j said:

So in other words, with the exception of taking the criminal element from the woman's (or sex worker for those who need to associate all permutations here), it actually changes nothing. It's still illegal in that regard. The penalty is simple shifted from seller to buyer.

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Boxlicker101 said:

I don't know about other places, but in CA. soliciting an act of prostitution is illegal. Of course, this leads to entrapment of men who give a positive response to police decoys. One of these days, I would like to see somebody entrap the entrappers.

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mark_j said:

So in other words, with the exception of taking the criminal element from the woman's (or sex worker for those who need to associate all permutations here), it actually changes nothing. It's still illegal in that regard. The penalty is simple shifted from seller to buyer.

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toetyper said:

the act of me exchanging money for sex is illegal why

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Pastor Franklin Raddish of the Capitol Hill Independent Baptist Ministries has dismissed recent allegations of powerful men as attacks that are part of a so-called “war on men,” AL.com reports.

“More women are sexual predators than men,” Rev. Raddish claimed.

“Women are chasing young boys up and down the road, but we don’t hear about that because it’s not PC,” Rev. Raddish alleged.

In 2004, Rev. Raddish organized a protest at the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton Tennessee in 2004, using the site of the Scopes Monkey Trial to highlight his opposition to pedophilia to rationalize his anti-LGBT bigotry.

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