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You have cause and effect backwards. Puritanical religious movements drove it underground which made it more hazardous that it need be.

by enneff 10y ago

nostrebored 10y ago
Even in places that have decriminalization, prostitution is still something that is associated with desperation, coercion, and crime. You can blame religious movements until you're red in the face, but the research is there that shows that prostitution is strongly associated with mental health issues [1][2]. It's unsurprising when you're working day in and day out with people who think that they can literally buy your body and emotions. Taking a look at any "prostitute review" site will show you what the men who purchase sex actually think of prostitutes -- feel free to imagine what having sex with these people day in and day out would be like. [1] http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/FarleyVAW.pdf http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/FarleyVAW.pdf [2] https://www.collegium.ethz.ch/fileadmin/autoren/pdf_papers/10_roessler_sexwork.pdf https://www.collegium.ethz.ch/fileadmin/autoren/pdf_papers/1...
gozur88 10y ago
I don't think that's true. Over the years prostitution has been legal and even celebrated by different cultures. The religious reaction to the downsides is no different than that of the prohibition of pork.
refurb 10y ago
Whoa, wait a second. First you say cause and effect is backwards, so prohibition of prostitution resulted in the bad effects? But then you say it made it more hazardous. Those are two different things.
- stock_toaster 10y ago
  Prohibition of alcohol certainly didn't make it safer! In fact it made it decidedly much less safe (people going blind/dying from methanol poisoning). There were also other downsides, such as increase in gang power due to profits from alcohol running, sales. It seems like there would be similar parallels to prostitutions (gangs, pimps, etc).

You have cause and effect backwards. Puritanical religious movements drove it underground which made it more hazardous that it need be.

by enneff 10y ago

You have cause and effect backwards. Puritanical religious movements drove it underground which made it more hazardous that it need be.

nostrebored 10y ago

Even in places that have decriminalization, prostitution is still something that is associated with desperation, coercion, and crime. You can blame religious movements until you're red in the face, but the research is there that shows that prostitution is strongly associated with mental health issues [1][2]. It's unsurprising when you're working day in and day out with people who think that they can literally buy your body and emotions. Taking a look at any "prostitute review" site will show you what the men who purchase sex actually think of prostitutes -- feel free to imagine what having sex with these people day in and day out would be like. [1] http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/FarleyVAW.pdf http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/FarleyVAW.pdf [2] https://www.collegium.ethz.ch/fileadmin/autoren/pdf_papers/10_roessler_sexwork.pdf https://www.collegium.ethz.ch/fileadmin/autoren/pdf_papers/1...

gozur88 10y ago

I don't think that's true. Over the years prostitution has been legal and even celebrated by different cultures. The religious reaction to the downsides is no different than that of the prohibition of pork.

refurb 10y ago

Whoa, wait a second. First you say cause and effect is backwards, so prohibition of prostitution resulted in the bad effects? But then you say it made it more hazardous. Those are two different things.

stock_toaster 10y ago
Prohibition of alcohol certainly didn't make it safer! In fact it made it decidedly much less safe (people going blind/dying from methanol poisoning). There were also other downsides, such as increase in gang power due to profits from alcohol running, sales. It seems like there would be similar parallels to prostitutions (gangs, pimps, etc).