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I don't think it's any women choice to be a prostitute. Did you read the article? She had an abusive step-father and had nobody to talk to. People are forced t

by kosy 9y ago

I don't think it's any women choice to be a prostitute. Did you read the article? She had an abusive step-father and had nobody to talk to. People are forced to do it and when they start is hard to end. Goverments should have something to say as they are to protect people and being a prostitute is not a solution for lack of education or money.

turblety 9y ago
Yes I read the article and shouldn't the government then focus more time on providing emotional support for adults who were abused as children rather than criminalising an industry because one person (or even a group of people) are in it because they were abused. I'm sure whether she was a sex worker or working in another job she would have struggled emotionally with what happened to her. What about the people who have to work in McDonalds? Should the government also ban those jobs, where staff are around dangerous hot cooking equipment, rude customers, rude management, dangerous spills that could make them fall? It's a hard life and people have to make money. By criminalising an industry you are preventing people who don't share your own ethical beliefs from making a living. And sex pays a hell of a lot better than McDonalds and has better working hours. Just because people (government) thinks (and it is "thinks" not knows) that sex is unethical and dirty does not make it true. Also while people may believe that no one wants to be a prostitute that's simply not the case. There is a great deal of people who enjoy it or at a very minimum see it as a legitimate way to make money. You (and government) have to be very careful that they don't enforce their own ethics and policies on people unless it is absolutely necessary (e.g. rape, killing, etc)
- Chris2048 9y ago
  > sex pays a hell of a lot better than McDonalds That's the problem. Drug dealing also pays a lot, I don't think that should be legalized either.
Feniks 9y ago
They do it because they need money fast. If you don't have a passport, education or speak the language its a job that's always looking for new applications. Prostitution has always existed and will continue to exist for as long as one needs money to buy food. Religion, morality, ethics or laws be damned.
- turblety 9y ago
  > Prostitution has always existed and will continue to exist for as long as one needs money to buy food. Agreed. So let's give them the same legal protections we give every other person.
zzalpha 9y ago
I don't think it's any women choice to be a prostitute. Well that's presumptuous, patronizing, and paternal. Frankly, I find it remarkable that this article paints this woman as some sort of representative for all prostitutes. Funny they didn't write an article about her back when she was pro-legalization. But I suppose that's a less interesting story This is one person, with one opinion, based on experiences with one, arguably broken, decriminalization regime. New Zealand sounds like a great place to learn lessons about legalizing prostitution. I think it's a mistake to assume that lesson is that it doesn't work, particularly given the known issues with abolition.

by kosy 9y ago

turblety 9y ago

Yes I read the article and shouldn't the government then focus more time on providing emotional support for adults who were abused as children rather than criminalising an industry because one person (or even a group of people) are in it because they were abused. I'm sure whether she was a sex worker or working in another job she would have struggled emotionally with what happened to her. What about the people who have to work in McDonalds? Should the government also ban those jobs, where staff are around dangerous hot cooking equipment, rude customers, rude management, dangerous spills that could make them fall? It's a hard life and people have to make money. By criminalising an industry you are preventing people who don't share your own ethical beliefs from making a living. And sex pays a hell of a lot better than McDonalds and has better working hours. Just because people (government) thinks (and it is "thinks" not knows) that sex is unethical and dirty does not make it true. Also while people may believe that no one wants to be a prostitute that's simply not the case. There is a great deal of people who enjoy it or at a very minimum see it as a legitimate way to make money. You (and government) have to be very careful that they don't enforce their own ethics and policies on people unless it is absolutely necessary (e.g. rape, killing, etc)

Chris2048 9y ago
> sex pays a hell of a lot better than McDonalds That's the problem. Drug dealing also pays a lot, I don't think that should be legalized either.

Feniks 9y ago

They do it because they need money fast. If you don't have a passport, education or speak the language its a job that's always looking for new applications. Prostitution has always existed and will continue to exist for as long as one needs money to buy food. Religion, morality, ethics or laws be damned.

turblety 9y ago
> Prostitution has always existed and will continue to exist for as long as one needs money to buy food. Agreed. So let's give them the same legal protections we give every other person.

zzalpha 9y ago

I don't think it's any women choice to be a prostitute. Well that's presumptuous, patronizing, and paternal. Frankly, I find it remarkable that this article paints this woman as some sort of representative for all prostitutes. Funny they didn't write an article about her back when she was pro-legalization. But I suppose that's a less interesting story This is one person, with one opinion, based on experiences with one, arguably broken, decriminalization regime. New Zealand sounds like a great place to learn lessons about legalizing prostitution. I think it's a mistake to assume that lesson is that it doesn't work, particularly given the known issues with abolition.