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In many places where prostitution is legal, there are certain health-and-safety conditions associated with running a brothel (the same way there are certain hea
by hugh3 16y ago
In many places where prostitution is legal, there are certain health-and-safety conditions associated with running a brothel (the same way there are certain health-and-safety conditions involved with running a restaurant) and they include mandatory STD tests.
It's too hard to regulate individual prostitutes, but quite easy to regulate brothels under the banner of existing local planning authorities. There will still be individual prostitutes working outside the legal brothels, but you're ensured much more safety if you go to one of the legit places.
/not from personal experience
- mseebach 16y agoI'm not saying that public health and safety couldn't do this - I'm not even saying they shouldn't. I just find it incredibly disingenuous to assume that only a public institution could conceivably perform this function. Btw. regarding your argument that brothels could be regulated under local planning authorities - I'm pretty sure that's exactly what the OP was talking about. We just got side-tracked by the minor point of who gets to do the H&S.
- stretchwithme 16y agocan you imagine if businesses never tested their own products, instead relying solely on government to do all testing?
- GFischer 16y agoProstitution is legal in my country (Uruguay) provided the sex worker is over 18 years of age. And they ARE regulated, the Health Ministry does checks, and issues a license. So a "john" that purchases sexual services over here has a reasonable assumption that the sexual worker doesn't have diseases (and they're mandated to use condoms anyways)