Hello, fellow K5 refugee. Nice to find you here, whoever you were over there. ;) > Look who's at the bottom at Hacker News! The comment was relatively success

Hello, fellow K5 refugee. Nice to find you here, whoever you were over there. ;) > Look who's at the bottom at Hacker News! The comment was relatively successful, in spite of its low ranking, in that a good number of people visited my links, and I got some nice feedback from a few people. > What I find interesting about the discussion surrounding prostitution is the wide but not nearly universal agreement that it's bad. I think it's sub-optimal, but understand why it persists. I think more of an effort needs to be made to help young women be more assertive about the types of relationships they want. As I said in the comment I linked above, some sort of financial support for young people would be helpful. > One can't predict people's view on prostitution from labels like religious, feminist or humanist. There's a saying in medicine about how an accurate diagnosis is 50% of the cure... IMHO, the need for "prostitution" would be lessened if society had a better understanding for why the phenomenon exists. I think most people would agree that no matter what label one prefers, it's better to minimize the monetization of an activity that is best done freely.