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Millions of people believing something does not automatically make that thing correct. "Prostitution is a sign of the degradation of society" is a claim that r
by PhasmaFelis 8y ago
Millions of people believing something does not automatically make that thing correct.
"Prostitution is a sign of the degradation of society" is a claim that requires evidence. I'm happy to hear whatever evidence you have. "Lots of other people think so" is not evidence.
Given that prostitution has existed in pretty much every historical culture we've been able to study, I'd like to know when and where the society that they all degraded from can be found.
(Incidentally, there's plenty of historical pornography as well, dating back at least to Rome IIRC, although of course it didn't really blow up until photographic reproduction became cheap and easy.)
- ryacko 8y agoAsk a whore, is she treated kindly by all her johns? Is she respected by everyone? And are childless, unmarried women depressed and unwanted? Migrant labor is not a sign of degradation either, but it leads to many to disrespect others in increasing fashions, where men are more likely to abuse their power over others.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoSure, there are a lot of labor/social issues around prostitution. We should try to fix those instead of sweeping them under the rug as we currently do. That's irrelevant to the claim "prostitution is a sign of the degradation of society."