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I'd argue that the only difference between prostitution and not prostitution is mindset.
by risyachka 6y ago
I'd argue that the only difference between prostitution and not prostitution is mindset.
- mesofile 6y agoIn front of a judge, or just on HN?
- treeman79 6y agoCould be both. To oversimplify, It is legal to pay someone for sex in a film as an entertainer. Just not in private. Other places have hour long marriages to get around the problem.
- lostcolony 6y agoYeah; our laws are weird. Pay a person to have sex = criminal; pay a person to have sex -on camera- = perfectly legal.
- kjeetgill 6y agoI get that you're just quiping but for anyone else that's curious, it's not as absurd as it sounds. There are a number of substantial differences. Intent and purpose are huge parts of many laws. The money flows in very different directions. Both actors are being payed and contribute to producing a sincere commercial good. No one is paying to have sex at all. There are enough laws around documentation and licencing that no one's out there running a brothel calling it a studio.
- elric 6y agoI'm not sure what you're trying to say here. Prostitution is legal (or mostly legal) in many parts of the world. I would argue that most progressive leaning folks are in favour of a legal framework for sex workers. Sex work is work, whether it comes with a fancy word like "sex surrogate therapist" or a derogatory one like "hooker". The issue is controversial in many places, to some extent because of real issues of abuse/trafficking, but more so because of moralizing. I would argue that all sex workers deserve respect, in front of judges or on HN, regardless of whether it's prostitution or surrogation.
- yaseer 6y agoProstitution is generally framed as intrinsically bad, like drug use. Reality is more nuanced. Under regulation, drugs and prostitution are not intrinsically bad things.
- airhead969 6y agoAs I put it in another comment, in many countries, introduce a camera and somehow what amounts to prostitution becomes magically legal. Drugs are cool, but easily addictive / bad in excess. I don't see how sex is bad in any amount unless it interferes with daily life or health.
- trynton 6y agorisyachka: “I'd argue that the only difference between prostitution and not prostitution is mindset.” That, and you don't have to take them to dinner and there's no financial transaction involved.