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What’s special about money that requires the government to ban consensual sex between two adults when moneys exchanged? I know the real reason is just plain Chr

by op00to 4y ago

What’s special about money that requires the government to ban consensual sex between two adults when moneys exchanged? I know the real reason is just plain Christian morality. But ignoring that shit, there is nothing inherently wrong or harmful about two adults having sex.

wincy 4y ago
What about the risk of STDs to a man who goes down to the local brothel for his unknowing faithful wife? What if a man contracts HIV/AIDS and gives it to his wife? What if a woman who already has children with one man gets pregnant from a man she’s not married to, or a man gets another woman pregnant? Are these purely Christian morality or do they hint at very real underlying biological reasons total sexual freedom might be problematic to a society? These sorts of things do happen.
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- op00to 4y ago
  > what if a woman who already has children with one man gets pregnant from a man she’s not married to Who cares? There's no law against this. > his unknowing faithful > a man gets another woman pregnant Your hypotheticals talk about people who are dishonest. The problem is inappropriate activity outside of a monogamous relationship. If one partner doesn't discuss their behavior with their other partner, the problem wasn't the sex worker, it is that they are not being honest about their activities. Your examples are moot anyway because regulated sex workers are tested every day, and are required to use condoms to protect against HIV. The risk of STD or pregnancy with a regulated sex worker are miniscule. It's far more risky for the husband to go to a bar and pick up someone randomly. > Are these purely Christian morality > total sexual freedom might be problematic to a society At least for now, we have sexual freedom in many jurisdictions all over the world, and society seems to be chugging along. Sexual activity isn't bringing the world to it's knees. (hee hee) The concept might be problematic to your vision of what society should look like, but the rest of us are enjoying life and letting others live their life choices.
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > > what if a woman who already has children with one man gets pregnant from a man she’s not married to > Who cares? There's no law against this. There are, in fact laws against extramarital (and, for that matter, premarital) sex, though in the US those that remain in the books are unenforceable (though the line of Constitutional law making it so is under massive assault at the moment, so maybe not for long.)
- rajup 4y ago
  Look up "condoms", pretty nifty invention. Your mind will be blown
rayiner 4y ago
> I know the real reason is just plain Christian morality. Which is why prostitution is embraced in the Muslim world, Asia, etc? Or maybe these completely different groups of people tend to overwhelmingly agree on taboos against sex work because it reflects something fundamental about human psychology?
- op00to 4y ago
  Prostitution is legal in many places in Asia. Try not to paint a gigantic content with a single brushstroke. As for the "Muslim world", I wouldn't be so sure that there's anything behind the sexual taboos held except garden variety discrimination. Monogamy is a sacred duty for women, but men are allowed to take up to 4 wives by Islamic law. Why can't women have 4 husbands? Read Quran, Verse IV: 3. The best part is that if you can't be nice to your wives, just marry 4 slaves instead! That's a pretty serious endorsement that the roots of "taboos against sex work" are really just part and parcel of how men in ancient times maintained control over women. Men get 4 wives, women get but one husband. Not only is it unfair, it's purely about keeping control over women. Or 4 women, for that matter.
  - rayiner 4y ago
    It’s illegal in most of Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Bangladesh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Bangladesh It isn’t “mainstreamed” (see original comment in this thread) anywhere. Even in countries where it’s technically legal—like Bangladesh, where I’m from—the associated business activity is still illegal, and there are strong social taboos against sex work.

by op00to 4y ago

wincy 4y ago

What about the risk of STDs to a man who goes down to the local brothel for his unknowing faithful wife? What if a man contracts HIV/AIDS and gives it to his wife? What if a woman who already has children with one man gets pregnant from a man she’s not married to, or a man gets another woman pregnant? Are these purely Christian morality or do they hint at very real underlying biological reasons total sexual freedom might be problematic to a society? These sorts of things do happen.

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op00to 4y ago
> what if a woman who already has children with one man gets pregnant from a man she’s not married to Who cares? There's no law against this. > his unknowing faithful > a man gets another woman pregnant Your hypotheticals talk about people who are dishonest. The problem is inappropriate activity outside of a monogamous relationship. If one partner doesn't discuss their behavior with their other partner, the problem wasn't the sex worker, it is that they are not being honest about their activities. Your examples are moot anyway because regulated sex workers are tested every day, and are required to use condoms to protect against HIV. The risk of STD or pregnancy with a regulated sex worker are miniscule. It's far more risky for the husband to go to a bar and pick up someone randomly. > Are these purely Christian morality > total sexual freedom might be problematic to a society At least for now, we have sexual freedom in many jurisdictions all over the world, and society seems to be chugging along. Sexual activity isn't bringing the world to it's knees. (hee hee) The concept might be problematic to your vision of what society should look like, but the rest of us are enjoying life and letting others live their life choices.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > > what if a woman who already has children with one man gets pregnant from a man she’s not married to > Who cares? There's no law against this. There are, in fact laws against extramarital (and, for that matter, premarital) sex, though in the US those that remain in the books are unenforceable (though the line of Constitutional law making it so is under massive assault at the moment, so maybe not for long.)
rajup 4y ago
Look up "condoms", pretty nifty invention. Your mind will be blown

rayiner 4y ago

> I know the real reason is just plain Christian morality. Which is why prostitution is embraced in the Muslim world, Asia, etc? Or maybe these completely different groups of people tend to overwhelmingly agree on taboos against sex work because it reflects something fundamental about human psychology?

op00to 4y ago
Prostitution is legal in many places in Asia. Try not to paint a gigantic content with a single brushstroke. As for the "Muslim world", I wouldn't be so sure that there's anything behind the sexual taboos held except garden variety discrimination. Monogamy is a sacred duty for women, but men are allowed to take up to 4 wives by Islamic law. Why can't women have 4 husbands? Read Quran, Verse IV: 3. The best part is that if you can't be nice to your wives, just marry 4 slaves instead! That's a pretty serious endorsement that the roots of "taboos against sex work" are really just part and parcel of how men in ancient times maintained control over women. Men get 4 wives, women get but one husband. Not only is it unfair, it's purely about keeping control over women. Or 4 women, for that matter.
- rayiner 4y ago
  It’s illegal in most of Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Bangladesh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Bangladesh It isn’t “mainstreamed” (see original comment in this thread) anywhere. Even in countries where it’s technically legal—like Bangladesh, where I’m from—the associated business activity is still illegal, and there are strong social taboos against sex work.