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Something that just came up to me: why is making porn movies for money legal, but prostitution is illegal? It seems to me that either both should be illegal or

Something that just came up to me: why is making porn movies for money legal, but prostitution is illegal? It seems to me that either both should be illegal or both should be legal. The current situation seems pretty contradictory. At the end of the day it's "sex for money" in both cases.

mschuster91 13y ago
Freedom of speech/arts, I think.
anigbrowl 13y ago
The main pragmatic objection to prostitution is not the sale of sex but the consumer traffic it tends to bring into a neighborhood, which pisses off the people who live there.
spacehome 13y ago
Society is saying it's immoral and depraved and wrong to have sex for money ... unless you let us watch.
omnipath 13y ago
In some states, it IS illegal to shoot porn there. Prostitution isn't a federal crime, outside of coercion or human trafficking. That's why it's legal in certain Nevada counties, but nowhere else. It's up to the state to decide what is what, and to be honest, most of them don't allow either to exist.
rquantz 13y ago
The performers in porn are actors being paid for their performance.
betterunix 13y ago
"Something that just came up to me: why is making porn movies for money legal, but prostitution is illegal?" The law is not a strictly logical system (this is usually a good thing, despite the common negative perceptions). Pornography was once illegal; then the interpretation of the law changed so that it would be considered "protected speech," unless it is being displayed in certain contexts. Prostitution is illegal in most of the USA, except for certain forms which are not illegal (e.g. it may not be illegal to have sex with your boss in exchange for a promotion).
sergiotapia 13y ago
http://videosift.com/video/Family-Guy-She-s-Not-a-Whore-if-She-s-an-Actress http://videosift.com/video/Family-Guy-She-s-Not-a-Whore-if-S... "She's Not a Whore if She's an Actress"
pyrrhotech 13y ago
Prostitution should be legal
dragonwriter 13y ago
> Something that just came up to me: why is making porn movies for money legal, but prostitution is illegal? For the most part, the same legislators who would ban the latter would probably ban the former, but the former has (within certain bounds) been deemed, in the US, protected expression under the First Amendment.
wtracy 13y ago
In California, the anti-prostitution laws apparently have a loophole that is exploited by pornographers. I am told that in California it is illegal for someone to pay to receive sexual acts. However, it is legal to pay people to engage in sexual acts with each other as long as the person making the payment doesn't participate.

mschuster91 13y ago

Freedom of speech/arts, I think.

anigbrowl 13y ago

The main pragmatic objection to prostitution is not the sale of sex but the consumer traffic it tends to bring into a neighborhood, which pisses off the people who live there.

spacehome 13y ago

Society is saying it's immoral and depraved and wrong to have sex for money ... unless you let us watch.

omnipath 13y ago

In some states, it IS illegal to shoot porn there. Prostitution isn't a federal crime, outside of coercion or human trafficking. That's why it's legal in certain Nevada counties, but nowhere else. It's up to the state to decide what is what, and to be honest, most of them don't allow either to exist.

rquantz 13y ago

The performers in porn are actors being paid for their performance.

betterunix 13y ago

"Something that just came up to me: why is making porn movies for money legal, but prostitution is illegal?" The law is not a strictly logical system (this is usually a good thing, despite the common negative perceptions). Pornography was once illegal; then the interpretation of the law changed so that it would be considered "protected speech," unless it is being displayed in certain contexts. Prostitution is illegal in most of the USA, except for certain forms which are not illegal (e.g. it may not be illegal to have sex with your boss in exchange for a promotion).

sergiotapia 13y ago

http://videosift.com/video/Family-Guy-She-s-Not-a-Whore-if-She-s-an-Actress http://videosift.com/video/Family-Guy-She-s-Not-a-Whore-if-S... "She's Not a Whore if She's an Actress"

pyrrhotech 13y ago

Prostitution should be legal

dragonwriter 13y ago

> Something that just came up to me: why is making porn movies for money legal, but prostitution is illegal? For the most part, the same legislators who would ban the latter would probably ban the former, but the former has (within certain bounds) been deemed, in the US, protected expression under the First Amendment.

wtracy 13y ago

In California, the anti-prostitution laws apparently have a loophole that is exploited by pornographers. I am told that in California it is illegal for someone to pay to receive sexual acts. However, it is legal to pay people to engage in sexual acts with each other as long as the person making the payment doesn't participate.