Not really when you consider the need for privacy of providers and consumers.Unfortunately there just really isn't a lot of political capital to be extracted from making it an issue.
It is interesting that there doesn't seem to be major grassroots movements to legalize it either, though.
If this ever does happen, I'll be all for it. Regulation of this industry would save so many lives.
But North Americans hate sex for some reason so I don't think legalization will be coming for a long ass time
Looked this game up, apparently it has been returned to Steam but with black censor bars. Also the "storyline" described below has been altered.Have you seen Bayonetta threads? Sexuality is frowned upon. A game was recently removed from Steam because of sexual content.
While Eek Games' has expressed confusion at the reasoning behind House Party being removed from sale, GamesIndustry.biz has learned that one of its storylines can result in a female character being blackmailed into a sexual act using nude photos stolen from her phone.
Not really when you consider the need for privacy of providers and consumers.
I was fortunate to have a conversation about this topic with a colleague that worked with victims of human trafficking in the US.
She shared with me that when ti comes to policy supporting legalization people are concerned that individuals still would not have actual agency of their decision. The argument is that a student graduating from a good state school will probably not consider going into the line of work but if they do they have the resources to leave.
A single parent of two or a low skilled worker would have less resources to leave once working and would have higher pressure getting into that line of work to provide for themselves since there is really no skill needed or barrier of entry.
Don't lump Canada in with the U.S. Our Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that prostitution laws were unconstitutional, and even though our then-Conservative government tried getting around the issue with a new law that allowed sex to be sold but not bought, sex worker advocates have been promising to fight the new law too. I don't think the change will be happening before 2020, but if Canada's prostitution laws haven't changed significantly within the decade, I'd be surprised.
All of this is common sense too. It's exploitation and the vast majority of workers would rather to do something else. There isn't a massive health benefit to prostitution like Japan would claim there is (what they consider prostitution is sex, and sex is only vaginally sex to them).
The point is that it shouldn't be how people make a living because it is the young people who and poor/unskilled who are preyed on. And those who are making the most profits won't be the girls.
Because americans love to pretend to hate sex
My city has almost no street walkers since they allowed legal brothels and girls to work out of their homes legally. Works great for cleaning up the streets.
Out of the light and into the shadows
America's Puritan heritage runs deep.
Why should the girl individually be allowed to discriminate? If it is just another job then they should not be allowed to run a business where they refuse to entertain a customer because of race, religion etc.
Not knowing how to do a hair style is very different though isn't it? I feel like you are dodging the question. If the girl says "I don't want to have sex with black/insert protected group here" do you believe we should use the same threats of fines (and prison if the fines are not payed) in order to force women to have sex?
The point is that it shouldn't be how people make a living because it is the young people who and poor/unskilled who are preyed on. And those who are making the most profits won't be the girls.
this is hilarious lmao
They can deny their services to anyone same reason that people who work for themselves are not forced to take on every single bit of work they are asked to do? Not every artist takes every commission they're asked for. Unless they work for a brothel that's in a space open to the public, they're totally free to discriminate against whoever they want.
your post reads like some insane incel shit lmaooo
This used to be my field before I moved to counter-terrorism.
The quoted reports state that legalization means more reports of human trafficking, in other words more discovery. That's a logical consequence of sex workers and their enablers being more cooperative and open with the authorities - suddenly stuff that was underground comes to the surface.
Nowhere is there any credible evidence that the number of actual trafficked human beings goes up or down based on policy measures. The total sum of human trafficking is, in law enforcement terms, a 'dark number' - our best criminologists can only estimate the volume but it's impossible to measure accurately as of 2017.
More discovery does NOT mean that legalization 'leads to' more human trafficking. More discovery is a good thing for those of us who prefer to fight this evil with the clearest possible picture.
But a lot of policy makers and citizens would prefer to have the problem disappear under the rug so we can pretend it's not happening in the shadows.
In the United States, that's only true in most states if you engage in interstate commerce. I don't believe that would be the case for most prostitutes if legalized.If you are operating a business then you cannot discriminate based on the person's race doesn't matter if its a one person sole trader or a full commercial enterprise.
If you own an house you can discriminate however you like as to who you let it and who you don't, if you turn that house into a bnb then you lose that right. If you are baking cakes for friends then you have the right to agree or decline as you want but if you set of a cake business then you lose that right.
It isn't hard to understand my point. If prostitution is "just like any other job" then we would have no problem fining people for discrimination. But it clearly isn't. Closing your eyes to that fact just makes you look silly. A person should have a complete and unfettered right to their body and they should be able to discriminate, but these rights do not align with the civil rights we have established for commercial businesses. One of these rights must bend as they are in direct contrast with one another.
Fairly straightforward when you spell it out like that, and a point I can't really disagree with.In prostitution, one person pays another for sexual gratification.
In porn, a third party pays one or multiple people for sexual gratification, which others then also pay for and consume for the same purpose.
In places where paying in exchange for sex is illegal, it is often perfectly legal to pay for sex if it's being filled for sale or ad generation.
One day I hope to get a legal rub and tug at a massage place in America. As of now those places run the risk of being raided
Don't lump Canada in with the U.S. Our Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that prostitution laws were unconstitutional, and even though our then-Conservative government tried getting around the issue with a new law that allowed sex to be sold but not bought, sex worker advocates have been promising to fight the new law too. I don't think the change will be happening before 2020, but if Canada's prostitution laws haven't changed significantly within the decade, I'd be surprised.
I don't understand these "puritanical" comments. People oppose prostitution for far more nuanced reasons than "puritanical roots."
Prostitution, arguably the most controversial of the "vice" industries, is unpopular because people feel it commodifies women. They view sex for pay as coercive, not consensual. Feminist opposition to prostitution is based on the belief that prostitution is a misogynist construct to begin with and industrializing it legitimizes the idea that women are for sale.
There are other arguments that interpret sex as a form of labor and no different than any other labor-intensive occupation. There are arguments that women should be able to do whatever they want with their bodies. There are arguments that commercialized prostitution validates everything feminists oppose pertaining to the objectification of their sex and there are arguments that commercial prostitution liberates and deregulates women to make decisions about their own sexuality.
There is an immense amount of argument to be had over this topic and no conclusion, for or against, is "common sense."
And those who are making the most profits won't be the girls.
I wonder if demand for prostitutes hasn't gone down now that online hookups are so mainstream.
This seems like a pretty important perspective that not many people noticed? Or am I missing something?
Bangkok has basically legal prostitution and I still get propositioned while I'm out walking around with my 2 year.My city has almost no street walkers since they allowed legal brothels and girls to work out of their homes legally. Works great for cleaning up the streets.
If I find a client myself online, fuck, and get paid, how is all that money not going to me? One could join a brothel, but freelancing would also be extremely easy.
That's an old debate. These things happens regardless. The problem is wouldnt legalize it leads to accept it as a norm in our society ?
Why should the girl individually be allowed to discriminate? If it is just another job then they should not be allowed to run a business where they refuse to entertain a customer because of race, religion etc.
Not knowing how to do a hair style is very different though isn't it? I feel like you are dodging the question. If the girl says "I don't want to have sex with black/insert protected group here" do you believe we should use the same threats of fines (and prison if the fines are not payed) in order to force women to have sex?
Fully legal and regulated in AustraliaHow is prostitution handled in other parts of the world?