I am also getting a little tired of the fact that we always only talk about the hookers, why are we never ever asking the real question.
'Do we as a society men should be able to pay to sexually access women's bodies?”
I think the most sex positive thing we can do is to make sure people CANNOT pay for sex to make sure it stays between consenting persons.

The mayor of Amsterdam which was once touted as the jewel of legalized prostitution is now shutting down the red light district as fast as he can and calling legalization an “abysmal failure”.
Sweden where buying sex, traffiking, pimping are all illegal and the women decriminalized has seen a hige reduction is street level prostitution and other forms and is NOT a destination for human traffickers because of it.

Oh yes I see what your saying . I would agree with changing how the situatruion is handled legally myself .
Same with drugs , just not in the legalizatiion camp .

Some of my more libertarian thinkers I know would agree with you if the people involved handled the full consequences . But the example you gave is of a socialistic state , thus you see the increase in women in that occupation . The state is helping in regards to supplying enough supports for the women to ENABLE them . But the government has no means to what God has given to us in regards to the beauty , jou and FUN of sex. But that is the religious side that is not given too much consideration in secualrized cultures.

I wonder if you know how the socila status say of a women in prostituion is in the legalized countries ? Just curious if the stigma that is attached to it where it is illegal also fades away in areas where it becomes legal . I am hearing more about this , but i think we will be legalizing drugs in thei country before prostituion.

Good debate , Thanks …

This is off-topic, but the libertarian approach to drug abuse does make sense. Legalizing drugs would actually bring the price down to the point where those who are making millions of dollars would be forced out of business and much of the incidental crime that accompanies drug abuse (burglary to support the habit) would also be reduced. I fully support drug testing as a condition for employment, harsh penalties for anyone engaging in any potentially dangerous activity (driving) while under the influence of drugs, etc. I believe that once drug abuse is recognized for the sickness that it is, that the incidence will be reduced.

Back to your question. I have done little in opposition. I strongly believe that our culture has trivialized sex – especially during the past 50 years. We raised our children without cable TV and restricted the programs that were aired on the major networks. Today's families have a TV in every bedroom with a wide range of offensive programming. (Fox is no better than any other network.) We have no one to blame but ourselves.

And let's not forget that many of the women who need to engage in prostitution are frightened and scared and have no where else to turn. We shouldn't be condemning their behavior by making what they need to do against the law. Let's support these women in their choice. After all, they can do what they want with their bodies.

The entire premise behind the abortion rights movement is that women have the right to do as they wish with their bodies. Gay marriage is the same…they're consenting adults. I see no logical difference.

Now sisterM… what are you doing, and what am I doing in opposition to it? Shamefully I have done nothing in direct opposition, other than educating youth to the reality of the situation.

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That is an excellent point . Often ends up winning the day in secularized cultures. . But consider say in Amstradam 30 out of every women is a prostitute . worse offense is against the very people who are “stuck” in it .
It increases the numbers who get stuck also by making it “healthier “and legal.

Thanks for the blog post. Wow the culture overthere has some difference aspects from ours. I suppose we are heading that way , to think helping a person out of the sex market is considered offensive to people is quite hard to understand over here .

I have seen it on other issues regarding sexual matters though. In our area the Salvation Army was protested because their health care benefits to their employees did not include domestic partners . They were actually boycotted and protested by religious churches in the area at Christmas .