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Would legal prostitution EVERYWHERE reduce violence?

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JEDI

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the bmw shooter in CA shot at a sorority house and killed girls because he couldn't get any.

suicide bombers in the middle east do it because of 70 virgins await him in heaven.

having sex = less violence?

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Yes, but only by a very small degree. Probably statistically insignificant. Going further and addressing / removing societal stigmas regarding sex would have a greater impact. We live in a society that represses and disparages that which is natural and healthy.
 
Diseases might be quite the issue. Historically the old brothels were pretty bad but perhaps careful regulation and strict procedures followed by regular inspections might help.
But when your daughter or wife decides to make some side money while you're at work......would it change your mind? Legalizing it could cause it's own problems
 
Prostitution is violence. Imagine your wife or daughter or mother as a prostitute. Folk who have damaged selves may resort to prostitution out of desperation.
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Moonbeam said:
Prostitution is violence. Imagine your wife or daughter or mother as a prostitute. Folk who have damaged selves may resort to prostitution out of desperation.
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Prostitution itself is not violence. You speak of people with mental or emotional problems that exist with or without prostitution.
 
HeXen said:
Diseases might be quite the issue. Historically the old brothels were pretty bad but perhaps careful regulation and strict procedures followed by regular inspections might help.
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1/5 gay men in the US has HIV. Should we have laws against gay sex?

HeXen said:
But when your daughter or wife decides to make some side money while you're at work......would it change your mind? Legalizing it could cause it's own problems
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So you are saying you want to control what women do with their bodies...
 
HeXen said:
Diseases might be quite the issue. Historically the old brothels were pretty bad but perhaps careful regulation and strict procedures followed by regular inspections might help.
But when your daughter or wife decides to make some side money while you're at work......would it change your mind? Legalizing it could cause it's own problems
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Prostitution IS going to happen regardless of its legality. The question is, do we prefer it happens in the underworld with no regards to the safety of either the prostitutes or their clients or do we prefer to regulate it to mitigate the potential dangers as much as possible?

Legalize it and regulate it, make the workers get weekly STD checkups and carry some sort of proof of said checkup. This takes the pimps out of it entirely, allows women to call the police if they get beaten or threatened, reduces STDs, makes illegal prostitution less lucrative (hopefully would lessen sex trafficking and child prostitutes) and protects "johns" from less than reputable workers who often drug/rob them.
 
HeXen said:
Diseases might be quite the issue. Historically the old brothels were pretty bad but perhaps careful regulation and strict procedures followed by regular inspections might help.
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Using historical examples you'd find that most people lacked a understanding of how STD's were transmitted let alone few knew how to take precautions to safeguard against them. Along with demonstrating that the illegality of prostitution drove it underground and into the hands of the criminal element who did not care about the safety and health of their workers. Nevermind that effective (latex condom usage) means to combat the spread of STD's was almost non-existence for a major percentage of the time prostitution has existed in human societies. This is in the end a very weak argument you are presenting.

But when your daughter or wife decides to make some side money while you're at work......would it change your mind? Legalizing it could cause it's own problems
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But you are okay with her being a stripper or an equivilent online webcam stripperl right? LOL

You are presenting a pretty weak moral and fear based argument. Chances are if a female loved one decides to use her body to earn money she will do so in any number of ways that your sense of morality or ethics cannot control because after all its her body not yours to control. Furthermore you assume that somehow there would be a potential for a large increase in the number of women who would choose to become prostitutes just because it is legalized in the same fallacy laden way people assume drug usage would spike if drugs were legalized.

Edit: As to the OP, I do not suspect legalize prostitution would prevent such incidents as this kid was severely mentally and emotionally ill. What would work is having a trained psychologist (with police officers there to provide safety) do the initial questioning with this guy rather then what occurred which was untrained cops who were not licensed psychologists to check on him when concerns were raised.
 
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nehalem256 said:
1/5 gay men in the US has HIV. Should we have laws against gay sex?



So you are saying you want to control what women do with their bodies...
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So YOU are saying that whether or not to legalize prostitution is 100% clear, and merely considering potential costs and benefits is mock-worthy?
 
shira said:
So YOU are saying that whether or not to legalize prostitution is 100% clear, and merely considering potential costs and benefits is mock-worthy?
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I am saying if you are for gay rights and abortion you pretty much cannot oppose prostitution without being a massive hypocrite.
 
Cersei knows what's up:

"The brothel keepers have been complaining, and rightly so."

"If sinners speak, why should the righteous listen?"

"These sinners feed the royal coffers," the queen said bluntly, "and their pennies help pay the wages of my gold cloaks and build galleys to defend our shores. There is trade to be considered as well. If King's Landing had no brothels, the ships would go to Duskendale or Gulltown. His High Holiness promised me peace in my streets. Whoring helps to keep that peace. Common men deprived of whores are apt to turn to rape. Henceforth let His High Holiness do his praying in the sept where it belongs."
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nehalem256 said:
1/5 gay men in the US has HIV. Should we have laws against gay sex?



So you are saying you want to control what women do with their bodies...
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lol. You can't read and comprehend worth a crap. I'll dumbs it all downs soes youes cans understands....I first said that with tight regulation...etc that it might help with such problems from getting out of control. Just to be clear to others when I mentioned the old brothels, I was talking about violence not STD's but I didn't make that clear so I'll let it slide.

In the second paragraph, I posed a question. I didn't say anything...you did. You remind me of those overly sensitive people that scream "what do you mean by you people?" when referring only to the group you're talking to. lol
 
The whole concept that somehow legalizing prostitution will reduce rape is false. I say that because you have these same type men raping prostitutes. I think that men who rape will rape regardless if prostitution is legal or not. It is all about power, humiliation, and control and really has very little to do with sex. Many psychologists and psychiatrists have said as much on the subject of rape.

But I do agree that if prostitution was made legal you would see all the other types of crime that revolve around the "old profession" go away, or at the very least become minimal.
 
HeXen said:
lol. You can't read and comprehend worth a crap. I'll dumbs it all downs soes youes cans understands....I first said that with tight regulation...etc that it might help with such problems from getting out of control. Just to be clear to others when I mentioned the old brothels, I was talking about violence not STD's but I didn't make that clear so I'll let it slide.
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What?
HeXen said:
Diseases might be quite the issue. Historically the old brothels were pretty bad but perhaps careful regulation and strict procedures followed by regular inspections might help.
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Are you high? Or are you just unable to comprehend your own words?

HeXen said:
In the second paragraph, I posed a question. I didn't say anything...you did. You remind me of those overly sensitive people that scream "what do you mean by you people?" when referring only to the group you're talking to. lol
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I went to the conclusion you wanted me to go to. That no man wants his daughter engaged in prostitution.
 
nehalem256 said:
I am saying if you are for gay rights and abortion you pretty much cannot oppose prostitution without being a massive hypocrite.
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I personally think prostitution should be legal but regulated. But that has nothing to do with believing in gay or women's rights. I just don't believe it's the government's business to tell ANYONE - man and woman, straight or gay - what they can or cannot do with their body, except to the extent that it unacceptably endangers others or places too high a burden on society.

But you go right on insisting that the the question of whether or not prostitution should be legalized is all black and white. Shades of gray obviously scare you a lot.
 
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