On Nov 23, 2004, at 9:37 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
But making it illegal doesn't make it go away. Even strict Muslim countries have prostitution.
No, it doesn't. But, my point was that prostitution wasn't healthy for society, not how/whether it should be regulated.
It's healthy in *any* society that treats prostitutes with respect, doesn't stigmatize the trade, etc.
Eating 5 supersized fast
food meals a day and sitting all day long isn't healty, but I don't think
it should be illegal.
The difference is that eating 5 fat-laden meals a day will kill you. Having safe sex with a skilled practitioner won't.
Here's an interesting collection of information on prostitution worldwide:
http://www.swimw.org/swimw.html
This is from the perspective of an advocate, not someone (or some agency) trying to eliminate prostitution.
I'm unsure, furthermore, how you make the jump from paying for sex to treating the sex partner as an object.
-- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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