View Poll Results: Are you for legalized prostitution or against it
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From: The Left Lane
I've kept myself out of this debate for a while, partly because of my moral objections to paying for sex as well as being with a woman who made a "career" of it.
Setting that moral position aside, I think the issue of legalizing prostitution is rife with problems.
If - under this system of quarterly exams - a prostitute is infected with HIV and a condom breaks and all the alleged safeguards fail, how do you deal with the aftermath? She may have passed on HIV to hundreds by the time the disease is caught.
Secondly, how do you contain the health risk if the infected prostitute drops out of the legal system and continues in her line of work, evading the public health bureau that is charged with making sure diseased women are out of the biz?
I mean come on, we can't even agree on nationalized health care. Does anyone really think one could get bipartisan support for a Federal Bureau of Prostitution?
Look at it from a historical standpoint, too. No matter how much we've tried to regulate and legitimize society's vices, they have a nasty habit of encouraging new ones... that thrive off of simply being illegal.
I don't think we could ever hope to fully contain prostitution within the bounds of the law.
Ultimately, AIDS changed the whole game IMO.
It has made casual hookups more risk than they're worth.
Add that belief to the cost of HIV therapy (which in some form would come back to the taxpayer) and I have a hard time believing that any revenue from nationally regulated prostitution would cover those costs.
My 2¥.h:
Setting that moral position aside, I think the issue of legalizing prostitution is rife with problems.
If - under this system of quarterly exams - a prostitute is infected with HIV and a condom breaks and all the alleged safeguards fail, how do you deal with the aftermath? She may have passed on HIV to hundreds by the time the disease is caught.
Secondly, how do you contain the health risk if the infected prostitute drops out of the legal system and continues in her line of work, evading the public health bureau that is charged with making sure diseased women are out of the biz?
I mean come on, we can't even agree on nationalized health care. Does anyone really think one could get bipartisan support for a Federal Bureau of Prostitution?
Look at it from a historical standpoint, too. No matter how much we've tried to regulate and legitimize society's vices, they have a nasty habit of encouraging new ones... that thrive off of simply being illegal.
I don't think we could ever hope to fully contain prostitution within the bounds of the law.
Ultimately, AIDS changed the whole game IMO.
It has made casual hookups more risk than they're worth.
Add that belief to the cost of HIV therapy (which in some form would come back to the taxpayer) and I have a hard time believing that any revenue from nationally regulated prostitution would cover those costs.
My 2¥.
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From: Your Mom's House
again it all comes down to what that person sees as morally ok. i personally wouldnt go out and pay for it, just because it does smell a bit of dirtyness. that was just how i was raised. BUT its not my place to tell someone hey i dont like it so you cant do it either. and really thats what it comes down too
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From: Your Mom's House
I believe rubber usage is mandatory in NV. One breaks, she catches HIV, she may hump 100 men before her next exam, but that doesn't mean she's passing HIV on to 100 men, just the one guy who is unlucky enough to have another break and contract the virus, which is far from 100% (especially when it comes to men contracting it from women).
Originally Posted by dave
Secondly, how do you contain the health risk if the infected prostitute drops out of the legal system and continues in her line of work, evading the public health bureau that is charged with making sure diseased women are out of the biz?
Originally Posted by dave
I mean come on, we can't even agree on nationalized health care. Does anyone really think one could get bipartisan support for a Federal Bureau of Prostitution?
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From: Upstate
Major, major health risk.
Hiv/aids levels will motherfucking skyrocket.
In theory, you're correct. But if they would allow that they will have arguments freeing up anything that will pose a potential health concern because the person 'wants' to partake in a given activity.
Hiv/aids levels will motherfucking skyrocket.
In theory, you're correct. But if they would allow that they will have arguments freeing up anything that will pose a potential health concern because the person 'wants' to partake in a given activity.