why is prostitution illegal ?

[Unkotare]

"Laws are relaxed", that says it all. In Canada for example, they "relaxed" the laws, but it's still an illegal endeavour.
And it still doesn't translate into what legal prostitution is and would be here in North America. There's a ton of homegrown women would aren't trafficked and would be better off being legal. Will it eradicate trafficking? Probably not in the short term. But it's still moving in the right direction.

No it does not ‘say it all.’ Read the study. You are talking with an advocate for making prostitution legal yet I am not going to ignore facts because they are inconvenient. That is what you are doing. Those studies cover everything from complete legalization to removing or adding laws making the johns legal and keeping the prostitutes illegal or making the prostitutes legal and the johns illegal. IOW, it covers almost all the various laws that are across the planet atm. That is a pretty decisive spread.

I took so long to reply to the first post with this info because I though the study was skewed by countries that were not effective in policing their laws. For instance, I don’t think that Thailand should b included in such a study as it relates to America due to the police not being on the same level of enforcement. However, the main focuses were on the industrialized nations like Germany, Holland and Switzerland. If trafficking in those nation increased after laws were repealed and/or decreased when new laws were introduced it would likely be the same case here in the states.

It saddens me that I am so shocked to see intellectual honesty here. All too rare.

 

[Bumberclyde]

Which means that legalizing prostitution will have no effect, whatsoever on illegal prostitution.

Of course it will, a lot of women will be "legalized", so illegal prostitution will have to go down because some of their workers won't be illegal any more. There's not going to be a massive jump in illegal prostitution all of a sudden to fill the void, as there's only so many men who will pay for sex.

You still haven't even read the link, have you?

Actually I did, but their own links to their "studies"... were blocked, so it seemed more like a personal opinion than a scholarly paper.

The fact is, some prostitutes want it legalized. I support THEM, not neanderthals who want to keep them underground and in more danger. Will it cure cancer? Probably not, but some prostitutes would be much better off. it's simple, really.

 

[FA_Q2]

"Laws are relaxed", that says it all. In Canada for example, they "relaxed" the laws, but it's still an illegal endeavour.
And it still doesn't translate into what legal prostitution is and would be here in North America. There's a ton of homegrown women would aren't trafficked and would be better off being legal. Will it eradicate trafficking? Probably not in the short term. But it's still moving in the right direction.

No it does not ‘say it all.’ Read the study. You are talking with an advocate for making prostitution legal yet I am not going to ignore facts because they are inconvenient. That is what you are doing. Those studies cover everything from complete legalization to removing or adding laws making the johns legal and keeping the prostitutes illegal or making the prostitutes legal and the johns illegal. IOW, it covers almost all the various laws that are across the planet atm. That is a pretty decisive spread.

I took so long to reply to the first post with this info because I though the study was skewed by countries that were not effective in policing their laws. For instance, I don’t think that Thailand should b included in such a study as it relates to America due to the police not being on the same level of enforcement. However, the main focuses were on the industrialized nations like Germany, Holland and Switzerland. If trafficking in those nation increased after laws were repealed and/or decreased when new laws were introduced it would likely be the same case here in the states.

It saddens me that I am so shocked to see intellectual honesty here. All too rare.

LOL. well thanks Unkotare, ill take that as a complement

I know though, it should not surprise you. That should be the norm where there are people supposedly debating. Unfortunately it is not. I come here to broaden my horizons though and learn. Some are here to bicker and get angry (not that I am above the flame war ) It is not every day that someone such as yourself comes along with some strong evidence to prove my assertions incorrect but I think that it makes us better people when we are able to see that and accept it. There are mountains of good information out there and the people here will expose it to you if you bother looking and dealing with the trash sources between the occasional good ones.

 

[Unkotare]

Of course it will, a lot of women will be "legalized", so illegal prostitution will have to go down because some of their workers won't be illegal any more. There's not going to be a massive jump in illegal prostitution all of a sudden to fill the void, as there's only so many men who will pay for sex.

You still haven't even read the link, have you?

Actually I did, but their own links to their "studies"... were blocked, so it seemed more like a personal opinion than a scholarly paper...

That really doesn't sound like you read it, not all of it at least.

 

[Bumberclyde]

You still haven't even read the link, have you?

Actually I did, but their own links to their "studies"... were blocked, so it seemed more like a personal opinion than a scholarly paper...

That really doesn't sound like you read it, not all of it at least.

Their own proof of what they say is blocked, so it's meaningless either way. Please try again.

 

[Unkotare]

Actually I did, but their own links to their "studies"... were blocked, so it seemed more like a personal opinion than a scholarly paper...

That really doesn't sound like you read it, not all of it at least.

Their own proof of what they say is blocked, so it's meaningless either way. Please try again.

If you are not interested in being honest why do you bother to keep posting on the subject?

 

[Bumberclyde]

That really doesn't sound like you read it, not all of it at least.

Their own proof of what they say is blocked, so it's meaningless either way. Please try again.

If you are not interested in being honest why do you bother to keep posting on the subject?

If you are not able to post something that works, then fuck off.

 

[Unkotare]

Their own proof of what they say is blocked, so it's meaningless either way. Please try again.

If you are not interested in being honest why do you bother to keep posting on the subject?

If you are not able to post something that works, then fuck off.

Go back and read FA_Q2's posts again. You need to develop some character.

 

[Bumberclyde]

If you are not interested in being honest why do you bother to keep posting on the subject?

If you are not able to post something that works, then fuck off.

Go back and read FA_Q2's posts again. You need to develop some character.

You need to learn how to post shit that works.

 

[FA_Q2]

If you are not able to post something that works, then fuck off.

Go back and read FA_Q2's posts again. You need to develop some character.

You need to learn how to post shit that works.

Holy fuck. As you are such a colossal idiot that describing exactly what to do multiple times is completely out of your grasp I took time out of my damn day to DRAW YOU A FUCKING PICTURE.

I doubt it will help at all as you cannot be so dense as to not understand what to click and still be able to comprehend the information provided but hey, I am doing my daily charity work helping the mentally challenged here. What you do with it is your own damn responsibility.

 

[Katzndogz]

Of course it will, a lot of women will be "legalized", so illegal prostitution will have to go down because some of their workers won't be illegal any more. There's not going to be a massive jump in illegal prostitution all of a sudden to fill the void, as there's only so many men who will pay for sex.

You still haven't even read the link, have you?

Actually I did, but their own links to their "studies"... were blocked, so it seemed more like a personal opinion than a scholarly paper.

The fact is, some prostitutes want it legalized. I support THEM, not neanderthals who want to keep them underground and in more danger. Will it cure cancer? Probably not, but some prostitutes would be much better off. it's simple, really.

The prostitutes that would rather have legal prostitution are the higher end escorts. They are seldom busted anyway, but if prostitution were legal they could take the customers to court for non payment instead of having an enforcer go beat it out of them. The low end, the girls who prize money above condoms, the under age, the pimps who provide specialty girls to get beat up. They won't be legalized, don't want to be legalized and will keep illegal prostitution going into the future.