Anybody with half a brain will tell you that the reason people say that Prostitution is the “oldest profession” is true, because as long as there has been sex, people have been willing to sacrifice to get it. I trade you buffalo skin, you skin my buffalo and so forth. But in that same right, as long as there has been a sex trade, there have been prude sons of bitches saying it ain’t right.
Religion is really good at setting up rules like this, but generally you’d think it would be one of the ten commandments. And yet it’s almost glaringly NOT. You can’t cheat on your wife, and you can’t fuck another man’s wife, but the bible doesn’t seem to care much about the trading of goods for “services.” I mean, prostitutes are mentioned here and there as being looked down upon in society (Jesus hung out with one, holy fuck what a nice sympathetic guy!) but if you take a good look at “marriage” then you’ll easily see, it’s the same kind of contract… but less “Boost Mobile,” and more “AT&T Wireless with an iPhone 3…” if you know what I’m saying.
So what’s wrong with it?
Men are generally at their mother fucking worst (and will literally fuck your mother) if they haven’t gotten any as recently or as often as they want. And women have to put up with the blizzard of obnoxious dicks that come their way, rarely finding one they want to put inside them. So why can’t we shop for it like we do any other service? If we relied on our significant others to fix the sink, that bitch would drip all night. And if an incompetent lover is all a woman has to go with, then well…. you know… insert, something something, drip all night, joke.
So what’s the big deal? Exploitation? Extortion? Violence? Trafficking? Most of those problems would be solved in a regulated market as opposed to an underground one.
But I’d love to hear your thoughts. Tell me how I’m wildly off topic.
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Wow. Interesting topic! I saw this yesterday and was intrigued enough to save the post so I could come back and comment today. But now I see you don’t engage with people who comment...may I ask why @writesbackwards ? That’s no fun for me to share my thoughts if you don’t engage :/
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Well, as in any other aspect of life, an unregulated market exist for the benefit of the few upon the disgrace of many. Moral aspects are irrelevant because people will act as they want to, regulation should be in for everything, not to prohibit but to defend. Defend who? Well, the weak and the minorities. Those forgotten and being exploited, abused. I've never paid for sex and probably never will, but as in any other aspect of life, I believe in freedom, respect and love. Basic rights we all deserve.
Yeah, but you'd think that this one is one that the politicians could get behind. So many of them get busted for sex with minors, sex in public bathrooms, and extra-marital affairs. You'd think they would be ALL FOR a regulated system where they could live out their fantasies.
I know a lot of people that think it should be legal since it is two consenting adults. It would be great if society and the legal system put more of a stigma and penalty on people who don't care about consent and less on what two consenting adults do behind closed doors. That is the greater travesty.
Reminds me of the George Carlin skit:
Seriously. That's a great quote.
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I know right. Guy pumps a girl with drinks all night, and ignores her half-drunk "no" before bedding her. Nothing happens.
Guy tries to pick up a prostitute that turns out to be an undercover cop with great legs and a flair for makeup... has his whole life torn down.
Some of the kindest, most honest, reliable friends I knew in Savannah were escorts aka prostitutes. They always made a killing when Baptist or other religious conventions came to town. Non-stop work until the conventions were over. The funny thing is, the escorts who were pre-op transgender were the most sought after by the evangelical men. They could not get enough. The preachers usually got charged more because they had a tendency to get violent with or want violent role play sex with the girls. Middle Eastern men at Savannah State and Army guys from the bases were regulars with a few of the ones I knew, so the hiring of prostitutes crossed all religious, ethnic, class, race, and "morality" lines.
It's taboo because:
Prostitutes lower value of sex
They use their beauty to get money, not the brain
They serve one of the worst people's qualities
Can't really agree with you here.
Prostitutes don't devalue sex. They accept that it HAS value, offer it up for a value, and take pride in their work.
As for using beauty instead of brains... I challenge you to try and make money in an illegal industry and then tell me they don't have any smarts.
And as for people's worst qualities... I'd put murder, corruption, marginalization, and hypocrisy WAY above wanting to get your rocks off... but that's just me.
The smartest ones are the cam girls who are getting hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars thrown at them per tip even before taking any clothes off...usually they are wicked smart and coded their own special effects for their show whenever they get tipped...and they know about bitcoin and cryptocurrency which just goes to show
Oh, yes, those cam girls are really understand what to do. I saw that some men became cam girls after operation.)) Maybe easy money.
prostitutes have diseases HIV is real
plus by being a cam girl they are safe against violence and getting their money taken by a pimp
In the beauty contests the girls use their beauty to get money and the beauty contests arent taboo.
Beauty contests are have 'talant' part, where contestee show their talants)) Yes, you right, but beauty contests don't lower value of sex.
Are you sure? This is a write-up about how the beauty contests are a sex network
http://misesysantos.efectococuyo.com/
OR, you get better sex, you get to pick a 10 out of 10 stunner and you don't need to waste the evening buying her drinks...seems like a pretty good deal to me
Prostitution is whatever to me.
Though I think it's a pretty weak way to get money and poses the risk of various STDs, if it were done in a clean & professional manner with significant focus on the health of the prostitutes, it would probably be more accepted?
You'd think, but god forbid anyone who even tries.
whatever floats your boat as long as both sides agree on it
Preach.
In the olden times, before the advent of latex, prostitution would lead to insemination of women and uncontrolled population growth. There could have been a number of kids - difficult to feed, and a massive strain on resources. Therefore, probably best to stamp sex outside marriage, paid or free, as something evil and prevent random kids from popping everywhere. Only those kids that have been had through sex after marriage so that there is a greater chance of one raising that child as well.
In the modern day, there are some of the issues you have mentioned such as trafficking and exploitation. Women in poorer countries can be legitimately forced into prostitution simply because they have no money. As much as you want to call it their choice, it is still exploitation of the poor.
Lastly, prostitution, male of female, means objectification of either gender, which is not good. Identifying a gender solely as a sex object is probably not good for society.
Not all prostitutes do it because they want to, but many do. You should come up with something more inclusive. If, for whatever reason, I feel like whoring myself for some extra cash, that's not your business and it shouldn't be of any government's , either.
I don't know why you think so. Prostitution by itself is just a job. The way people make assumptions about prostitutes is the problem you should tackle.
I never said every man woman offering their body for money are forced by a pimp or some criminal. Some are. And governments need to ensure no one is. There may be other people for whom making decent money isnt an option so prostitution makes sense for them. May be it means society at large is forcing them. No one is trying to stop you. They may be trying to stop someone, anyone getting exploited.
To your second point - possibly you are right, but till the way society changes how it looks at prostitution, it may continue to be objectification of people in that business. Unfortunately, it isnt anyone's concern that you want to get quick and easy sex. It is however the concern of people that objectification stops first and then whoever wants to be a prostitute can be one and whoever want to use their services can do so. May be that is why in some countries it is legal, and in some countries, pimping is illegal, prostitution isnt. Escorts are mostly legal in most developed countries.
I agree, and that's why I think it should be legalized. There are people who willingly choose this job, and I felt they shouldn't be forgotten in this conversations.
Also, treating prostitution as if it does have inherent objetification only pushes humanization farther, in my opinion. To other people, they'd interpret like you're confirming it.
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This has never really crossed my mind before, but I think you're right, but I still think prostitution tends to be a taboo subject because of the male chauvinist influence of society and our bad practice of believing ourselves superior to others, even in this century sex is still taboo, so it's no wonder that everything around me is not open subject matter, I apologize for my mistakes, use translator because I'm not good with English.
Its primarily an American-Puritan influence and the need to control the sexuality of women.
Many European countries have legal brothels that try to protect the workers and patrons in some way.
It's crazy right? American's preach all day along about how they love "freedom" but you can't buy sex, drugs, or a decent crepe in most of the country. :)
American freedom is a selective thing. Heck, even the go to American drug of alcohol is restricted in certain areas primarily due to religions reasons.
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some time some conditions make a girl prostitute but many of them are use this job to earn good money it is not a good decision they want to be famous and they lose ethics in this condition and also it impacts a very dangerous and nonethical aspect to any environment and also spread diseases
It has always been said that prostitution is the oldest profession in the world, it is also said to be a means to release the pressure valve of those who do not have a formal relationship. In a certain way it could be said that it is a "necessary evil", accepted by some and rejected by others, but it is very difficult for it to cease to exist. Some do it out of extreme need, others simply for fun, but it will not stop being a lucrative business for many and for others a means of fun.
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Fornication and Adultery was clearly frowned at, especially in the New Testament since we really want to bring in the "Jesus" Era. The ten commandments was still smashed by Moses upon seeing the vile behavior of the human beings he left to go get the tablet anyway. And Jesus hanging out with a prostitute in your words was his way of showing us how it isn't our duty to judge anyone.
Remember everything in religion is metaphorical. Lol, I still however understand the concept of freewill. There are many reasons women engage in the activity. Not all of them do it for the money, some are just sexual goddesses
It seems to me that (sometimes) it's the way society looks at a thing that makes them seem bad/good and the thing isn't necessarily neither good or bad. I also think that it's a question about doing it for the money vs doing it for.. you know.. doing it.. 😉 This is a great debate topic by the way!.. :)
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So enlightening nice post
in my opinion you have an erroneous idea of what is true or not in religions, I do not want to sound bad, but to say those things you have to be a man, many of the things you said made me think that that is good for you or well and it is not
Because the sex still taboo too, so talk about sell or buy sex is even more dificult than talk about sex like any other topic.
Well, this matter has always been a complicated one. It is related to many aspects of life values, and such values become releted to many diferent cultures. In our case (occidental society, wich is a male dominated one), i think prostitution and some other sexual behavior, is the result of treating sex out of its beautiful and natural meaninng. "Sexual Revolution", a book by Wilhem Reich gives a very good reflexions on this matters. As long as we treat "sex" as a natural fact, and behave accordingly, prostitution will no longer be necessary.
In the western world, women want rights, independence, and freedom. If this was legalized that would be highly conflicting. I understand where you are coming from, but from a legal standpoint it would be awful to deal with. There would be higher rate of rape, accused rape, etc. Overall would be too much trouble if you ask me.
And what about guys. If women can sell themselves, then does that mean there can be a market where women can buy males? To say that men are always in urgency to have sex instead of women is subjective.
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Nothing wrong with Pro's, just wrap up ;-)
Prositution is not a voluntary profession. A common way is to lure people with a prospect of having a secure job but end up as sex slaves. Every year thousand of people are traffic for the purpose of sexual exploitation. It isn't natural or normal for a woman to have to give herself to lots of men. It uses all her time and is physically and emotionally exhausting. It involves sharing ones body, so involves sharing the deepest private arenas of ones soul. It takes away a woman's ability to earn money, or make a home, or be cherished by a husband or partner. It ruins her reputation. It takes her chance to practise spiritual feelings about stuff. It leaves the woman with bad memories, held deeply in her biological and emotional feelings about herself. It degrades her normal relationships. It forces her to have sexual experiences with people she doesn't like.
Since you're asking about the bible it is one of the four commandments that Christians must obey. Act 15:20 "But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood." Fornication is any type of intercourse outside marriage which includes fucking prostitutes and girlfriends alike. Of course, girlfriends seem like a lesser of two evils since we sort of feel we're already "married" without the legalities but its the same thing. If you fuck a girl that is not your wife its just a whore who you don't have to pay and you are an adulterer.
The basic concept is that you should not be a slave to your desires. Our modern world contradicts this strongly, but that is the problem with our world and if you accept it you will sell yourself just as a prostitute.
I think we look down upon prostitution so much because we don't want to accept that humans are simply driven by sex, its like the feeling of regret people get after they have had sex. Many see sex as an intimate thing, others as disgusting and by many as something that is just fun. I think it depends on how you have been raised - open minded or closed
I think perhaps it is something that is far removed from your average persons life so it is difficult for them to make an educated comment when they don't know people that are prostitutes to get their opinion.
You can get all the answers to your questions in @hanen's article: https://steemit.com/steemit/@hanen/involved-in-prostitution
"Sex is like marketing - only losers pay for it."
“...as long as there has been a sex trade, there have been prude sons of bitches saying it ain’t right.“ 😆😂
That’s it. “Prude sons of bitches.” so many folks have bought into the idea that SEX, in and of itself, is bad and wrong and therefore should be restricted, repressed, hidden or at least regulated by SOME “larger” authority (church, gov, etc). Because, for goodness sakes, we aren’t capable of thinking and deciding what to do with our bodies for ourselves.
Do you guys get how crazy illogical and inconsistent the law is? In the US I can legally terminate a pregnancy, literally snuff out a life based on my whims, and yet I can’t charge a dude $50 and let him stick his digit in me?
It’s crazy.