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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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sighI'm going to start this off with the fact that "I've never slept with someone
I can see both sides to the argument on this one. I think enforced prostitution is tantamount to rape, that when you hear of people being enforced to have sex with men for money, it's horrific. And it's even worst when it's those who are underage.
But why is it so bad when the prostitute in question is voluntarily selling her body? Why is it OK for pornographic stars, who are both being paid? Why is it different for someone to sleep with someone else, such as a footballer, in exchange for the chance to sale the story later on?
There are plenty of people out there, and I'm not saying they're decent people, who will lead someone on, take wine'n'dine them, buy a £25 bit of jewllery from H.Samuels... and their only intention is to get a leg over. Isn't this worst than prostertution because it's under false pretences? Wouldn't you rather a friend of yours go with a prostertute, where all the cards are on the table at the begining, than to hear he's been leading someone on and potentially damaging someone's feelings? Isn't that more nobal?
There are loads of reasons why someone might not find love, or want to find love, but still want to do the phsyical act. Or they might have problems, such as extreme shyness, sexual immaturity, some sort of mental or phsyical defect... where by going to one of these people, they could overcome and learn to be comfortable infront of other people in their own body.
But then there is the other side, generally from what I gather via litrature and documentaries, people who come into such lifestyles are generally prone to some really shit stuff; abuse and drugs mostly. They're trapped in this lifestyle, at least for the time being, they generally don't want to do the job, but they're enslaved by addiction or horrfic people. For some it's a means-to-an-end, they can fund a lavish lifestyle, education or give their children a chance they never had.
What's your two cents on the situation? Do you have any sort of potential solution?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 17 Jan 2011, 15:20,
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Oh, you fuckerI was just about to strikethrough "in exchange for material goods/money/whatever"
Curse you. *shakes fist*
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 17 Jan 2011, 15:32,
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