The flaw in your logic is that the sex industry is the biggest transmitter of STDs out there. Guys don't like to wear condoms, they are not going to wear a condom and get less enjoyment from sex they are paying for, that's like renting a sports car and not going over the speed limit. Yes it's REALLY dumb to have sex with a hooker without a condom but it happens. And the hooker isn't always in a position to insist so she in turn gets exposed to anything the guy might have.
If there wasn't a big link between sex and the drug industry (woman trading sex for drugs and because they are addicts they can't really consent because they are not in their right mind, as well as pimps hooking women on drugs to make them more controable), and there wasn't a problem with forced sex service from run-aways kids, illegal immigrants, and all the other illegal activity tied to the sex industry.
And don't start your diatribe that if it was legal that wouldn't be a problem becuase it's legal in Nevada and in Amsterdam and they have the same problems there.
Yes the concept of sex-a'la-cart (to quote from Down with Love) is a fine concept. Sex clubs where conenting adults can go to meet other horny people and get it on with each other should be fine. If you start trading sex for money or other reimbursments you start having a problem. The women (or men) become a comodity and not a person anymore. They now have a service they are expected to provide and loose the expectation of choice. It is a fact that people (Americans) treat things that are not their own poorly. Americans trash hotel rooms, rental cars, and otherwise have the it's not mine so what do I care what happens to it attitude. When you mix sex, drugs, and people with that mentality it cannot but end poorly.
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on 2008-07-14 04:07 pm (UTC)If there wasn't a big link between sex and the drug industry (woman trading sex for drugs and because they are addicts they can't really consent because they are not in their right mind, as well as pimps hooking women on drugs to make them more controable), and there wasn't a problem with forced sex service from run-aways kids, illegal immigrants, and all the other illegal activity tied to the sex industry.
And don't start your diatribe that if it was legal that wouldn't be a problem becuase it's legal in Nevada and in Amsterdam and they have the same problems there.
Yes the concept of sex-a'la-cart (to quote from Down with Love) is a fine concept. Sex clubs where conenting adults can go to meet other horny people and get it on with each other should be fine. If you start trading sex for money or other reimbursments you start having a problem. The women (or men) become a comodity and not a person anymore. They now have a service they are expected to provide and loose the expectation of choice. It is a fact that people (Americans) treat things that are not their own poorly. Americans trash hotel rooms, rental cars, and otherwise have the it's not mine so what do I care what happens to it attitude. When you mix sex, drugs, and people with that mentality it cannot but end poorly.