I don't know if it's true that the sex industry is the biggest transmitter of STDs. There are lots and lots and lots of people of all social classes out there who have an STI who have never paid for sex (and neither did their partners). And I think the reason they have those STIs is because they or their partners weren't informed enough about safer sex or about what STI symptoms might be. I think there are very few people out there who vindictively or purposefully give people STIs.
There is definitely a link between sex and drugs, but so are there links between guns and drugs, and practically everything and drugs because drugs are treated by many as a form of cash. Adding drugs to this mix just clouds the issue and doesn't address people's hangups about sex. I think the very term "the sex industry" is just another way to demonize sex itself and dehumanize people who have sex for money.
Would I ever pay for sex? No, I wouldn't, not because I think it's degrading to women, but because I think it would emasculate me! If the only way I can get sex is to pay for it, that's kind of pathetic. But why shouldn't someone charge someone else for a service? Why is sex so magical and special? People pay for massages, pedicures, and many other body-related services. Are massage therapists just being used for their hands? How shameful! Those poor therapists are just a pair of hands, like a machine, not even a person any more!
At any rate, I think it's ridiculous to arrest people for having a blowjob contest and "encouraging obscene behavior". Screw them for thinking they can define and legislate people's sexual habits.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2008-07-14 04:26 pm (UTC)There is definitely a link between sex and drugs, but so are there links between guns and drugs, and practically everything and drugs because drugs are treated by many as a form of cash. Adding drugs to this mix just clouds the issue and doesn't address people's hangups about sex. I think the very term "the sex industry" is just another way to demonize sex itself and dehumanize people who have sex for money.
Would I ever pay for sex? No, I wouldn't, not because I think it's degrading to women, but because I think it would emasculate me! If the only way I can get sex is to pay for it, that's kind of pathetic. But why shouldn't someone charge someone else for a service? Why is sex so magical and special? People pay for massages, pedicures, and many other body-related services. Are massage therapists just being used for their hands? How shameful! Those poor therapists are just a pair of hands, like a machine, not even a person any more!
At any rate, I think it's ridiculous to arrest people for having a blowjob contest and "encouraging obscene behavior". Screw them for thinking they can define and legislate people's sexual habits.