djgreetings

Prostitute Pants Padlocked

The padlocks come courtesy of a recently-implemented policy of local government.Authorities want to take the initiative a step further and make the padlocks law. But some local politicians say the policy is an insult to women and will only promote promiscuity.Authorities want to take the initiative a step further and make the padlocks law. But some local politicians say the policy is an insult to women and will only promote promiscuity. more...

djgreetings

do you think this is fair? do you know of any better alternatives than using padlocks?

vc318

As much as I don't condone prostitution, you have a right to do what you want with your body whether your male or female. How is it any different when people are promiscuous or have children and don't take care of them? It's the same irresponsibility. And since when does the law care? Alcohol takes more lives than anything on a daily basis and there isn't anything being done to improve that matter.

sunnykerr

Yeah, I have to say that I see absolutely no reason why prostitution isn't just legalized.

I get the moral opposition to it. I share the moral opposition to it.

But, seriously, there isn't a solid, logical, legal argument against it. It's paiement for a service.

Legalizing it would allow government oversight of the finances, which could probably help out the economy some. It would also allow proper medical outreach to the men and women who turn to that sort of work to make a living, which would help out the general health of the population at large. It would allow for more transparency with regards to the potential illegal activities (I'm thinking of money laundering and drug trafficking, heck human trafficking, too) one tends to associate with prostitution, presumably simplifying at least a little bit the job of law enforcement officials.

djgreetings

If you make prostitution legal, it would make arguments for other illegal things to be legalized. Don't get me wrong because I'm not against prostitution. I just think legalizing it will make room for other similar issues to be legalized. Can you imagine what will the world looks like if these issues are legalized?

Say drugs. Prohibited drugs. One may argue that it's his choice and he shouldn't be prevented from using it.

Good arguments guys. Really. Different views makes it more interesting.

Callace

Hmm, would it be so bad to legalize both, but only so far as they are provided by government? I am just wondering. At least here in Norway, we already have that rule on alcohol, that it can only legally be bought at state salesplaces.

How about that arrangement for drugs too, that certain types at least (say, those that causes no more harm than alcohol does) is sold by the public authorities, in pharmacies for instance, clean and controlled. And prohibited anywhere else. Wouldnt that give a mayor health improvement for the drug addicts too?

And let the prostitutes be in public brothels, where they can be looked after and regulated? Just a thought But then we would get them off the streets, and out of the clutches of criminal trafficers. Give them regulated job, with taxes and welfare rights?

sunnykerr

I really have no problem with certain drugs being legalized either. It would free up the court and judicial systems. Because, let's face it, pot is not good, but it's not that big of a deal either.

Not to mention that, once again, I have a feeling transparency would probably be a good thing, in terms of the quality of the product and related criminal activities.

I don't think it's a slippery slope either. I think the legal system is way too bureaucratic to have this thing where, if one thing is legal, then other stuff just suddenly starts being legal as well. It's not like we don't understand the difference between pot and meth.

vc318

No, I wouldn't want to see prostitution legalized either but I'm just bothered that in the case of this story that someone thought that padlocking one's private area could serve as any real solution as to why someone even chooses to become a prostitute. It just doesn't make sense.

wanderer78

I found this story really offensive.

I agree that prosititution should be at least decriminalized. It's such a waste of our legal system to try and combat it. It's called the world's oldest profession for a reason.

Callace

ITA I think it is wrong to treat either drug addiction or prostitution (concepts that are often connected) as crime. It should rather be regarded a problem, where those who committ it should be offered help. (not even necessarily to quit. but if that's what they want, just to do it in a better way, for both them and for the rest of us.)

sunnykerr

Well, the truth about prostitution is that the women are the ones who are arrested and tried and jailed for it. It's not the men who pay for their services, or the men who beat them up if don't fill their quota (or whatever).

Same goes for drugs. It's pushers and users who get put in jail, not traffickers or enforcers.

And we're not stopping anything by criminalizing these things. They haven't stopped happening. All we've done is marginalizing and victimizing people within these worlds who could probably benefit from some level of help.

TheAngel

Prostitution isn't just about sex. If it was, there would be no real issue with decriminalization. But that's not just what prostitution is about. In many cases violent behavior and drug use go along with prostitution. There's also the fact that most women that prostitute have been abused as children, either physically or sexually, and a lot of them suffer from PTSD and psychological disorders while they are prostitutes. To say that prostitution is about sex is a misnomer. It's about control of women (and sometimes men) by other men. It's about violence and anger and a lot of other things. If prostitution is made legal that isn't going to change, but those things will go deeper underground. Legalizing prostitution won't change the use of children and violence and drugs. There are other issues within prostitution that need to be looked at. Prostitution is just a symptom of a bigger problems that needs to be addressed.

vc318

^ Problem is that the services available to help these women are minimal and the reality is that these women are usually just looking to make ends meet. It's a sad reality.

sunnykerr

To me, if you legalized prostitution, it would allow from greater transparency into the other issues related to the profession.

It's hard to address the physical violence and drug-abuse problems inherent to prostitution when you don't know where the prostitutes are or what they might need. Besides, it seems to me that, when you do find the prostitutes, all that law-enforcement officials are ever allowed to do, by law, is punish the victims.

And, let's face it, saying that prostitution is just about sex may be a misnomer, but that's certainly the part that's troubling to people. Otherwise, I don't think there would be an issue about whether or not these women need help.