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Originally Posted by radio_flyer
I jumped right in without thinking, thinking I had all the answers and in reality I have none. I should not have responded in any way to the "child trafficking" issue. Thinking right off hand that legalizing prostituion would solve some of the world's problems with abuse of women, children and even men. Maybe just a small percentage but even that is a start..
But then the topic is "why is prostitution illegal". Thinking the topic would focus only on "folks" that are of age and not minors. But again, "prostitution" touches on many areas. Unfortunately it can touch on drugs and abuse of minors...Maybe this thread wasn't such a good idea....I guess in my "magical thinking" that if prostitution was legal, there would be less abuse towards "people" men, women. Especially those of "legal age" that are "working" the streets...Minors never enter my mind at the time I started the thread............
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I appreciate your posing this question.
I wish more people would question things that seem out of kilter, and quit just accepting things that feel wrong.
yes... even that is a start-- like you said.....
unfortunately things illegal have all kinds of unpleasant branches that stem off of the base....
like girls that claim they are 18 when only 15 and being prostituted.(and no one really checks-- it's the money or the sex they are more interested in, not the well being of the girl) Men use them and then go to their 14 year old daughter's soccer game and take all the girls out for pizza-- how "effed" up is that?
....maybe if it was legal-- officials would be regulating it and thoroughly checking the age of the prostitutes-- that would be a good thing(IMO)
I appreciate your hopeful pondering
... I do very similar.
I so don't want anyone to be treated unfairly, to feel less than, to be abused by those with more power/money.
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