CynthiaCypher
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I hope it becomes extinct including porn.
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Is prostitution "immoral"?
- Thread starter Draka
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I hope it becomes extinct including porn.
It's a fee for a service, albeit one offensive to prudes & fundies.
But in the secular world, what's dishonest about that?
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
And that service being? To be a sperm receptacle? What part of degrading don't you understand?
Draka
Wonder Woman
Why? If a person makes their living off of something physical they can do why does it matter what the physical part of them is? A masseuse brings pleasure by use of their hands, a prostitute brings pleasure by the use of their sexual organs. Why is one legitimate and honest work and the other isn't?
I wager that many women who choose to engage in sex for pay don't see themselves as you portray them.
Besides, where's the immorality in doing for a fee that which they do for free?
Be nice, now.
A difference of opinion need not be dismissed as my lack of understanding.
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
Another point of importance: do they find it degrading because of only what they do, or do they find it degrading because of society's views on their profession? It used to be a very classy occupation.
Again, working at McDonald's is very degrading.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
What about loving, exhibitionist couples who produce videos of themselves at home and then sell them? What about illustrated porn? Or art that borders on erotic?
The beauty of prostitution is that if one doesn't like it, then one needn't partake, unlike death & taxes.
Now, before some wag says that women are at times forced into it, that argument is lame.
Vulnerable women from poor countries are also forced into housekeeping & other services
in wealthier countries, yet we don't clamor to make maids an extinct species.
Now, before some wag says that women are at times forced into it, that argument is lame.
Vulnerable women from poor countries are also forced into housekeeping & other services
in wealthier countries, yet we don't clamor to make maids an extinct species.
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Father Heathen
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Exactly. If you don't like prostitution or pornography, don't partake. It's that simple. Again, consenting adults should have the freedom to make choices for themselves.
Draka
Wonder Woman
This is much why I put the word "immoral" in quotes. So many seem to have these black and white ideas of what is moral and immoral completely disregarding the fact that if something is done willingly, by consenting people, with no relative harm to anyone else...WHY is it "immoral"?
If I decided to have sex with two men at once, everyone involved consenting and fine with the act, then would that be "immoral"? What is it about sex that some people have such issues about? Why is sex both considered so "sacred" and yet so "perverted" that it becomes such a "moral" issue?
People acquire a sense of taboo, & think that it's inerrant truth.
My views spring from the notion that my right to swing my arms ends where my neighbor's nose begins.
It isn't right or wrong....just what I favor because it appears to be fair for all.
In this context, "legitimate" is a subjective judgement call, but how is prostitution "dishonest"?
I don't think that's all there is to prostitution. If someone's only after a sperm receptacle, then they'd be happy with masturbation.
Just by simple economics, since people pay extra for the services of a prostitute, presumably they get something from the experience that they value at least as much as the money they're paying.
Is that for me?
I didn't say that morality is subjective. I said that the determination of what is and isn't a "legitimate" job is subjective. I should probably also say that I don't think this determination has a whole lot to do with morality.
But the point I was trying to get at is that I was more interested in the second part of her statement, and I wonder how prostitution is "dishonest", since lack of honesty implies some sort of deliberate misrepresentation or insincerity.
Draka
Wonder Woman
The reasons behind WHY someone considers it "immoral". Or did you not see where I asked "why or why not"? Since morality is subjective then there are different opinions of what is moral and what isn't and why those things are what they are.
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
How about we look at what leads a women to enter this line of work? Research as shown that a vast majority of those who have entered into it were previously victims of sexual abuse. Prostitution is nothing but the continuance of sexual abuse.
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
Are they forced to go into prostitution, or do they choose it?