Why is prostitution illegal?

Because church and state aren't really separated, thus the powers that be legislate morality.

 

I find mr. Carlin to be a very wise man, I enjoy his humor greatly. I personally see nothing wrong with prostitution. It is ok for me to procure income using anything I have at my disposal, even nontangible thoughts and ideas, I just can't use my genitals. makes no sense to me. I can use my hands to scrape from a plate what is left after someone takes all the nutrients they care to from it, but I can't snake someone's hole for a fee. what makes this even more nonsensical, is I can snake all the holes that wish to be snaked, as long as I don't collect money for it. peace

 

escorts arent illegal, they merely escort you for a price? then i guess they fuck for free


just a guess..

 

yeah, exactly. it's a silly law. who is determine exactly what is for sale and what isn't. it's ok to do it, just not to get paid for it. it creates a law that requires a judge to make a subjective conclusion. just doesn't seem an appliable law to me. it could be interpretted to be illegal to accept money from anyone with whom you participate with in the act of sex. peace

 

I think escorts are actual employee's who pay taxes...prostitutes dont pay taxes on the money they earn

Dont you guys remember when the man tried hittin up pimp Don Juan or whatever saying he owes a shit ton of money in unpaid taxes??

 

well, it simply isn't reasonable to expect to collect taxes on income from an illegal activity. how would someone pay them, without incriminating themselves, and we have a right not to incriminate ourselves. that's a bs way to add charges to someone.

 

^^ are you just looking to bicker?? last i knew income tax evasion was a felony offence, just like prostitution.

I Think they only reason they "stack bs charges" like tax evasion on drug dealers and whores is because maybe the reason those occupations are illegal is because of the untaxed money theyre earning.

sounds alittle more reasonable than "sex is legal" + "selling stuff is legal" = "selling sex is legal"

 

no, I'm not just trying to bicker, I would really like to have a better understanding of our judicial system without going to law school. I can attain that through stating what makes sense to me, and reading responses. I'm sorry if I've some way offended you, but that isn't nor was my intentions. peace bro

 

furthermore, I can't swallow the possibility that these activities are illegal is because of the untaxed money they are earning, that can simply be overcome by legalizing the activities they are using to earn money, where is the negative impact on society?

 

im not pissed off or anything

But its my understanding you could run a perfectly legit business, but if you dont pay taxes, then your business is no longer legit, and your breaking the law, and you could be punished or held responsible atleast.

so my point is you could be a shoe salesman, or a crackwhore, legal business or not, if you dont pay income taxes your breaking the law.

I've heard many stories on the site about Jew Jersey headshop's not paying taxes, or even charging tax on their products. to say the least--they got shut down.

sounds like im talkin rules, your talking exceptions--very different

 

what really pisses me off is when they pull those undercover stings with female officers to get 'marks'..

god, like that does anything. It's even more stupid than planning a sting on drug buyers.

 

I agree, it is and should be illegal not to pay income tax. well, I know that this is debatable, but I'll accept that premise for the sake of this argument.

we also have the 5th ammendment of our constitution that gives us the right not to incriminate ourselves in an illegal act. how could paying income taxes on an illegal activity not be construed as sacrificing this right?

 

better to have it legal and taxed. That way we could enforce health code and safety. Seems like a win win.

 

exactly..look at alcohol during prohibition...it became legal when it got taxed.

 

no, that's not how it works, the government can not tax an illegal activity. I don't mean to be offensive, please don't take it that way but listen, that doesn't make any sense.

prohibition was ended, and then alcohol became taxed. the government can not make money in the form of a tax on an activity it defines to us as illegal. they didn't tax it so they could legalize it. they ended prohibition because insightful activists fought for it. they made the government open it's eyes and see that the majority of the people wanted prohibition ended.

our fight to legalize marihuanna is so much harder and taking so much longer, in my opinion, is because there is not as much of the population that cares whether it is legal or not, it's the sad truth. they aren't interested in defending the rights they aren't effected by in the form of an infraction on said right. if we want it legalized and can convince the majority that we aren't affecting their rights in our use, if we can get the majority to see that our rights are being violated by it's illegality, and if we can appeal to the majority's sense of what is right, we've got a chance, no other way imo. then it will be legalized (fingers crossed) and then they will tax it.

unfortunately, I believe that prostitution has an even tougher road to legalization. our society may never reach that state of enlightenment. I don't see it happening anyways. there are even less people capable of having sympathy for the rights being violated of prostitutes, and the majority of those who care, the johns, aren't likely to step up and defend their rights either, at least not most of them. they have no interest in making public their sympathy for prostitutes rights and possibly risk bringing their own, maybe perceived as embarassing, activities to light. besides, there are places where it is legal, and an outlet for people other than legalizing everywhere, thus making their plight even more demanding.

I have my beliefs as to what's right and wrong, and you have yours. it's ok if we disagree. peace bro

 

It is illegal because when you give dirty prosititues money to do the dirty and you get the whole mystery of fun, gonorrhea, hiv, etc, then on top of it you go to hell.

 

hee hee. peace

 

It doesn't take half a brain to see why prostitution is illegal.

Anytime a governmental system is built solely on moral code and conduct you can expect to see a few more people imprisoned, and just as many unhappy citizens who are too frightened to do anything.

 

"...Like entering any other profession, becoming a prostitute is a choice. Exercising free choice of professions is certainly guaranteed to us by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We may not treat "sex workers" (as some prostitutes prefer to be called) with the reverence that once was given the sacred prostitute, but sexual professionals are entitled to the respect, protection against violence, and freedom to make a living as anyone else has."​

~Excerpt from Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do; The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country, by Peter McWilliams

Skimming through some parts of that book kind of opens your eyes. After checking out the prostution section, I realized that it truly is a personal choice, respectable at that. If a woman chooses to sell sexual favors, so be it. I believe our government, instead of prosecuting these women, should take large steps in the protection of these woman, in matters of violence and in matters of sexually-transmitted diseases. With government intervention, these women will be less subjected to violence from pimps, and will be able to receive sexual protection without incrimination.