Prostitution

The concept of selling sexual acts for money or some other type of compensation for the service.
Is it right?
Morally is it wrong to sell your body, and, your considered private, experience of sex?
Your body? Your dignity? Your social status?

Discuss your thoughts and views.

 

i don't really see what's wrong with it. i suppose one negative is that STDs can get transmitted more often due to it. but morally, i don't really see the issue.

 

I see no issue here. If anything, giving it a monetary value is better for society because it lets people alleviate sexual tension and gives others a way to make money. Ethically, if one can have sex for free, then why should they not be allowed to do it for money? It is a matter of trade and mutual consent in both cases, and it could be argued that it is never free in an emotional and pleasurable sense. Asking for money instead of other things that you value should not change the nature of the thing in terms of ethics and law.

 

Really? Selling your body isn't an issue? To me that is just wrong.

 

I agree and disagree.

Technically speaking, there's nothing "wrong" with it, as Makaze said, but on the other hand, like Muscles said, it can easily be abused and turn into something else than originally intended.

 

Please explain what you mean by abused.

 

Exactly what was it originally intended to be? It's intended to sell sex for money, it's illegal, and I don't know a case where it hasn't lead to the destruction of someone. People get abused, killed, and in the end you're setting a price on your yourself. Nothing is good about that.

 

Well, by turning into something other than originally intended, I mean that the male or female could be tricking the other male or female that's selling themselves and rape them or worse.

 

So I should be put in jail or fined because I might be putting myself in a dangerous situation of my own free will? This reminds me of the drunken consent thread...

 

While there have been cases like that, I doubt that the person selling themselves would really try to murder/rape the other person. Considering the fact that they are selling themselves, I hardly believe they'd be in a position where they wold feel as though they themselves were the dominant party, rather than the person who "rented" their services.

That being said, I don't think people should rent themselves out like this, because it's basically inviting who knows what disease, but casually it should be alright. By casual, I mean like just working part time at a strip joint or something.

Prostitution full time isn't really much of a living, as the older you get the lower the chances you have of making a good buck.
Not to mention there are more reliable options than whoring yourself on the street.

 

I don't see an issue with it.
It is morally wrong, in my opinion, but who is to tell you what to do and not to do with your body?
Having sex for money is alright with me, it's up to that person.
Sex is something that should only be wrong if not given consent. Taking someone's money, for sex seems pretty consent-ful to me.
But like I said, is morally wrong in my opinion.

 

I didn't make an argument that it should be illegal, just stating that it is. What people do with their lives is their own decision, far be it from to tell you not to sell yourself. I am saying that it's wrong, and you can get all manner of diseases and get put in said bad situations.

 

You have it backwards, Plums. I was referring to the buyer of the sex seller.

That's why I partly disagree with it being okay.

 

Prostitution isn't legal but it's not exactly morally correct either.
Not only are there health risks involved, it is also spiritually unsound.
It also makes it easier to catch something which is why it shouldn't be done.
However, Prostitution is a choice and it can't be stopped.

 

It has been, by law. You will be fined or go to jail for prostitution.

 

The idea of selling your body to a complete stranger bothers me. I understand a person has their own freewill, but giving your body to someone you don't know is just wrong in my eyes. A person's body is something sacred(in my opinion) and should only be given to someone you fall in love with. Not with someone you meet off the street or in a bar, or club, etc.

Prostitution can lead to a lot of consequences. As it's already been said, you'll end up with an STD at some point. There's also the chance you'll end up with some rapist/serial killer and get yourself killed and raped. They could end up with an unwanted pregnancy. It can lead to alcohol and drug abuse, and several other things. Yes, someone has their own freewill to give their body away for money, but morally, it's just wrong for me. It's harming emotionally and physically.

 

Ummm is it wrong well it all depends. The person doing this action may actual enjoy doing it and have no regrets. To the regular populous it is but think some of the populous also engages in keeping this alive by paying for it. Yea the STI's/STD'S(Wait is it STI or STD because I was told STI.) and all of that. But then again it comes down to the mind state you are in to even consider this. I mean they do say sex sell right? Still if your forcing someone to do it is wrong yes. But its still their choice to do it. I'm not sure the type of situations these people are put in, but they still have their own minds right. Then fear comes into play for those forced into it. Unless in Prostitution you are forced into doing it fear has a big role to play. They don't please other's with their bodies then something happens to them. If they doing it because they enjoy the act of sex and pleasing others you would have to ask them why? Not why are you doing this any of that, but why is this something you enjoy doing? I mean if you really love it this much do porn. Your still having sex, and your pleasing others with your body, just out more in the public eye.

 

I believe that prostitution is wrong, morally. I would never do it, unless things were absolutely desperate and I honestly felt like there was no other way to survive, etc. However, I feel that a person can...essentially do what they want with their body.

If a friend was prostituting herself I would try to talk some sense into them because I honestly feel like it'll eventually lead to more harm then good and I'd like to protect them from that. As their friend, I would feel I had a right to say something. But if some random person is out there whoring themselves out, I don't feel like I have the right to automatically judge them, or think they're an immoral whore. The majority of people who end up in those situations feel like they have no where else to go, or nothing else to do and...Well, as selfish as it might sound, it's their life. I can't really do anything about it. |: ​

 

On one hand, I do see where he's coming from. He probably doesn't consider selling your body the same as selling yourself.

On the other, I do agree with you. It is, in my opinion, wrong to make money in that way. It adds nothing to the economy due to the fact that sex is an unlimited resource that takes absolutely zero cost or effort to produce. As such, the prostitute in question is making money by providing a service that costs it no money or effort (arguable) and is easily renewable. So if not from a moral perspective, it is at least wrong from an economical perspective.

 

It does not come at no cost, clearly. If people could get it for free then prostitution would not exist as a profitable business anywhere.