How Hookers Provide A Necessary Service
Hi, All.
As you can see todays topic is hookers and how they provide necessary services.
My argument is this, if we’re being real which I always am, I think we can all not only agree, but most of you probably know a man who, if it weren’t for hookers would never get laid. You know who I’m talking about, those guys that are SO dorky they can’t even get a dorky girl to fuck them.
There’s a huge market of people that NEED hookers like well, let’s take Ryan Seacrest for example, I’m not saying he’s a dork, but if in reality he is not with Anderson Cooper, and he is indeed straight, when does he have time for relations with his busy, busy schedule? A hooker would be quite convenient for him I think, no ties, no expectations, he will have to hand over cash but hey, how is that any different from any other woman he might happen to come across?
So, so far the market is dorks and people with busy schedules, now while this can fill a huge gap, believe it or not, there are others. What about the people that don’t feel like they “need” to be in a relationship? They still want to get fucked though, dial a hooker, she’s happy, he’s happy, everyone is happy, how can this be bad? Everyone gets off, in some sort of a way 
What about men who have fabulous lives with a woman in every aspect except sexually. Is this reason for divorce when really that is the only problem? Why can’t we just call in a hooker like we do a psychologist when someone has mental problems? The problem is I know, that women think its so bad for their husbands to sleep with someone else. I think they are are off target in thinking “He doesn’t love me” it’s not about that - he just wants to get fucked, he’s a man. I am only speaking in the respect of a marriage being perfect, except sexually, not of course, of a man cheating on his wife, though I don’t see anything wrong with that either as long as there is some sort of agreement.
Lastly, we have extremely shy people and people that simply want to fuck hookers because they know there’s no way in hell they’d ever get to fuck a girl like that unless they paid her.
Hooker, it sounds like such a dirty word and I know you must conjure up some wickedly sick picture in your head but really, why is it bad? The only reason I can think of so far, is because society says so. Not every hooker is like the hookers on crack we see on COPS.
Christina Bledsoe
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I agree, I know plenty of men that could benefit from a hooker simply because they are too busy for relationships.
Are you justifying your profession?
Why do I have to be a hooker myself in order to not see anything wrong with it? No, I am a paralegal. I think you need to re-evaluate who the “dumb one” is pal.
Hi Christina,
I see your views, OK. My problem is “Hookers” are in & out of all kinds of promiscuous guys, who in turn lay promiscuous gals, and the STD problem (AIDS? uh!) spreads virally (worse though than a computer virus, but in a similar way!).
I personally get no help from my spouse, but with the aid of on-line videos (and a little KY!), I get it off all I’d ever want, better than ever before, and NO STDs, no divorce!
LOL, I see your point too lancasterjoe!
HOOKER~~ONE WHO ACCEPTS MONEY FOR SEXUAL FAVORS… SHIT I KNOW A COUPLE OF FRIENDS THAT DO THAT. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU TAKE CASH OR THEY BUY YOU NICE THINGS, I.E DIAMONDS, CARS, PAY YOUR RENT FOR YOU.. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE, SO I AM SAD TO SAY THAT YES I KNOW A BUNCH OF HOOKERS…LOL.. I WILL NEVER LOOK AT THEM THE SAME. RIGHT! IN RHODE ISLAND IT IS ILLEGAL FOR PROSITUTION IF YOUR OUTSIDE, IN AN ALLEY A CAR ECT. BUT IF YOU TAKE THEM INDOORS… ITS LEGAL.. GO FIGURE. THEY MUST HAVE FRIENDS LIKE MINE TOO.. WHOEVER WROTE THE LAWS NEED TO GET THERE SIGNALS STRAIGHT.. IS IT LEGAL OR ILLEGAL?
Well, again, I find myself in complete agreement with you Christina. And not because I am a man nor need that service but because of a number of things. First of all, every civilization in the world have had their hookers. And in a great number of these civilizations, hookers were legal and a very important part of that culture. It is a necessity for all of the reasons that Christina mentioned and more.
Think how our crime rate would go down if this were legalized. And I don’t mean that hookers are criminal elements just because they are hookers. Think of how much the disease rate would go down. Why, because in making prostitution legal it would allow the women to go to doctors on a regular basis for checkups for social diseases without fear of reprisals. And hey, if we make it legal, it could be controlled. It could also be used as a source of income for the states. Taxes on this would be an enormous boost to the states coffers.
There are so many reasons to make prostitution legal and so few reasons not to make it legal. Of course this will never happen in this country because religious groups would never allow that to happen. And that is very funny because wasn’t it Christ who helped a prostitute named Mary Magdalen? I hope I have that right. So, he must have found nothing wrong with it. Isn’t it amazing how religion can twist words around and make it conform to what they want it to conform to? Been happening for years. I do have much to say on that subject so look towards that as a topic of mine in the near future.
In any event, prostitution is legal in many Asian countries. I know, because I was stationed in just about every one of them when I was in the army. And I bought them. I am not going to lie about it at all. Why should I? You see, for instance in Taiwan, you go to a bar and you meet a dozen or more girls and while you are drinking you talk to a lot of them and then you decide which one you want and you purchase her for what ever time period you want. The owner of the bar then shows you her doctors records….and I know what you are thinking, they could be easily made up…but you go to a reputable place and that will not happen….and the fact that she is clean and then you sign papers, agreements that you will not abuse her, that if you contract any diseases from her you can sue the establishment and things like that. They girls don’t care what you look like. They are there to make a living. As long as you are not dirty and as long as you are not some sadistic bastard then they don’t care….and that is another reason I like this kind of prostitution. So you buy the girl and she is basically yours for the time agreed on. Now, you both can decide that you don’t like each other or one of you can decide that and bring her back at yours or her request and basically get a replacement, without losing your money. I can’t remember if there was some money that needed to be paid because of that or not. I never had cause to do that. I never treated the women badly and I was usually good at picking out the nicer ones.
Anyway, Christina is right about there being a lot of reasons for someone wanting or needing a prostitute, and my reason is just one of them too. Without that kind of system in the far east most men wouldn’t have lasted there because they would would have picked up some street prostitute and probably gotten a disease that would have been very dangerous for him. There are some very nasty sexually transmitted diseases in that part of the country.
Most of the other countries in that part of the world have similar institutions. Not all of them are the same or so tightly regulated but having run a bar myself in Thailand, and that’s another long story. And yes, while I was in the military…, I can tell you that it behooved my navy partner and myself to see to it that the girls were taken to the doctor’s once a week for checkups because if we didn’t and some soldier got a disease that would be transmitted all over the base and we just wouldn’t have many customers after that. And it would take us forever to get that customer base back, so that is another form of legality. The Taiwanese police would come around check each girls card as well. Because without a clean or up to date one, they were hauled away.
Just as an aside and you might find this amusing or disgusting depending upon your view of the question. My partner in crime at this bar and I used to go, once a month to the next town and wait for the bus to show up. Why, because that is where we got our new recruits if we needed any. They would come in by the bus load from little towns all over the country just to become a prostitute. Heck, their parents wanted them to do that because they brought in a lot of money to the family and who knows, one of them might end up marrying some rich American soldier. It happened. Anyway, it was very amusing to see my navy friend and I argue back and forth about which one or ones we wanted for our bar and which ones we didn’t want. Some of the criteria was interesting. If they spoke any English at all that was a plus for them. If they looked clean that was a plus, of course looks came into it too but to tell you the truth, Thai women are some of the most beautiful women in the world so that was not usually an issue for us. They had to be intelligent and the way we determined that was by using our third partner, a Thai woman (oh, yes, I forgot to mention that. In order to be an owner of a business in Thailand, one of the owner had to be Thai) to sort of interrogate each one. She was sharp this little lady. She could tell if a girl would be able to keep track of money or whether she would be honest etc…We were not always perfect on that score but we had a good record thanks to her.
Anyway, enough babbling. I could come up with a lot of other reasons for this to be a good thing but I will close for now. Good topic Christina. Very unusual I think for a woman to make a case for prostitution. Just tells me how intelligent you are.
Don’t agree with this one. I actually studied this in college (no not like that!) I’ve also known a few (again not like that!) I’m going off Christina’s original premise of dorks getting laid. I don’t see anyone’s social ineptitude as a reason to throw any human being to a pack of wolves (dorky or otherwise). Yes, there are benefits to it. There are also benefits to other evils, but that doesn’t mean the benefit outweighs the detriment. I also believe that prostitution is a result or sign of social, political and/or economic unbalance of some kind. Need an example of one? I think Retro Poet already provided that with his Taiwanese hooker story. Yes, they had a nice system set up there, BUT WHY DID THOSE GIRLS NEED TO BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?? Could there possibly have been social, political or economic distress in the region that necessitated such activity? Could that also be why a service member was stationed there as well? An issue is never just about the issue, prostitution no more or less than any other. There are always more at stake and more to think about than just a man forking over a few bucks to treat another human being like a sperm receptacle. I have no problem with it being legal. Being illegal hasn’t done any damn good, just as is hasn’t with the drug trade. Here’s the thing, though: legal does not equal good! We still have to address the underlying issues. Btw, I can think of just one other thing that might give prostitutes access to medical care. I think it’s called UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE!! I could be wrong though…
Okay, I’m braced for it. I’m ready for my freshly ripped “new one.” *cringes*
Sorry, but I cannot agree with you or your premise. First off, there is a major difference between prostitution, per se, than drug use or the drug trade. One cannot possibly be compared to the other. One doesn’t often kill you while the other does. Also, I did not visit these women because I wanted to use them as a sperm receptacle. Good grief, I hope I am not that callous a person. Some of these women were very nice and I always treated them with respect as they did me. They weren’t hookers just because they were economically challenged. Sure they made a little more money than they would have working in a cheap factory owned by some US company and paying them nothing, but some of these girls just liked American men or didn’t like the way they were treated by the men of their country.
Prostitution is not a social disease but a social necessity. And it isn’t just in one direction either…there are plenty of male prostitutes around as well. Personally, I would rather see a partner go to a prostitute that someone else. Of course you would argue, why go at all. Because we are all human and variety sometimes is the spice of life. Face it, our marriage institution is a farce and three out of four marriages end up in a divorce court. I think that number would be a lot smaller if prostitution were legalized and was not such a black eye on either the one prostituting or the one using the prostitution. Maybe without tracking down prostitutes so much the police might be free to catch the bastards who abuse children or who batter wives….or drug pushers or murderers.
You will never get me to believe the institution of prostitution is bad for a society. You say you have studied this in college. Well, so did I, and I am a very big history buff so I have seen it in almost every civilization in the world. It was not the social crime that it has become since the advent of the newest religions. Only after it was made such a crime did we see the problems associated with it in most cultures. But only because it is a crime…
Well, we obviously disagree on this one and we will never agree on it so it is rather pointless to go on with the discussion. I think your view is narrowed by either religion or your inability to separate prostitution and drugs. The two are not exclusive to one another.
Ok then, I will close this then. You have a right to your opinion as I do mine so we will agree to disagree on this one.
Tim
As for the drugs, the link you believe I made is an assumption on your part. My comment about drugs was little more than an aside as related to the illegality of things. I related prostitution to drugs by little more than their illegality or legality, nothing more. I honestly wasn’t even thinking of a connection b/w the two until you brought it up.
As for the rest of it. I have no intention of changing your mind and wouldn’t if I thought I could. This is related to the same reason my statement was only a paragraph long. Due to circumstances of my life history and my personal make-up I am very very used to meeting nothing but a wall of angry, condemning stupidity. That being said, it is refreshing that in this case I was NOT met with stupidity. I appreciate your thoughts and the way you present your argument. It is done in a very respectful, thoughtful and intelligent manner and I thank you for that. In that same vein I did not in anyway intend to call you a user of “sperm receptacles.” I see that you were respectful and considerate of the woman you were with. I realize now my words were crass and I certainly did not have you in mind when I wrote them. Please accept my heartfelt apology on that count. I should have been more mindful of how that would be read. Again, it was in NO WAY directed at you, yet I see that it was easy to assume that it was based on the cavalier way it was written. Again, I’m sorry.
My over all response to your last posting is: Okay. Agree to disagree. I promise to read at least one article tonight in favor of prostitution as a benefit to society. I promise to open my mind at least a sliver to the idea as well, if you promise me one thing: ask one question. Why? Why did these woman choose this profession, then go back further and ask the why of that reason (example, why could they make so much more money doing this than anything else? Is there a lack of education? Is there a high level of poverty in the area? Were they forced into it?) and back and back and back. You may find that there is much more to the story. I also promise to examine why I have chosen this stand on prostitution, if you will do the same. It is entirely possible that I think it’s wrong and have chosen to focus on facts that support that argument b/c I want it to be wrong in the same way that maybe you have chosen to think it a benefit b/c you want it to be. I have NO PROBLEM having my eyes opened to different point of views. I welcome them. Perhaps, if we really do this that I may find it is not all bad and you may find it is not all good. That would be quite something!
So, in reading my last paragraph it may appear that I am asking you to change your point of view. I’m not. I’m asking you to validate it. I’m asking you to go deeper and ask yourself “Why?” It is the most important question there is and is very powerful. My favorite class of all time was philosophy of ethics. We studied relativism and absolutism. The professor basically asked us to reject relativism and “marry” our ideals, but also on the basis that we did not accept our ideals at face value. That class changed my life and who I am. I embrace my ideals, am “married” to them, but I’m still willing to study further. My values are not static, though they are absolute (there is a difference.)
So, what do you say? Are you willing? I’m game if you are. This is fun, Retro Poet! Thank you! In my line of work I come across very few intellectual challenges. This has been worth while. Now, I’m off to go do some googling. I hope very much to “speak” to you again soon!
Well, I love all this communication. I want to first thank you BOTH for being respectful when we can see that you disagree, is it fair to say, so far?
You have set a GREAT EXAMPLE of agreeing to disagree, thank you again. I know my friends on here pretty well and I have no doubts everyone else will follow suit.
As to my opinion, boy Tim for saying you are usually “disagreeable” we sure do agree on alot of things lol, I apologize Jennifer, but I completely agree with Tim here…..I’m glad that this came up because I had previously mentioned that a friend once told me “nothing is good or bad it is only thinking that makes it so” and I wanted to clarify that I can see how that obviously doesn’t apply to every respect of life like rape and other things however, I think it does apply to this situation. Why is protitution bad other than because we say it is? I know people get diseases but really, isn’t that ones own fault? Many people who are not prostitutes contract diseases everyday….as far as the drug connection, yeah some prostitutes do drugs but I knew plenty more drug addicts that weren’t prostitutes.
Your biggest question seems to be the “why” Jennifer and it seems your main focus is on the bad……my answer to this is as follows:
It’s really either two things:
(1) There are girls out there that do it for obvious reasons because they have no self-esteem, their mother nor anyone else taught them to love themselves, perhaps they constantly heard their fathers call their mother a “whore”. Some didn’t have a father around so they have a true yearning for that manly touch, they probably had a mother that felt she couldn’t do it without a man so she went from man to man, always the wrong man constantly setting a bad example; all in all they are looking for love, it just so happens to always be in the wrong places (more than likely with men who grew up on the same situations) which isn’t at all surprising. There are some women out there who want to get wildly fucked because they probably had parents that constantly demeaned them and called them a bitch and in their mind, that REALLY is all they think they are worth and until someone tells them and shows them differently they won’t change. How does one really expect someone who has been demeaned their whole lives by their parents or whomever took care of them or lived in any one of those circumstances above to go out in society and be something anything more than a whore? How can a person such as that go out into society and demand the respect that she deserves, she doesn’t know respect….yet she grows up and becomes a whore more than likely again, because this is all that she thinks she is worth, she is walking about internally bashed up and bruised and instead of seeing what we can do to help all we do as society is sit back and call her a whore and condemn her giving absolutely zero thought as to why she is one in the first place. We are an extremely thoughtless society and so quick to judge, it’s very sad.
then we have the opposite side of the coin
(2) I don’t know where you are originally from, but I live here in Los Angeles as you know, I was born and raised here. I lived in San Fernando Valley at one time which is the porn capital of the world. I personally know about 5 strippers and 3 actual hookers or “escorts” as we call them out here. The escort business is a HUGE business out here and so is prostitution. Every single one of these women that I know are VERY classy ladies, they are well spoken, well mannered, well dress and well paid. I know some refuse to believe it, but there ARE women out there who WANT to go out and have sex and get paid and they do not have mental problems nor did they have a bad childhood. This one woman said and I quote “I just want to get fucked and by and bunch of different men!”, now while I think my man is enough, like Tim said, some like variety, why is that bad, because we as society say it is? Why because you think its bad or perhaps my neighbor thinks its bad does that mean that I have to? I suppose this is a whole other conversation, but I see a TON of benefits to being a polygamist. Another one said “I can have my own schedule, get fucked and get paid for doing it”. Now on the males behalfs, I know some men who hire prostitutes because they have very busy schedules to hectic for a girlfriend they have absolutely no intention of harming the girl in any way, I think as society we have this picture of “prostitution” in our head and it is painted with such ugly colors but really we are the ones doing the painting.
I have TONS more to say I’m sure, but I didn’t want to seem non-responsive I am super busy with work which considering I work for myself is a great thing
It’s almost 1 am so I must get to bed.
I look forward to more input, thanks everyone.
Christina
PS…..What about the women who are not necessarily “hookers” but everyone knows they are using the man for his money, now how is she holding on to him? hmmm? I’m willing to bet its with that little kitty between her legs, here kitty kitty
It’s possible that this is the lifestyle that some people really and truly want and for that reason it should be legal, but the topic was why hookers are necessary. They are not and prostitution as a whole is not good. Human trafficking (for just one example) is a horrible problem. Now I really did read last night about the benefits of prostitution. Did anyone read anything about why it’s not beneficial?
I count myself among the lucky b/c I am not too busy for a real and fulfilling relationship and have the opportunity to relish the joys of love as well as sex.
So that’s it for me. I’m still in pain from laughing b/c Tim thinks I’m religious. Still giggling over that one.
I think that what you meant is that hookers/prostitutes are not necessary in YOUR house or life, nor mine, but for others they are necessary, no matter how you see it “hookers” or “prostitutes” ARE a service. Bad sitations are bad because PEOPLE are bad. Legalizing prositution, I and many believe would lower the crime rate in many ways, one which would be rape. Also, much to some peoples disbelief, some people don’t want to be in meaningful and fulfilling relationships they want to be free and have a bunch of “fuck buddies” or what’s that other word, “friends with benefits”.
It should be noted that I fully believe in GOD, but I am NOT religious at all. I think religion is a HUGE scam.
It would appear that we are still going to disagree Jenn, that is fine, you still crack me up in plenty of other aspects
Let’s get a couple of things clear. I have stated that legalization isn’t an issue. I have never said there is no benefit to prostitution. I have never mentioned drugs or disease and if all there are is happy hookers who provide a “service” in exchange for money, then so be it. But that is not the whole story. We are having two different arguments here. One anecdotal and the other empirical. Personally, I would like to continue on an empirical level. Everything you say may be 100% true, but I have a feeling the picture you paint is a very small percentage of the industry.
One needs only type the words “studies on prostitution” into google to bring up scads of info on the topic. I think you will agree that the words I used in the search are completely neutral. I’m not doing what Anne Coulter does.. (oooh, I have to add her to my list in the other forum) and doing a search that skews one way or the other just to support one particular point of view. Come on, people! You’re a bunch of writers! I know you guys must research things all the time. Lexis Nexis!! It’s not just an awesome shampoo! (That was a joke - just trying to lighten the mood).
I don’t have a subscription to many of these journals and couldn’t afford it, anyway, so you can really only read the abstracts. The abstracts themselves give quite a bit of useful info. Here is one from a paper on interpersonal attachment that I thought might be appropriate here.
“A hypothesized need to form and maintain strong, stable interpersonal relationships is evaluated in light of the empirical literature. The need is for frequent, nonaversive interactions within an ongoing relational bond. Consistent with the belongingness hypothesis, people form social attachments readily under most conditions and resist the dissolution of existing bonds. Belongingness appears to have multiple and strong effects on emotional patterns and on cognitive processes. Lack of attachments is linked to a variety of ill effects on health, adjustment, and well-being. Other evidence, such as that concerning satiation, substitution, and behavioral consequences, is likewise consistent with the hypothesized motivation. Several seeming counterexamples turned out not to disconfirm the hypothesis. Existing evidence supports the hypothesis that the need to belong is a powerful, fundamental, and extremely pervasive motivation.”
Okay, dry, unfunny, perhaps even uninteresting to some. Sorry for that, but if we’re going to talk about something like this, let’s really get the facts straight, lay ’em all out there. Go ahead and change my mind, don’t just do it by theory and anecdote alone.
Peace.
All “I” am really trying to say is that if a woman wants to go out and have sex for money they should be allowed to without society jumping on them telling them what horrible people they are or assuming they must have SOME kind of internal issues……if a man doesn’t want a g/f or a wife and wants to call a hooker in every once in awhile (or however often he wants) then he should be allowed too, without judgment, that is ALL I am trying to say.
Oh, well in that case we are in full agreement!! Phew *wipes sweat from brow* that was a lot of hard work!
Alls well that ends well
(I really enjoy you Jenn)
No wait. It isn’t over until the fat lady sings or in my case they skinny man warbles. First let me say that Jennifer wrote me a nice letter and I asked her to be on my friends list. Why, because I think we are both intelligent people who know that neither one of us is trying to call the other a liar or trying to degrade their points of view. I like these kind of debates. I am glad that Jennifer has at least admitted that legalizing prostitution is not really a bad thing. Which I thought this whole conversation was about. Apparently not because now we have a quote about why people need to feel like they belong.
Well, first off, I have done a lot of reading, took several psych classes in college and certainly know my history. And it has taught me one thing. Don’t believe everything you read and only half of what you see. Seriously. Just because this person or that person has a degree, does that make them automatically correct in whatever they say or put down on paper. I certainly hope not or we would all be saying that everything Karl Marx wrote was gospel.
No no no…..I don’t care what Google has when you query them, nor what these supposed experts say about anything. Sure, some of them are probably very good at their jobs and are trying to help society out by using what expertise they supposedly have but I base my beliefs on experience. Remember the motto, Experience Counts? I am a firm believe in that motto or whatever you want to call it. I can’t base my beliefs on something someone says in a book or magazine or online here. I just can’t. It would make no sense to do that. I don’t know if they are right or they are wrong in their hypothesis or their conclusions. I couldn’t possibly know that. I didn’t see or read all of the material they gathered for their studies, nor do I know how much bias has been written by them based upon their own life experiences. And to me that is the crux of it all. Experience is the best teacher. Individual experience.
I know that I am not going to change anyone’s mind here. That would be a ludicrous thought for me. We have all based our beliefs on our own life’s experiences or else we have based them on something that has been read (which I certainly do not think is a very good teacher overall). No, this is simply a place where we can come and get out our beliefs without incrimination. It is very interesting to hear opposing views, for all of us, but unless we are in our teens, we are not going to be swayed by any of this here.
And even if we know a hundred call girls or hookers and we heard all of their stories that wouldn’t make any difference at all….unless we have an open mind to everything. Now most of us don’t but that is ok…..but there are some beliefs I have had in the past that I have changed my mind .. some good arguments made by some people, and for other reasons. Experience again, is what I mean here.
No, I don’t think I said that you were religious my dear new friend. I just used them as one of the reasons why Prostitution has not been made legal. I have no idea what your religious ideals are and certainly wouldn’t presume to know. I was just giving you reasons that I have seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears as to why I believe prostitution will never be made legal in this country.
At some point I do hope we have a good religious discussion. It won’t change any of our opinions but it will be an interesting discussion, none the less. People say that we shouldn’t talk about religion and politics….I can’t think of better topics to talk about…
Anyway Jennifer, glad to have you as a friend now and I certainly don’t have anything against you because we disagree on a particular subject. I am not that type of person as I hope you come to find out. I like to debate, and sometimes I like to take the opposite side in a debate just for the fun of it and to see if maybe I might change my mind on a subject that we are discussing. I debated in college and there were times that I did change sides on purpose because it was a great experience. I found though that I am a much better writer than speaker… Oh well, we all have our inadequacies, don’t we?
Well, this has been a very lively discussion and I hope that it is the first of many I will get involved in…
I assumed you believed I was religious b/c of this statement, “I think your view is narrowed by either religion or your inability to separate prostitution and drugs.” If I misread that then I apologize, but neither is true. I entered this discussion with the same perspective with which I leave it.
I quoted that particular abstract b/c of Christina’s position that some people don’t want to be loved or rather to have real and meaningful relationships. I thought it appropriate in that way, at least. I realize it wasn’t fully appropriate to the discussion as a whole.
I agree with your view that we should base our opinions on experience. However, it is not possible to experience everything and I don’t think that you would believe that I don’t have the right to an opinion on prostitution since I have never had sex w/ a prostitute. I do believe in empirical study. I believe in reading the accounts of other’s experiences. However, my opinion is never fully based on reading alone, it is rather just one more ingredient. As a writer yourself I’m sure you understand the power of the written word. Surely you don’t think that writing has value as entertainment alone. Surely, we have something to learn from the experiences of others, while being careful to look at every thing we read with a critical and discerning eye. I think it also helps divorce us somewhat from our personal biases.
I also didn’t realize the discussion was about legalization. I thought it was about necessity.
Lastly, and most importantly, I am very glad that we met, Tim. Thank you for a lively discussion. I don’t really care a whit about prostitution (except in the aspect of abuse, human trafficking, etc) as long as truly no one is being hurt, I don’t have the right to comment on that. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a discussion like this. I’m flexing muscles I forgot I had. Now, of course, like all atrophied muscles once again put into use I’m a little sore. I’m going to go drink wine and watch a silly Will Ferrell movie w/ my gorgeous husband.
Have a great night all!!!
You two are funny and great friends….thank you for sharing your opinions. What a great conversation from one little article I wrote