Shades of Paulines!!! From your handle I can guess where you are from...and you HAVE to know who Pauline is!! So this is just too good to pass up!! (inside joke to a fellow hillbilly)
I know I am gonna get massive flames from this one, but it is just too good to resist.
I live in a small country in Eastern Europe... Real sex crimes - rape, child molestation, etc, as far as I know are virtually non-existent here. I have not heard of any instances of the kind of perverted stuff occurring here in my 5 years in residence that you would see in a day or two in any major city in the U.S. No abductions of school children, no co-eds found raped and dismembered, nobody assaulted in a dark alley (we got a lot of dark alleys). While prostitution is technically illegal, the reality is that the authorities just don’t seem to pay any attention to whatever arrangement is made between two adults regarding personal matters, but there is NO evidence of this kind of activity in the open on the streets like one might see on the TV show “COPS”
The very same local website that hosts internet dating ads, and that I met a few very nice Christian ladies on when I first moved here also has mixed in its listings ads from a lot of women who in their profile say “intim za dengi” (intimate for money). When I first saw those I was a little shocked and its not my cup of tea but I figured it was just the local way of doing things.
These differences in approach to the issue and the results I see, can not but make me wonder which society is misguided in their approach to dealing with this issue. Nice normal women do not have to carry mace, guns, stab your eyes out keychains or worry about walking home in the dark.
I do know there are many other cultural and demographic issues in play that are huge differences between the two societies which very likely play into the differences in crimes of this nature. It does give one food for thought though.
Oh, yeah. I know about Paulines! How did you get to eastern Europe and know about this? The book?
You won’t get flamed by me. I believe legalized and highly regulated prostitution would cut down on sexual attacks. If women want to sell what they have it’s their business. Men would be multi-millionaires if it worked the other way!