Posted on 03/22/2019 7:12:15 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris recently supported legalizing prostitution in an interview she gave to the Root: “But when you are talking about consenting adults, I think that you know, yes, we should really consider that we can’t criminalize consensual behavior as long as no one is being harmed,” she said, meaning that she would still support laws that would punish human trafficking and exploitation of women.
Surprisingly—or not—this idea has also been embraced by certain segments on the right, especially among libertarians. Elizabeth Nolan Brown, an associate editor at Reason Magazine and an advocate of the sex trade, said Harris is trying to have her cake and eat it too since her proposal brings the Nordic model of sex work here to the states. Brown says that doesn’t work and, while Harris says she wants to decriminalize prostitution, Brown notes that often still entails “cracking down” on people who try to pay for sex.
At The Federalist after Patriot owner Robert Kraft’s arrest for soliciting prostitutes, Jocelyn Glabach, the Red Headed Libertarian, said that in a truly libertarian society, there would be nothing illegal about two consenting adults trading sex for money.
These arguments for legalizing prostitution hinge on two points: What consenting adults do in their bedrooms or hotel rooms is nobody’s business but theirs, and if we really want to live in a free society, we shouldn’t punish the selling of sex.
Forget, for a moment, that decriminalizing prostitution does not bring about the promised results, New Zealand being the latest country to discover that human trafficking and exploitation do not decrease if prostitution is decriminalized. If the two principles stated above are true, then the moral action would be to legalize prostitution, regardless of whether harmful effects from it decreased or not . . .
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Prostitution will stay illegal because politicians cannot tolerate the competition.
Not only should prostitution be legal it should be free. “Free” would cut down on human smuggling as no money to be made from it. Pimps would be out of work. The guberment could build nice motel like buildings with free health care for the girls, a nice kitchen setup for them and a lounge. Viagra dispensers in the restorooms anda free clinic for testosterone shots.
Just think of the hospital costs it would save for older men with prostate problems.
So, because legalizing prostitution does not reduce human trafficking, it should not be done?
Bad logic.
“Goodness” isn’t a criteria for “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”.
What’s the “Nordic model?”
Well said.
I support the legalization of prostitution.
Its slavery.
That would be very rare.
How could it be “Free”?
The trafficking of certain drugs is illegal because it is considered a threat to society in general. That should be the criterion for prostitution.
I’d hate for my daughters to become prostitutes but that’s not a reason to make it illegal.
Kamala Harris had 2 career choices ,Prostitute or Politian so she decided to blend them together
The government should pay a prostitute $100 for every "trick" they turn. The "Johns" wouldn't have to pay anything - therefore "Free Sex."
Free access to sex is a fundamental human right, and cannot be denied.
And, like Charlie Sheen says, "You aren't paying for sex, you are paying them to leave."
Consenting adults means nothing
Same sex sodomy was sold as the activities between consenting adults in private.
Today we have convicted child molesters dressed in drag reading to primary grade children in public libraries.
The Left does not believe in the age of consent. NOW founder Kate Millett advocated for sex between adult women and under aged girls.
It’s like how Bozo O’Rourke is still calling it “a woman’s body” when a baby is born alive and being snuffed out. Not connected to her body in any way at that point.
Simple lies told to sell great horror.
Well, she’d have to say that to protect he so-called “integrity”, of which she has none.
New Zealand is doing it wrong - from the link's link: "for every licensed brothel there are, on average, four times the number that operate illegally." This is not the case in e.g. Nevada.
Decriminalizing prostitution would empower licentiousness, not liberty, because, seeing people as potential sex objects encourages people to loosen their self-control. [...] With that mentality, individuals would become enslaved to their passions, as we’ve already seen with the obesity problem
Right-statists always end up proving too much - by the article's logic we should have a Diet Police.
Not sure, but it probably doesn’t include the Swedish Bikini Team coming to give you a rubdown in the sauna.
Just thinking outside the box, so to speak.
Unintended consequences? Sure, our population could be decimated. The AI's may eventually rule. We might have to pay women to bear children. Lots of ways this could go wrong.
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