What is the law about prostitution in Canada? Is it legal?
116086
Why shouldn't it be legal?  "Selling is legal, having consentual sex is legal.  Why isn't selling consentual sex legal!?  Why is it illegal to sell something that is perfectly legal to give away?"  -  George Carlin\n\nI think this is the best prostitution argument of them all.\n\nThen comes "If you bet a woman $50 she can't give you an orgasm, is that gambling or prostitution?"\n\nSorry, I don't know if it's legal there.
227392
Prostitution will be there definitely, wherever there are men and women. This is supposed to be the world's oldest and profitable profession without any investment worth the name. So, there is nothing to talk about Japan in isolation. When men and women enjoy, it is called prostitution. Why is it not called so when animals do the same?
273603
Yes.  And allow me to elucidate.\n\n1)  It's the world's oldest profession for a reason.  Trying to stamp out prostitution is like trying to drain a river with a straw.\n\n2)  It's a consensual act.  The buyer and the seller are both willing participants.  I'm not saying that it's healthy, but those who sell their bodies aren't being stopped anyway.  And healthy profits can fund the therapy needed to get out of that business' mindset... in theory.  Or it can buy a lot of drugs... which is another legalization topic to hold...\n\n3)  Legalization can lead to regulation: required doctor visits for health certification, like the "A, B, C" system in California restaurants.  With legal prostitutes to visit, there may be a decrease in "blind hookups" at your local bar, where a lot of disease gets spread around for free... well, for the price of a few drinks.
259320
As long as you are not doing anything sexual, or if you are over 18 (in some states, 21) and doing something sexual, and as long as everyone filmed is engaged in consensual activity, and as long as you're not using barnyard animals or anything beyond the pale (scat, rape, etc.), it's legal.\n\nProstitution requires you to have physical contact with another person, or at least to talk about having physical contact with someone else, so it isn't prostitution.\n\nIt may be considered obscene, but again, as long as you stay away from the real hardcore stuff, you should be fine.\n\nSeveral court cases have ruled that the act of filming sexual activity makes it artisic expression, protected by the First Amendment.\n\nWhat you describe is very common on Yahoo! Messenger: Buy me something or pay me via PayPal and get a show.\n\nThat said, technically, PayPal bans the use of its services for adult-related activities. So, you may find someone who complains about your shows to PayPal [most likely, a dissatisfied customer] and, as a result, your account gets cancelled. \n\nPeople may also go to Amazon.com and complain about your shows, but I would imagine Amazon.com's attitude would be "you bought it, your problem."
722572
Just read the crap that people post on Yahoo answers...how would it make a difference?  Stop making up your own crap.  Yes prostitution is legal and actually the ages of the girls is even younger than 10. Overrun...stop being so dramatic.
1156797
A great question that goes at the heart of government hypocrisy\n\nI've always felt that this was due to the 1st amendment, that pornography is protected by freedom of expression.  Paying a prostitute is not a form of expression.  However, technically, prostitution is coverd by our declaration of independence, which states that all citizens have the right to the pursuit of happiness (though not actually being happy!)\n\nI suppose it goes into our nationally conservative mindset and those damn Norman Rockwell paintings - you see people gathered around wholesome activities, not lighting up a bong or visiting a whore house.\n\nThe government will likely say that prostitution is a public health issue, that prostitutes carry diseases etc and risk spreading them to the public.  I agree that legalization and testing is a far better treatment of the problem than ignoring it and prosecuting these women.  After all, it's not like they want to be prostitutes.  Most girls when they grow up don't say they want to sell their soul for money.  Furthermore, what costs more, testing and regulating the prostitution industry, or prosecuting and incarcerating the offenders?
377058
Sure, if it has to do with capitalism, and entrepreneurs can make money off of it, it's more likely to be legal. Prosistution is illegal in many states because it's not easily taxed.\n\nSecond, I believe prostitution is illegal because of state legislation, not federal legislation.
1134027
no it is not. who defined massage, and to what extent? is it an ISO/JS or international standard that states that one cannot massage the body privates, and sets boudaries??? of course not, hence, it is not prostitution. well actually, no one specified with what you can massage the body. so technically, you can have some one massage you with their ahem ahem u know what, until your ahem ahem u know what....\nlol. viva la resistance!!!
694957
Yes, why yes it is.  In Ontario completely Legal to go topless.   Some women do, however it is usually the ones you wish wouldn't.
839829
HUH? \n\nIF a prostitute quit waking the streets, went to school for paralegal, and got hired somewhere as a paralegal....\n\nWhat difference does it make what she did before school? I'd applaud her for putting the effort in to get off the streets, before I'd question the legality of whatever you are talking about....
1129991
Abortion is completely legal and without any restrictions of any kind in Canada.  Smart people, those Canucks :)
404025
Soliciting a prostitute is different than incedent exposure.\n\nSomeone who needs to reveal socially-accepted-sexual body parts has a problem.  The whole "look at my penis in the library" fiasco that's been on the news (around where I live) is just disgusting.  It's an infringement upon the person who's being offended.  People have a right to be in public and not be subjected to that.  So yes - those people are wrong, they're breaking laws that are just, and they need to register.\n\nPrositution....that's a person's choice.  Granted, many prostitutes are "in the biz" b/c they "have to" and feel they have no way out, no other skills to utilize to make a living (sadly). However, it's not the government's job to babysit people and prevent them from making bad decisions which affect their lives.  So, if two adults want to have sex, free or otherwise, that's their business.  The laws governing that realm are absurd to me, and I dislike the fact that it's taken one step further to then label those people as sex offenders as if they somehow sought to hurt someone (obviously if they RAPE...yes you can rape a prostitute...then they ARE sex offenders)...\n\nit's a fine line.
871587
You need to start by researching laws about prostitution and researching the history of it. You need to understand why it is illegal in most states and understand why it is legal in Nevada. The issue with your topic is that it already is illegal -- it's very unlikely that it's going to stop, even where it is illegal. You need to be realistic and acknowledge the facts before you can create a plan to overcome what many others have tried to do and failed.\n\nThe definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result.
715096
I actually have a friend who used to be a bodyguard for one of these services.  What the escort services advertise is paying somebody to spend time with you, which is not illegal.  The girls in the escort service he worked for were not required to have sex with the guys.  Depending on how big of a tip the guy gave them past the initial fee then they would decide to have sex with the guy, and some cases they wouldnt' even have sex.
112305
Sex is LEGAL worldwide between two consenting adults. The MORAL ideas differ in every part of every country.
1061242
i think prostitution is overrated, if people wanna have sex and get paid way not. a women can have sex with many men and get nothing is considered a whore, but if the men throw her a few dollars, she is a prostitute, why? why give it up for free. my take is if a guy friend of mine want's to have sex with me and my light bill is due, and i don't have it, hey, why not, get the bill paid and feel good while doing it
1060586
It's not legal, but it is practiced...\n\n"secretive society" that dominates Colorado City and Hildale, Utah, where many of the 8,000 residents practice polygamy."\n\nThey are from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.