if prostitution is illegal, then how come there are porn websites which run on showing such activity?
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Pornography does not show prostitution!\nActors have FREE consensual sex with each other, they get paid for letting the camera crew film this completely legal activity.\nFor pornography to be prostitution the actors would have pay each other for sex!
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Yes, I do.  Medical massage therapists are allowed to rub people with their hands to make them feel good.  Sex workers use stimulation to make people feel good.  The only difference seems to be the religious ramifications.  It is a throwback to our stupid Puritanical roots.  I don't think any laws should be based on religious standards, and the law against prostitution is based only on that. \n\nAnd for those who say that venereal disease is the reason it should be illegal, I disagree.  If prostitution were regulated, STD rates in sex workers/patrons would decrease.    \n\nSome people are good at math, some are great artists, and others are good at sensual acts.  I don't see why a woman or man who wants to use his or her body to make money should be denied.  After all, isn't that the same thing professional athletes and models do?
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Think on this:\n In Neveda Prostitution is legal; Polygamy is illegal.\n Prostitution is immoral, but legal;Polygamy is moral, but illegal.
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It's also legal in some South American, as well as European countries.\n\nHaving some legal background I can tell you that legalized prostitution is governed by the State Government in some of these countries.  Prostitutes are held at higher health standards, because of their profession, meaning they must be tested monthly and hold a valid license to 'prostitute,' clients may ask to see their cards, to ensure they are being checked routinely.\n\nThe State Govt. gets paid the licensee fee, and ensures the public of proper health safeties.\n\nI think it should be legalized, controlled, and taxed.  Would get the pimps and the addicted prostitutes off the streets by regulating such matters.\n\nI don't think it would lower the rape crime, since prostitution and rape are not mutually inclusive.  Although some prostitutes do get raped, the percentages lean more towards the non-prostitutes being the victim 90% of the time. Rapist have mental disorders, so their victims tend to be the girl-next-door type, rapes don't occur because there is a lack of prostitutes, or lack of money, it occurs because the rapist has psychological issues.
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Prostitution is ILLEGAL in Singapore. I think they don't really care if it happens in the common Red light districts("a necessary evil").\nPlease read the Women's charter.(http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_getdata.pl?actno=1997-REVED-353&doctitle=WOMEN%92S%20CHARTER%0A&date=latest&method=part&segid=888375053-002442#888375053-002442)
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No.\nBut, they can get the prostitute into a room with them. And then when they begin to start talking about money, that is when they can arrest them.\nIn general, I would immagine that it is seriously frowned upon if they do get sexual services for free from a prostitue.
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Prostitution today occurs in various different settings.\n\nIn street prostitution the prostitute solicits customers while waiting at street corners. \nIn 'escort' prostitution, the act takes place at the customer's place of residence or more commonly at his or her hotel room. This form of prostitution often shelters under the umbrella of escort agencies, who ostensibly supply attractive escorts for social occasions. While escort agencies claim never to provide sexual services, very few successful escorts are available exclusively for social companionship. Even where this prostitution is legal, the euphemistic term "escort service" is common. (See call girl) In the US, escort agencies advertise frequently on the World Wide Web and example advertisements can be readily found on any major search engine and on open forum sites such as Craigslist. \nAlternately, an escort may work independently of an agency and place advertisements on the internet or in newspapers and magazines for his or her own services, communicating with clients directly and setting up appointments on their own. \nIn sex tourism, travellers from rich countries travel to poorer countries such as Thailand in search of sexual services where their currency buys more. Other popular sex tourism destinations are Cuba, Costa Rica, and former eastern bloc countries. \nThe setting common in Russia and other countries of the former USSR takes the form of an open-air girl market. One prostitute stands by a roadside, and directs cars to a so-called "tochka" (usually located in alleyways or carparks), where lines of women are paraded for customers in front of their car headlights. The client selects a prostitute, whom he takes away in his car. This leaves the woman (often very young girls) particularly open to abuse. Prevalent in the late 90s, this type of service has been steadily declining in the recent years. \nA "lot lizard" is a commonly-encountered special case of street prostitution. Lot lizards mainly serve those in the trucking industry at truck stops and stopping centers. Prostitutes will often proposition truckers using a CB radio from vehicle parked in the non-commercial section of a truck stop parking lot, communicating through codes based on commercial driving slang, then join the driver in his truck. \n[edit]\nStreet prostitution\n \nStereotypical street-walker.Main article: Street prostitution \nIn outside prostitution, the prostitute solicits customers while waiting at street corners , usually dressed in skimpy clothing. The act is performed in the customer's car or in a nearby alley or rented room (motels that service prostitutes commonly rent rooms by the half or full hour).\n\n[edit]\nEscort/Out-call prostitution\n This article or section deals primarily with the United States of America and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject.\nPlease improve the article or discuss the issue on the talk page. \n \nCalling cards in phone boxes advertise the services of call girlsMain article: Call girl \nThose who work for an escort agency may obtain the position by responding to an employment advertisement, usually placed in the back of a magazine or newspaper. Escort agencies maintain a database or "stable" of employees of different types in order to cater to a wider client base. Some agencies may specifically deal in a certain type of prostitute. There are male-for-male, female-for-male, and female-for-female escort agencies, as well as a few male-for-female agencies. Agencies commonly specialise in only one sex. Transsexual prostitutes are available from some escort agencies.\n\nEscort agencies typically advertise in regional publications and even telephone listings like the Yellow Pages. Many of them maintain websites with photo galleries of their employees. An interested client contacts an agency by telephone and offers a description of what kind of escort they are looking for. The agency will t
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It is illegal to do such a thing.
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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.
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Escort agencies in theory exist to supply attractive and well-mannered escorts. The escort is sent to an address (house or hotel).\n\nIn other cases, so-called "escort agencies" are booking agencies for prostitution. The reason for making the distinction is a legal one; since prostitution laws often forbid taking payment for sex, the escort seeks to avoid this by having the client pay for his or her company and then claiming that any sex which happens was simply a spontaneous reaction to a client they happened to find attractive - a relationship which would legally be no different from a secretary who sleeps with her boss.\n\nThis means that, at least in theory, a client may pay for an escort who will then refuse him sex because she or he finds the client unattractive. Advertisements for escort agencies often skirt this legal line, seeking to establish the legal position whilst simultaneously implying to clients that they are not especially choosy in their preferences.\n\nEscort agencies are very aware of the legal issues behind the services they offer. Agencies claiming to be legitimate generally operate like customer service businesses, taking great care not to intimidate a new customer, who may feel apprehensive about using the service.
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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.
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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.
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They are indeed illegal, but they feel that they can work safer and without much worries in Mexico than in the US. If they work in the US, they may be jailed for one week for practicing prostitution, and may lose rights to see their children (a lot of them have children). \n\nIn Mexico, they can work on her profession of choice and if the guys are rough the police can help them. My point of view is that American Citizens like them should be able to work in Mexico, and Mexican Citizens should be able to work in the US, but his needs to be legislated to make it official.
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the short answer is, as long as it is not child pornography, it is legal. \n\nas long as no other illegal activites are being shown or solicited on the site, it is legal.
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I don't see how celebrities are influencing prostitution, but what I do see is the rise in eating disorders, low self-esteem and young girls trying to be sexy.  As far as actual prostitution I have not heard of someone turning to prostitution because of a celebrity, but I definitly feel that young people are starting to have sex younger and younger because of the images of these young stars partying on t.v. and changing partners every few days or weeks also smoking, and drinking is very popular among young people because of seeing these people indulging in these things on t.v.
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This country is legislating morality.  Prostitution goes against the religious values of our Christian majority.  I believe the government feels it must protect us from our selves Plus the government does not make any money from it.  Where are the lobbyist for prostitution\nEX\nIts ok that cigarette smoking kills our people and is a major drain on this countries health care system because it does not go against the religious morals.  Plus the goverment is making money from this industry.\n\nIf prostitution was legal it could be regulated. It would be safer for all invloved.  It could be taxed and income could be received.   Areas could be set up to police it and make it unobtainable to our youth.
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It's probably illegal