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September 07, 2004
Whose Business?
I was browsing Economist.com when I found this.
For ages, society has percieved prostitution to unright, wrong, sinful, but is it? What makes buying or selling sex different from buying or selling other goods? To quote the article,
"TWO adults enter a room, agree a price, and have sex. Has either committed a crime? Common sense suggests not: sex is not illegal in itself, and the fact that money has changed hands does not turn a private act into a social menace. If both parties consent, it is hard to see how either is a victim."
Now, isn't that something to think about? :)
Posted by yeepei at September 7, 2004 10:14 AM
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>If both parties consent, it is hard to see how either is a victim.
But the consent may not be willing by the party receiving the payment who is willing not by choice, but possibly forced into it by circumstance or necessity, hence, the "victim" label. This is why payment is involved, to buy the willingness. And once money is involved, then it's no longer an equal exchange.
Posted by: Chet at September 9, 2004 08:17 AM
It all depends on how a society defines "unright" and "wrong", and if they believe in relative morals or absolute morals.
For me, any sexual relationships outside a marriage is wrong, and when I say marriage, it's between a guy and a girl.
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