Is prostitution "immoral"?

[madchis]

Originally Posted by nekoboy

Yes. It is immoral. You sell something sacred for money. It also hurts the women involved.

Seriously what makes sex sacred? Why is it not sacred when animals do it? Whether it be humans or animals, sex is to reproduce. And thankfully we humans are intelligent enough that we have made birth-control so it doesn't have to lead to offspring. We can do it just because it feels good. And other animals do it just for pleasure. Just look up the monkey and frog on YouTube.

[Quintessence]

Originally Posted by madchis

Seriously what makes sex sacred?

You don't think the act of sex is something powerful that deserves respect? It doesn't inspire you to awe or wonder? It doesn't instill in you happiness or pleasure?

There are many reasons why a person or culture may regard something as sacred. It is not hard to see how an experience as powerful as sex can be regarded as sacred. It forges and breaks human relationships, and additionally is the mode of procreation for our species. Something of such tremendous transformative power definitely deserves respect and careful use. However, unlike Neko, I wouldn't necessarily say that prostitution is inherently disrespectful of the power of the sexual act. Nay, to understand the sacred mysteries of sex one has to actually do it. It's something to indulge in (responsibly!), not put in some untouchable lockbox.

[Me Myself]

Originally Posted by nekoboy

Yes. It is immoral. You sell something sacred for money. It also hurts the women involved.

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1- It´s not selling, it´s renting

2- Is selling crosses immoral?

[Draka]

Originally Posted by Me Myself

1- It´s not selling, it´s renting

2- Is selling crosses immoral?

Selling bibles?
Selling cows?
Selling plants?

[nnmartin]

Originally Posted by Father Heathen

If a woman paid a man for sex, would the male be immoral, but the female in the clear? I ask because your stance has a hint of misogyny about it.

no, this is a different situation.

It's not misogyny at all because the fact is, men and women are different.

Most men would queue up for free sex , if they were to be getting paid as well there would be a line one mile long!

A woman doesn't need to pay for sex so by selling herself she is abusing her natural feminine gift.

Thus, slightly immoral.

[Me Myself]

Originally Posted by nnmartin

no, this is a different situation.

It's not misogyny at all because the fact is, men and women are different.

Most men would queue up for free sex , if they were to be getting paid as well there would be a line one mile long!

A woman doesn't need to pay for sex so by doing so she is abusing her natural feminine gift.

Thus, slightly immoral.

O_O was... that just blatant sexism? like right there everywhere?

OMG O_O

[Quintessence]

Originally Posted by Draka

Selling plants?

That one. That one is definitely immoral. It robs me of the joy of growing them myself.

[Draka]

Originally Posted by nnmartin

no, this is a different situation.

It's not misogyny at all because the fact is, men and women are different.

Most men would queue up for free sex , if they were to be getting paid as well there would be a line one mile long!

A woman doesn't need to pay for sex so by selling herself she is abusing her natural feminine gift.

Thus, slightly immoral.

Wait, so either way, to you, the woman is immoral but the man is okay? And you really, honestly, don't see how this view is hypocritical and misogynistic? Really? Really?

[nnmartin]

Originally Posted by Draka

Why do you think that? Why is the prostitute immoral by any degree and the john isn't? Do they not partake in the same transaction? It is the same action and it requires both of them for it to happen, so how is one immoral and one isn't?

the answer to this is pretty much the same as my last post above.

It is natural for a man to have sex with many different women - all part of his biological programming , whether he pays for it or not is completely irrelevant.

A woman , however, does not have this need, so she is circumventing her maternal instincts here and using them in the wrong manner.

[Me Myself]

Originally Posted by nnmartin

Most men would queue up for free sex , if they were to be getting paid as well there would be a line one mile long!

Then it is okay if the woman likes sex a lot.

Originally Posted by nnmartin

A woman doesn't need to pay for sex so by selling herself she is abusing her natural feminine gift.

Some women do need to pay , at least to have sex with men they see atractive.

Actually, very atractive men that could get any women they want could sell themselves to women generaly considered ugly and would have a lot of buyers. This women wouldn´t do it with every man, but with handsome men, so they pay for it, because they wouldn´t be able to naturaly get it.

It exists. Trust me.