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The Case for a Government Monopoly on Prostitution
- Thread starter Sunstone
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Many of these modern "liberals" aren't really so liberal.
They're social conservatives who simply are different flavor of authoritarian.
esmith
Veteran Member
Well NV has legalized prostitution that is not a government monopoly, but I do not totally agree with their restrictions. The way I see it, why limit it to counties with less than 400,000 people in them. If it is good enough in those counties and the owners and employees are licensed and "medically examined" why not make it legal in the entire state if the residents so desire. The federal government needs to stay out of it, if a State want's to legalize it at the discretion of the individual city I would have no problem with it.
dust1n
Zindīq
Ironic that people who routinely eat Wendy's would end up like the models in their commercial, yet Russian people have fashion.
technomage
Finding my own way
We already have government prostitutes. They're called "Congress critters," and they exist at both the state and the federal levels.
I would support legalization and regulation of prostitution like any other industry. I would not support government-run prostitution, and don't see a need for government-run liquor stores either.
And IMO regulations, if enacted, should focus on prostitute and customer protection, like disease screening, licensing, proper income, abuse protection, etc.
I can imagine in theory a prostitution business owned by prostitutes in sort of a guild structure, but realistically, I think corporate prostitution would be the norm, with owners/executives making all the money and prostitutes taking on the risk, doing the deed, and getting scraps and abuse.
Parts of Nevada already have legal prostitution. The prostitutes get hired as independent contractors that get to negotiate their own price but they don't receive any benefits. They have mandatory HIV testing and mandatory condom usage. A lot of them have really intense restrictions, like not being able to leave the brothel for long periods of time (if they want to keep their job, not like forcefully, or not legally anyway), or having to leave the county when they do take leaves from the brothel, or having curfews, or restrictions on driving, etc. Abuse by brothel owners and customers supposedly happens frequently, and many prostitutes have pimps even though they work at the brothels. So I don't know if that's any better or worse than illegal prostitution, although I suppose it can be a matter of what the specific regulations are and how strongly they are enforced. In practice I wouldn't exactly expect most other places to do it much better.
And IMO regulations, if enacted, should focus on prostitute and customer protection, like disease screening, licensing, proper income, abuse protection, etc.
I can imagine in theory a prostitution business owned by prostitutes in sort of a guild structure, but realistically, I think corporate prostitution would be the norm, with owners/executives making all the money and prostitutes taking on the risk, doing the deed, and getting scraps and abuse.
Parts of Nevada already have legal prostitution. The prostitutes get hired as independent contractors that get to negotiate their own price but they don't receive any benefits. They have mandatory HIV testing and mandatory condom usage. A lot of them have really intense restrictions, like not being able to leave the brothel for long periods of time (if they want to keep their job, not like forcefully, or not legally anyway), or having to leave the county when they do take leaves from the brothel, or having curfews, or restrictions on driving, etc. Abuse by brothel owners and customers supposedly happens frequently, and many prostitutes have pimps even though they work at the brothels. So I don't know if that's any better or worse than illegal prostitution, although I suppose it can be a matter of what the specific regulations are and how strongly they are enforced. In practice I wouldn't exactly expect most other places to do it much better.
Mercy Not Sacrifice
Well-Known Member
Thus implying that anti-government hatred may well be a part of a religion.
I like that.
During the Civil War prostitution became such a problem spreading disease and making the military afraid it may lose the war due to the sickness. They actually legalized prostitution and the rules could actually work today.
Lt. Col. Spaulding created a system of registration similar to European ones. He inadvertently created the first legal system of prostitution.[12] This is the set of regulations he set up: 1. That a license be issued to each prostitute, a record of which shall be kept at this office, together with the number and street of her residence. 2. That one skillful surgeon be appointed as a Board of Examination whose duty it shall be to examine personally every week, each licensed prostitute, giving certificate soundness to those who are healthy and ordering those into hospital those who are in the slightest degree diseased. 3. That a building suitable for a hospital for the invalids be taken for that purpose, and that a weekly tax of fifty cents be levied on each prostitute for the purpose of defraying the expense of said hospital. 4. That all public women found plying their vocation without a license and certificate be at once arrested and incarcerated in the workhouse for a period of not less than thirty days.[13] Prostitution experienced a large growth and spread across the North and South, and was one of the only industries to cross enemy lines throughout the duration of the war.
Quoted from Wikipedia but learned about it from a civil war tv show.
Lt. Col. Spaulding created a system of registration similar to European ones. He inadvertently created the first legal system of prostitution.[12] This is the set of regulations he set up: 1. That a license be issued to each prostitute, a record of which shall be kept at this office, together with the number and street of her residence. 2. That one skillful surgeon be appointed as a Board of Examination whose duty it shall be to examine personally every week, each licensed prostitute, giving certificate soundness to those who are healthy and ordering those into hospital those who are in the slightest degree diseased. 3. That a building suitable for a hospital for the invalids be taken for that purpose, and that a weekly tax of fifty cents be levied on each prostitute for the purpose of defraying the expense of said hospital. 4. That all public women found plying their vocation without a license and certificate be at once arrested and incarcerated in the workhouse for a period of not less than thirty days.[13] Prostitution experienced a large growth and spread across the North and South, and was one of the only industries to cross enemy lines throughout the duration of the war.
Quoted from Wikipedia but learned about it from a civil war tv show.