Why is prostitution even a thing?

Originally posted by Bentley
If you make prostitution legal and you want to force a permit on prostitutes some will make it illegally and become "protected" by pimps. If you keep it illegal then the same will happen really.

In most of the cases where the "slavery" comparision applies you are dealing with women who are already in poverty or are illegal, though disallowing them to get a different work or pressuring them into prostitution through debt or threats. The problem in those cases is not so much the sex trade as it is the mysery that allows it to be perpetuated.

I'd argue a sex trader luring an impoverished Ukrainian woman with promises of work, stealing their passports, and placing them in debt bondage, is definitely part of the problem.

Originally posted by cdtm
I'd argue a sex trader luring an impoverished Ukrainian woman with promises of work, stealing their passports, and placing them in debt bondage, is definitely part of the problem.

As I said, this women are exploited because an existing precarious situation and people who will abuse it. The guys abusing the prostitutes are already commiting a number of illegal and questionable acts that are unrelated to selling sex.

Originally posted by Robtard
Yes and no, the sex thing in general sure, but prostitution specifically is still largely looked down upon, at least here in the US. Where if a woman is a prostitute, she's sub-human, while no one bats an eye towards the men who are paying her for sex and creating the demand.

eg see the Stormy Danials/Trump affair, people insulted her for being a "disgusting ugly whore" because she sells herself, yet those same people really didn't have a negative thing to say towards Trump who paid to f**k that "disgusting ugly whore". Funny how that works out.

One thing that seems to be on the rise is web-based prostitution, where women, men and couples perform sexually for a viewer(s) in exchange for tokens that then convert to money. It's safer for all parties involved; the stigma doesn't seem to be anywhere near as bad when compared to good old fashioned prostitution.

We have a bit more of a stigma about it here, at least as far as street prostitutes are concerned, I don't know anyone who has admitted to using one, they're almost all heroin addicts, you wouldn't sleep with one for free. Brothels and and escort agencies have less of a stigma, I've known a number of men who have openly talked about them.

I've heard of the webcamming sites, from what I know of them it's more like live web pornography than prostitution, with a little bit of broadcasting mixed in depending on if the person has a personality or not. I've heard of the 'sugar daddy' sites if that's what you were referring to? I also heard one of the Google execs was murdered by a woman he'd contacted through one of these sites so it seems they're not as wholesome as they portray (jk).

The camming stuff on the other hand seems okay. If people can make good money from the relative safety of their home then why not? Do you think they have potential to teach incels how to talk to real women or are they more likely to encourage incel ideology?