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RE: Projection: How can someone do such a thing?
I had a discussion about this with a beautiful friend just a few days ago.
She and I have no problem thinking of prostitution as 'ethically defensible', but when asked if we thought being a 'John' was ethically defensible, we both choked.
I thought the two whores who challenged the Supreme Court of Canada to change our laws were heroes - truly. However I can't think of a single customer who I can think of the same way.
How could someone DO that? Exploit someone's sex with their money? How could someone be a Good Person (TM) if they pry their way into someone else's sex life with dollars?
As usual, a thoughtful read, thanks!
An interesting thing was done in Sweden a few years ago. They didn't make prostitution illegal, they made renting a prostitute illegal and, prosecuted heavily while at the same time, offered support for the prostitutes to get whatever help they needed. If I remember correctly, the number of prostitutes went from 10,000 to 400 in a year or two. I don't know the ins and outs of that case but it did seem to have a positive effect. Of course, there are some women who may want that option but unfortunately, many were eastern block workers who had had their passports taken until they paid their debts. Slaves.