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    Should Prostitution be Legal in the US?

    I had a HUGE debate w/ my boyf on this issue. I said that prostitution should be legalized--with regulation, of course (STD/Drug testing, liscensing etc), and be regulated to a particular area of a city. This way, ppl can go to strip clubs strictly for entertainment (im really tired of seeing the russian girls blowing guys for an extra buck out in the open) and not extras. Men are going to pay for the svc anyway if they want sex--regardless of the posible legal consequences. if a person feels the need to theyll go to a brothel--legal or not. any man that hasnt gone to one did not--not b/c its illegal, but b/c he didnt feel the need to.

    My man's argument was that it will cause divorce rates to go up and cause men to completely change thier lifestyles (going to brothels instead of dating, getting married etc). B/c of his corporate job--he has been sent high class callgirls (as gifts for sealing deals and whatnot) the men in his biz often go to "spas" where u can get a table shower and sex. he said "if it was legal i would go everyday. whats to stop me? theres no legal consequences." Men that would never go to a brothel normaly, may go simply b/c its legal.

    (i told him that he let that high-class hooker work him over--despite his knowledge that prostitution is illegal--case in point.)

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    I agree that anything short of legalization is hypocracy.

    However, if that ever comes to pass in the USA, it will probably have a profound effect on the 80% of dancers who do not and/or cannot work in upscale 'show clubs'. Much like the 'show clubs' versus 'sex clubs' of western europe, it will leave a large number of 'middle of the road' dancers in a position of either competing stroke for stroke or earning next to nothing.

    Legalization of prostitution in the USA might also have some dramatic 'unintended consequences'. Here's an example from Germany ...

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    folks, it is legal in the US (parts of Nevada), just not in certain states. The way our country was founded, decisions like this are left to the state level and if we support that founding principle (I do) it should remain that way. Just as drug laws (excluding the importation or interstate traficking thereof) should return to being state decisions (not influenced by federal threats to cut budgets.

    There are LOTS of unintended consequences, and I support regulated legal service because it will (eventually) reduce the "slimy pimp" population and the girls will have an on-the-table way to fight for rights and correct abuses.

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    They're doing it now that it's illegal...just save everyone the trouble...free up some jail space and just legalize it!

    I agree with Discrete...legalizing anything will take out the black market...which is what causes the deaths of hundreds a year.

    Of course, from the government standpoint. The fines, etc that are made from this biz are insane...

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    Of course it should be legal. If people truly own themselves, then prostitution is a non-crime.

    In my opinion, we should give medals to prostitutes instead of soldiers in most cases. What could be a more noble profession than giving people orgasms all day?

    No regulation(government) either(or for any industry for that many). There will be consumer watchdogs that can rate and do all that.

    The bottom line is the issue of self-ownership. You either believe people own themselves or you do not. Once you say people cannot use their own property(their body in this case) as they see fit without aggressing on others , the logical conclusion is that they do not really own their bodies and thus, might as well be overt slaves to whoever the self-appointed owner is. Ad-hoc political philosophies are all statist in the end.

    Bigger social evil is created by the enforcement of prostitution than anything prostitution itself could cause. It requires a huge bureaucracy(police) to negate, and because both parties in the transaction are willing, requires all manners of surveillance techniques and processes by the state, a blatant infringement on liberty everywhere. Everything we do has an opportunity cost and the resources used to spy on and jail prostitutes or those who hire them cannot be used to fight REAL aggression, such as murder and so forth. Enforcing the criminality of prostitution also leads to rampant police corruption as all sorts of deals of made, cops extort the women(and the johns) and so forth.

    I do think legalizing prostitution would probably cut into a huge chunk of the stripping business, so if I were to examine any conspiracy theories of who is pushing to keep it illegal, my first place to check would be strip club owners and probably the business interests behind porn and such.

    We need to re-affirm self-ownership in general. That is the root problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sh0t
    We need to re-affirm self-ownership in general. That is the root problem.
    Exactly, I think it's self-ownership. When people say "you're selling yourSELF/your soul for money", THEY'RE the ones who are implying that the person IS essentially just a body, not a personality or a brain. Besides that, it's inaccurate to say that you're even selling your body, because at the end of the session, the girl still has the same body she had before. She didn't sell her body, she just sold her services which are not what make her essentially herself. So like you said it's about self-ownership. When in relation to the fact that the man is participating in a sexual act for free or paying you say that a woman doing the same act is "selling herself" then you are just saying that you really think women don't own themselves.

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    Yeah I hate to sound selfish about this but the only problem is the fact that typical stripping would basically fall to its knees. Even if you still just want to see someone dancing, prostitutes, depending on what type or where they are, provide exotic dancing as a service, as well as other services such as massages, lingerie modeling, and companionship, things like that. That raises a lot of red flags for people in different types of adult entertainment industries because of prices and willingness. It makes me wonder how the Australian girls on here manage. My guess is that it's the same situation, where legal brothels are far off in the Australian deserts.

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    As if gambling and drug problems weren't a big enough problem these days.

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    There are a few reasons why prostitution isn't federally legal in the United States:
    1) It would cause a distinct economic crash in the sex industry at all levels. SF can be used as a model where 'protected' (but not legal) brothels operate in close proximity of stripclubs. Stripclubs earnings and customer expectations here are effected accordingly. I'd also cite pornography sales in foreign countries where prostitution is legal per population segment versus the US.

    2) Devaluation of prostitution itself. In SF, intercourse can be had from an unusually large number of sources under $100. In places with a tighter grip on prostitution, escorts and prostitutes can fetch much higher $$. It would need to be truly legalized and regulated for this effect to be curbed (like Nevada).

    3) 3rd party control and profit of prostitutes. If prostitution were legalized or decriminalized, escorts and prostitutes could be truly independent and less likely to fall into pimp, manager or sexual slavery. In California, there are regions just TEEMING with young girls caught-up in sexual slavery in pimp's 'stables'.. these pimps aren't the ones you read about or see on TV. They are fairly affluent men, publishers of major magazines, directly tied to the porn industry, and 'manage' tribes of girls to fetch high dollars. This is already the case in SOME Nevada brothels (*cough* Dennis Huf *cough*), so I'd be more for decriminalization vs. legalization.

    It's a big can of worms and right now exists in a form very similar to normal Capitalism. High-end, independent escorts would stand MUCH to lose if it were legalized or decriminalized, while low-end and enslaved/pimped prostitutes would have much to gain. Overall, the entire industry would grow to the point of breaking and devalue earnings accordingly as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by polecat
    This is already the case in SOME Nevada brothels (*cough* Dennis Huf *cough*), so I'd be more for decriminalization vs. legalization.
    Are you saying that Dennis Hof is some sort of a slave-driver, or that all pimps are slave drivers and not like strip club managers? Do you think they rough girls up behind closed doors or do you think that's just the stereotype?

    Quote Originally Posted by polecat
    High-end, independent escorts would stand MUCH to lose if it were legalized or decriminalized, while low-end and enslaved/pimped prostitutes would have much to gain.
    You've segmented them as though all indie escorts are "high-end" and all pimped prostitutes are "low-end" or enslaved. Many indie escorts are low end precisely because they don't have a pimp who knows how to hustle for them to make more money. Many pimped prostitutes are high end *cough* Dennis Hof's *cough*, some making $2,000 for an hour session or more thanks to the publicity that the pimp gives them. Anyway, low end prostitutes would have much to lose also because they maybe be low-end based on some deficiency on their part for example if they're unattractive or completely unwilling to do some things. Legalized/decrim means more competition which would push these low end girls out of the business or force them to lower their fees even more or force them to go beyond their limits.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LilSweetVixen
    Are you saying that Dennis Hof is some sort of a slave-driver, or that all pimps are slave drivers and not like strip club managers? Do you think they rough girls up behind closed doors or do you think that's just the stereotype?
    Until you've spent some time one on one talking with ex-Moonlight Bunny Ranch 'employees' (who shall remain nameless as their media interviews are opposite of their private discussions for reasons of safety), you couldn't possibly understand. I'd only say book yourself into a club where they now occasionally feature and pull them aside yourself in private if you want to hear it directly from the horse's mouth. It doesn't take much coaxing to get the real story from these women... once they are safely outside.

    Also, it's obvious you didn't read Dennis' own words concerning the recent beating of a former porn-star by Vince Neil at the moonlight bunny ranch- where Dennis' commonly snaps his fingers and tells his girls who they are to fuck for free. One prostitute decided she wasn't going to do this, and Dennis' comments were (direct from his mouth):
    "Celebrities don't pay," he said. "It's just one of those perks in life."
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    Huf also said that Terry is bigger than Neil and could have handled herself.



    You've segmented them as though all indie escorts are "high-end" and all pimped prostitutes are "low-end" or enslaved. Many indie escorts are low end precisely because they don't have a pimp who knows how to hustle for them to make more money.
    LOL! Yah, all the pimps and 'stable' owners in the central valley here are 'hustling' more business for prostitutes! LOL!!!!!!!!!

    I'm sorry, but you've been deluded or seen very rare situations. You truly cannot understand until you've sat in a $4 million dollar home where 4-6 young girls profess their undieing loyalty to the owner, between puffs off a meth pipe and have arms loaded with trackmarks from all the 'free' heroine they desire. Of course, this is after their bragging about what porn starlets they have been promised to become as well as looking forward to Friday night where several affluent men will have their way with them however they want. How much do these girls get? $0. They get to live in this nice home, all the drugs and booze they want, nice clothes, while pimp-daddy collects $1000/head for his 'visitors'..

    It has nothing to do with their happiness level- it has to do with contrast of life-style and victimization. Compared to walking the tracks in Sacramento for $40 tricks and violence from street pimps and abusive johns to get their next needle, they are indeed in heaven by contrast. I guess mail-order Asian brides should also be considered living the good life, huh?


    Many pimped prostitutes are high end *cough* Dennis Hof's *cough*, some making $2,000 for an hour session or more thanks to the publicity that the pimp gives them.
    Are you aware how much of that cash the prostitute actually receives? You've been lied to.

    First off, even in the PRIME of an ex-porn starlet working in Nevada, $300-$1000 is the norm 'customer' price. Hit TER if you want accurate pricing models and not what magazines and websites sponsored by their pimps tell you. Most are 300-500; and the 'house' gives away or reduces prices however they feel.

    Of this amount, 50% immediately goes to the house.. every trick. There is also a weekly fee these girls pay which covers their room/board as well as testing fees and other house expenses. It's a BIG flat fee. Most ex-whorehouse girls in SF I've spoken to say they don't even start hitting the 50% take-in until 3-4 days into the week- all prior tricks 50% applies to their flat-fees owed. Add to this that the 50% is also fully taxed (IRS reported income), so from this they see MAYBE 50-70% depending on what investments or tax shelters they have.

    My local indie escort friend did two 14-day whorehouse stays (14 days is the minimum committment in order to undergo the testing procedure then 'lock-down' as the girls are sequestered from the outside world for 14 days to prevent disease contagion), was pre-booked prior to arrival for pretty solid trick filled days, and found she didn't make in 14 days what she made here in SF inside of one or two shorter days.

    She barely paid for her travel expenses, but the only good thing for her was the ability to write off a ton of prostitute expenses legally on her taxes. Two lots/crates of condoms, 2 litres of lube, several outfits, etc.etc. Yes, she does pay taxes, but like most strippers- her yearly claimed income isn't quite 100% of her true cash earnings.

    Whorehouses have a 'menu' (which you can see for yourself at their websites) and the girls have to succumb to the house's pricing models. If they disagree, they pay for it in reduced acceptance for 'random line-ups' by the house for unbooked random visitors, cutting into their overall earnings. If they dont decide to fuck random tricks for free or jump "how high", they find themselves never being brought out for line-ups.


    Anyway, low end prostitutes would have much to lose also because they maybe be low-end based on some deficiency on their part for example if they're unattractive or completely unwilling to do some things. Legalized/decrim means more competition which would push these low end girls out of the business or force them to lower their fees even more or force them to go beyond their limits.
    Yes, this was clearly identified in my prior post.
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    Quote Originally Posted by polecat
    Until you've spent some time one on one talking with ex-Moonlight Bunny Ranch 'employees' (who shall remain nameless as their media interviews are opposite of their private discussions for reasons of safety)
    ???

    Quote Originally Posted by polecat
    you couldn't possibly understand. I'd only say book yourself into a club where they now occasionally feature and pull them aside yourself in private if you want to hear it directly from the horse's mouth. It doesn't take much coaxing to get the real story from these women... once they are safely outside.
    How do you know that's not part of their hustle?

    Quote Originally Posted by polecat
    I'm sorry, but you've been deluded or seen very rare situations. You truly cannot understand until you've sat in a $4 million dollar home where 4-6 young girls profess their undieing loyalty to the owner, between puffs off a meth pipe and have arms loaded with trackmarks from all the 'free' heroine they desire.
    But that's in SF where's it's illegal.

    Quote Originally Posted by polecat
    It has nothing to do with their happiness level- it has to do with contrast of life-style and victimization. Compared to walking the tracks in Sacramento for $40 tricks and violence from street pimps and abusive johns to get their next needle, they are indeed in heaven by contrast. I guess mail-order Asian brides should also be considered living the good life, huh?
    What makes you think they were all streetwalkers by contrast? What if they're just normal people? These are the same images people have of dancers.

    Quote Originally Posted by polecat
    First off, even in the PRIME of an ex-porn starlet working in Nevada, $300-$1000 is the norm 'customer' price. Most are 300-500; and the 'house' gives away or reduces prices however they feel.
    Then why would a porn star agree to this type of a living? Surely they do better as porn stars and dancers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LilSweetVixen
    Exactly, I think it's self-ownership. When people say "you're selling yourSELF/your soul for money", THEY'RE the ones who are implying that the person IS essentially just a body, not a personality or a brain. Besides that, it's inaccurate to say that you're even selling your body, because at the end of the session, the girl still has the same body she had before. She didn't sell her body, she just sold her services which are not what make her essentially herself. So like you said it's about self-ownership. When in relation to the fact that the man is participating in a sexual act for free or paying you say that a woman doing the same act is "selling herself" then you are just saying that you really think women don't own themselves.
    I recently have decided that I no longer want to dance. Why? Because there are tons of people coming into the club that I feel do things ethically that I don't agree with. I don't feel as if these people deserve to look at me, much less have me dry-humping them. I don't believe in cheating and lying, for ex. Therefore, I would be exacerbating the problem for some women by entertaining her lying, cheating, abusive husband. It is just not something I want to be involved in anymore. I do feel as if I would be selling my soul by dancing for these men. It goes against everything I believe in. Not that I think it's wrong for everyone, what's right is what makes you happy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LilSweetVixen
    ???
    What part of 'ask a few' didn't you understand?

    I'm assuming you're a stripper. If so, try booking a club someday that features ex-porn/ex-Nevada prostitutes that do feature rounds. This is usually the best exit-plan they make. There are literally dozens of ex-porn/ex-whorehouse ladies that now do feature rounds at big-city stripclubs.


    Quote Originally Posted by LilSweetVixen
    How do you know that's not part of their hustle?
    What hustle? I'm totally confused here. I haven't spent a dime in any of these situations... and in many cases, actually the one being paid.

    I'm also not seeing how this is valid when I told you that you, yourself, can hear this on your own. I guess if you were talking with a co-worker touring a club and speaking out of the club, off hours, you'd also expect it was 'part of their hustle'??

    Quote Originally Posted by LilSweetVixen
    But that's in SF where's it's illegal.
    Huh!?! NOTHING is legal in SF. There are stripclubs where 'extras' are openly allowed, but it's by no means legal. Streetwalkers and escorts are arrested daily here. It's NOT legal here.. it's just protected under the precise conditions of a handful of stripclubs. NOT all of them either.


    Quote Originally Posted by LilSweetVixen
    What makes you think they were all streetwalkers by contrast? What if they're just normal people? These are the same images people have of dancers.
    I didn't say 'all'.. just the case example I gave was explaining their deluded vision of their life 'improvement' was specifically by contrast to living conditions prior. This is the sick/sad reality.

    This is also why I made reference to Asian mail-order brides. You will rarely hear one complain about being forced to fuck some toothless, fat, ugly, out of shape, 60 year-old misogynist creep; but it's because the life locked in their homes is 100x better than the thatch hut and constant beatings/sexual slavery conditions they had prior back home.

    While some will argue the improvement in quality of life (healthcare, nourishment, roof over their head), I'd prefer to argue over the cost of human dignity and human rights. Just because a woman (or anyone..) lives in utterly shit conditions doesn't justify moving them into slightly less shitty conditions, no matter how much 'happier' they are. It's simply because they don't know better exists... or the full extent of their self-worth or rights.

    LA circles of porn can, on occasion, be the same thing. Women coming from extremely horrible family conditions then into abusive relationships. They feel utterly benefitted by being rounded up by predators and simply don't know any better. It's EXTREMELY easy to brainwash someone that has little hope or concept of how life truly is.

    And no, this has nothing to do with strippers- while the same things can be the case. It simply comes down to which women are victims and which are survivors. Prostitution AND strippers both have examples of both- victims as well as self-actualized and in-control women. Decriminalization or legalization will have near-reverse effects on the two sub-groups.


    Then why would a porn star agree to this type of a living? Surely they do better as porn stars and dancers?
    MOST don't. But..

    Why are women married to alcoholic and abusive husbands for years? Why are there trailer parks loaded with women with black-eyes and 4 children? Why are there military housing projects loaded with women that haven't seen their husband in 8 months while they are away having sex with Korean prostitutes and spreading disease?

    Surely they could do better with a good, decent, loving husband.
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    ET...I support your choice. It's why my friend (the guy that posts thru here) left advertising. Felt like he was selling his soul, not serving any mission beyond making a few people he didn't really respect richer.

    Now, we're launching some "mission based" (supporting charities with every job) projects including a calendar/poster/tshirt "Pinup" style series (non nude) to raise $$ for charity, etc.

    If there's anything we can do, just PM or email.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LilSweetVixen
    Are you saying that Dennis Hof is some sort of a slave-driver, or that all pimps are slave drivers and not like strip club managers? Do you think they rough girls up behind closed doors or do you think that's just the stereotype?



    You've segmented them as though all indie escorts are "high-end" and all pimped prostitutes are "low-end" or enslaved. Many indie escorts are low end precisely because they don't have a pimp who knows how to hustle for them to make more money. Many pimped prostitutes are high end *cough* Dennis Hof's *cough*, some making $2,000 for an hour session or more thanks to the publicity that the pimp gives them. Anyway, low end prostitutes would have much to lose also because they maybe be low-end based on some deficiency on their part for example if they're unattractive or completely unwilling to do some things. Legalized/decrim means more competition which would push these low end girls out of the business or force them to lower their fees even more or force them to go beyond their limits.
    You have got it quite the opposite. Pimps are sociopaths, period. All they care about is the money in their pockets, obvously. They lure lonely, ignorant women into their stables, women who have no one, women who have never had family who cared about them. They are victimizers. Then, once the women are in, they drug them so they won't be able to leave. And yes, they beat them so they will begin to feel too afraid to leave, and to deflate any self esteem they may have left. Pimped women are hopeless, hon. Pimps take all or most of their money too. It's not a stereotype, it's the truth. Dennis Hof is a power-hungry sociopath who has those women under total control. They must serve him in every way, or he will beat them, take them out of rotation, etc. in order to control them in the way that he wants. He takes tons and tons of their money, way over half of what they make. And, yes, he does employ "over-the-hill" porn stars. They tell them lies in order to lure them to the Bunny Ranch.

    Women don't need pimps in order to make tons of money. You can build your own clientelle easily. Pimps are sociopaths who see a group of people they can exploit, they move in, and put cash in their pockets, they aren't helping the women, the women are helping them. You have it backwards.

    Alot of low-end prostitutes are low-end because their self esteem has been beat down to the point where they don't think they are worth anymore than that. It's just like when a dancer starts out and she won't do anything but air dances. Before you know it she is letting guys finger her in VIP. This is how some prostitutes are created.

    It's all about how highly you think of yourself, what you think you are worth. And women who have low self-esteem due to their upbringings are easy targets to exploit.

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    Would legalization put an end to the abuses within the sex trade? I think it would--as there would be SERIOUS consequences for those that do it illegally (ie practicing w/out licensing, underage girls/boys, forced prostition)

    I also saw that someone said that it would crash the sex industry? Why? b/c everyone would be at brothels instead of buying porn or going to strip clubs?
    While some prostitutes may offer dancing, domination etc. as a service--not all of them do. I dont think legalization will change what ppl actually look for.

    Does anyone else here think that legalization will draw more ppl to the brothels--and away from other adult services (that dont necessarily mean sexual favors are involved) like domination, exotic dancing, porn?

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    From the article:

    In this context, although there has been one known white pimp in the U.S. called "Whitefolks" and one recent female pimp named "Big Lex ," pimps are by in large African American men

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    Quote Originally Posted by AkashaM
    I also saw that someone said that it would crash the sex industry? Why? b/c everyone would be at brothels instead of buying porn or going to strip clubs?
    While some prostitutes may offer dancing, domination etc. as a service--not all of them do. I dont think legalization will change what ppl actually look for.

    Does anyone else here think that legalization will draw more ppl to the brothels--and away from other adult services like domination, exotic dancing, porn?
    Yes of course it will. Why pay $100 for a half hour in VIP shooting the breeze with some girl when you can pay $100 for a half hour at a brothel shooting the breeze and then getting blown by some girl?

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    5-20% of prostitutes are streetwalkers just to paint a clearer picture. Stripper who goes home with a customer is a type of prostitute.

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