The main reason why german feminists complain about prostitution is because most of the prostitutes did not choose that job as a dream job and therefore it would be a good idea to look into the various reasons why women choose that job and may be address the underlying problems and try to improve something.

Another point is that as a "normal" women you could feel degraded if it is legal to use a women as an object. In most cases a whore is treated like an object I guess.

Should we legalize slavery if there are some people willing to be slaves?

If something is illegal does not mean that everybody or someone breaking this law sits in jail. I am pretty sure every country has some laws that are not enforced rigidly. Prostitution falls in that category (in europe).

I was a little bit surprised, when I read yesterday, that prostitution is legal in Austria (I live in Austria, Vienna (not a member of the famous chorus)) too. Nevertheless there was a ruling of the Supreme Court in 1989 that prostitution is an immoral contract and therefore a whore cannot bring it to trial if she does not get paid by a customer (Now I know why you have to pay first normally).

The point is that there are gray shaded categories of life where neither black nor white are valid answers. Why not stick with prohibition and turn a blind eye to it?

by snoewchen on 06/09/2009 12:44:06 PM EST

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