Should I legalize prostitution in SF?
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Its never going to go away but it seems that if you legalise it and control it to some degree some of the negative aspects of the sex trade can be reduced. Legal brothels can reduce street solicitation (especially if street solicitation is banned) and women working in brothels can get better access to services such as regular AIDS testing etc resulting in better health outcomes for workers and clients and there is greater security for the workers if they are in a brothel so incidents of sexual assault can be reduced. Now the negatives of brothels are that they can be a magnet for organised crime and sex slave trades, however if they are legal and registered they can be policed and inspected on a regular intervals to try and reduce problems.
Sex trade is a pretty dirty and degrading business and there are no clear solutions that will keep everyone happy but absolute prohibition is going to be about as successful as alcohol prohibition was.
Sex trade is a pretty dirty and degrading business and there are no clear solutions that will keep everyone happy but absolute prohibition is going to be about as successful as alcohol prohibition was.
This was one of the few really contentious ones at our election party (partAY!) Sunday night. On the one hand, prostitution is pretty rampant in this city and the bill makes it much more likely that prostitutes will come to the authorities in cases of abuse/assault/rape/human-trafficking etc. without fear of repercussions, not to mention seeking treatment for disease or drug-addiction. On the other hand it eliminates one of the existing programs ("first offender" like driving school for hookers), and it doesn't put into place any new resources for prostitutes. There's also the fact that it may encourage growth of the sex industry.
I think Montreal is the model, here, not Nevada (where prostitution is only legal in brothels, which still leaves prostitutes at the mercy of Madames and Pimps). Montreal has a pretty safe, healthy sex industry that has had no obvious averse effects on the city (other than it being Canadian).
edit: I voted for it, but many of my friends (including my girlfriend) will not.
I think Montreal is the model, here, not Nevada (where prostitution is only legal in brothels, which still leaves prostitutes at the mercy of Madames and Pimps). Montreal has a pretty safe, healthy sex industry that has had no obvious averse effects on the city (other than it being Canadian).
edit: I voted for it, but many of my friends (including my girlfriend) will not.
Rhode Island has legal prostitution???
if a city is thinking about it, then they should look at Amsterdam. they keep medical records for all the awhores and require them to get tested regularly.
if you go and see Michelle there, tell her Steve said hi..hehe
If I were you I would vote yes, you will spend allot less time in a cell
I think it is very commendable for you to research all the ins and outs of any new career path, especially a growth industry.
not with gentrification going the way it is
Yeah, roll down to the Tenderloin tonite and see if anyone knows what the word gentrification means.
Ah the memories. I remember as a newb tourist on our first day in SF allowing another member of our party to navigate and watching the city change from nice to dodgy as we unwittingly walked along deeper and deeper into the tenderloin. Eventually I noticed that the bloke walking past was holding a crack pipe and was spurred into asking "can I have a quick look at that map"? Good times.
You'll never stop prostitution, may as well regulate and manage it.
It's a hell of allot better than it was 10 years ago
Tell me all your crack whore stories from when you were 8 years old.
meh, might as well, if more prostitutes go to SF the more johns go there and not hang around San Pablo Ave. I'm all for it, come to think of it, let San Francisco do it.(no pun intended)
I will not apologize for being a well-informed voter. Even if it means having my lunch stolen and being administered a swirley.dork
Hey man if you need trader joe's triscuits and cheap fair trade cabernet to achieve that, more power to you
fine, let SF do it/her/him/them/etc. Heck make it legal in the city parks too, can't discriminate against prostitutes without storefronts and bums without cars you know.Why not?
No fun
What did the hookers think?
That explains the city name:biggrin:Road trip to Woonsocket!
I say legalize it. Could create alot of jobs.
Woonsocket!!!!! not a Place I'd go looking for a good timeRoad trip to Woonsocket!
Ask BadDNA he works in that Slime Pit
bam.
human-trafficking is the new growth/exploitation industry.
for this reason alone, i'd pooh-pooh the measure
boo!
mmike called; he wants his sense of humour back
They had a hard time voicing their opinions between mouthfuls of trader joe's triscuits and cheap fair trade cabernet, but they were for it.
I hear that the wait on a blowjob referral is just a killer, though. Canucks are probably fleeing to Thailand for better service on the open market...
Oh ****, we should totally regulate murder! The OJ case could have been a serious money-maker. I'm sure he would have paid something like a $10M tax and just been done with it, rather than going through the whole dog and pony show...
"I'd rather be in Las Vegas 104 degrees than New York 90 degrees, you know why? Legalized prostitution. In any weather that takes the edge off." - Ray Romano
There are usually several silly propositions on the SF ballots, which I will vote common sense.
I was seriously going to vote according to how the my poll went.
But I read several local stories about abuse of teenage girls, including a prostitution sting.
While I feel there is nothing wrong with prostitution between consenting adults, teenagers are usually the victims, so I am going to vote no to a law change.
I hope by keeping the laws the same, one more child is protected.
I was seriously going to vote according to how the my poll went.
But I read several local stories about abuse of teenage girls, including a prostitution sting.
While I feel there is nothing wrong with prostitution between consenting adults, teenagers are usually the victims, so I am going to vote no to a law change.
I hope by keeping the laws the same, one more child is protected.
