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Originally Posted by a.ratchasi

Legalising prostitution will not eliminate the social issues highlighted here.

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Exactly! To be honest, I think the whole thing wud turn out to be a farce! They say it wud aim to control AIDS for one thing, but knowing the mentality of the lower-class men who r involved w/ such women, I doubt tats going to work out unlike in other countires like Singapore......plus one thing tat isn't realised by many who support legalising the trade in India & giving it a licence is, in our transparent law & order system, its very easy to get fake licences for things tat require them (how many ppl. don't u find w/ "pay & procure" driving licences!)........so IMHO it'd be even easier to coerce women into this trade as it'd be legal & a piece of cake to get a licence for it! Knowing our authorities, surely they wudn't bother to chek if the woman is willingly doing it or being coerced as long as she comes fwrd for a licence to practice this trade!

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Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha

I always feel sex workers need to be respected. They do it as their profession. I remember reading (and also acknowledging it) somehwhere that if not for sex workers, RAPE, SEXUAL ADVANCES, SEXUAL HARASSMENTS etc would increase in multitude.

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Really Prabha?? I've heard tat too, but then, look at the present day scenario in India.....there has been increase in the flesh trade (now w/ many women going into it willingly altho out of circumstances) yet stats show tat a woman is being raped/harassed every hour in our country! And the harassment is no longer limited to young age or 'revealing' type western outfits!
And as u know, abt the brutal rape & murder of tat call-centre lady.......the fellow who'd done tat cud've gone to a sex-worker instead, jus for tat night atleast! So........? :? :(
But yes ur right in saying tat sex-workers shud not be despised, esp. when its more or less the fault of men who enjoy such animalistic instincts! :evil:

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Sex is urged everywhere in india via media...........We encourage women being sold as sex symbols in many field around. Some Women in the name of fashion, do expose themselves unashamedly. Fashion shows and beauty shows are carried on and has become the talk of COMMON MAN.

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Never mind those, wat abt blue films & the more common porn web sites tat r widely circulated in our country & even abroad?!! And in the latter, the irony is tat those who r involved in them r mostly college girls & even married women like housewives etc. who supposedly come from DECENT FAMILIES! Wat individuals like them do is nothing less than prostitution, they r selling their bodies (albeit virtually) for money secretly but appearing respectable on the outside, which is worse than openly being a wh*re! In such a scenario ur point tat sex-workers shudn't alone be condemned holds true.
But wat ppl. r trying to say is tat the way this sex-worker had glorified her trade & wudn't mind encouraging even her daughters into it is worth condemning by all means!

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Originally Posted by Lambretta

how this woman's first customer was, of all the persons, a policeman ( ), I felt pity.......until the ending where I came across these statements from her glorifying her trade & encouraging more women to join this "service"!

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Clearly shows the progression of her life. From a house wife dependent on her husband, loosing him, being forced to sell her body for money and bcoz of pressure, feeling guilty. Then slowly getting used to slowly becoming indifferent. Finally trying to find an existance/indentity or significance for herself.

Lambretta,

Just a small paragraph, on my view OF ANY MORAL ISSUES would suffice here.

I basically believe SIN is something

which hurts others

physically, emotionally, psycologically.

REST ARE man made MORALS.

One has freedom to chose BETWEEN living with it or without it. ACCORDING TO HER, nothing is wrong. These do not constitute moral issues at all.

LAW can enforce CRIMINAL constraints but never MORAL constraints.

What you OR me, think on morals, NEED NOT BE her opinion(or anyone's in that matter).

Each has their way of living life. Intruding their(anybody's not necessarily sex-workers) private ethical thoughts, IS NOT pleasant according to me.

When she is NOT HURTING anybody, when her DAUGHTERS are NOT UNHAPPY with her talks, who are WE TO DISCUSS HER? BRAND HER AS BAD OR GOOD?

:shock: :roll: :cry:

Thanks Beck. :-)

I'll forward this to my friends

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Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha

Lambretta,

Just a small paragraph, on my view OF ANY MORAL ISSUES would suffice here.

I basically believe SIN is something

which hurts others

physically, emotionally, psycologically.

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Oh,yes!That's the point!

Hurting someone physically,emotionally,psychologically!

Will a man be hurt emotionally,psychologically, if his wife sleeps with someone else?

And will a woman be hurt if her husband or son sleeps with a prostitute emotionally,psychologically and ofcourse,financially?

If a prostitute is not hurting anyone in any of these ways what is wrong with a drug seller???

Just for your knowledge,I had a teenage friend who was lured into visiting a prostitute who was quite an 'experienced' professional.I was told that he came out of the room as a broken man and had to be treated for erectile dysfunction even after his marriage many years later,because of an insulting comment about his 'performance' by the 'lady'!Does it hurt emotionally and psychologically?? :roll:

What are STD's or sexually oriented deceases? Does prostitution hurt people physically then?

Crazy ideas about freedom makes people more narrow minded! :roll:

I have genuine compassion for victims of human trafficking which does not apply to women who will do anything to make more money! :x

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Originally Posted by blahblah

Oh,yes!That's the point!

Hurting someone physically,emotionally,psychologically!

Will a man be hurt emotionally,psychologically, if his wife sleeps with someone else?

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He would. It is not RIGHT on any woman to go back on her commitment. She is ofcourse hurting him.

We are not talking about a woman, who cheated her husband and did sex-work as a job against his wish. THE said person had noone to cheat upon, when it was thrusted on her.

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If a prostitute is not hurting anyone in any of these ways what is wrong with a drug seller???

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U cant compare DRUGS and SEX. DRUGS ARE not consumed by all in the society. Sex is a natural instict which men and women resort to.

Sex is LEGAL. SEx improves overall mental physical and emotinal health of a man

Consuming DRUGS is not legal. DRUGS are detrimental for health.

I AM SURE U CAN UNDERSTAND THE BASIC DIFFERENCE.

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And will a woman be hurt if her husband or son sleeps with a prostitute emotionally,psychologically and ofcourse,financially?

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That in question, yes, SHE WOULD BE HURT, if he sleeps around with ANYBODY, not necessarily a sex-worker. SO WHY target SEX WORKERS HERE?

It is the ACT OF CHEATING ON WIFE which should be targeted, not the sex worker.

It is the MAN WHO APPROACHES HER. She does not go knocking every door.

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Just for your knowledge,I had a teenage friend who was lured into visiting a prostitute who was quite an 'experienced' professional.I was told that he came out of the room as a broken man and had to be treated for erectile dysfunction even after his marriage many years later,because of an insulting comment about his 'performance' by the 'lady'!Does it hurt emotionally and psychologically?? :roll:

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Such incidents, again TALK OF some individual for their insulting comments. It cant be GENERALISED AND ARGUED IN GENERAL ON BEHALF OF WHOLE SEX WORKERS.

Luring into wrong things DOES HAPPEN, whether or not, sex workers are present. there are UMPTEEN no of wrong things, ppl are lured into.

We can teach our children morals which we feel and insist is IMPORTANT FOR A HEALTHY MENTAL AND PHYSICAL being, but we CANT go around expecting them in the SOCIETY.

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What are STD's or sexually oriented deceases? Does prostitution hurt people physically then?

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U failed to notice, thats why I said, legalizing would ENSURE giving license or whatever ONLY TO safe sex-workers.

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Crazy ideas about freedom makes people more narrow minded! :roll:

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OPINIONS DIFFER. This has nothing to do with freedom of sex workers OR women's liberation.

It just stresses on LIVING LIFE as one want to. Its a RIGHT not FREEDOM.

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I have genuine compassion for victims of human trafficking which does not apply to women who will do anything to make more money! :x

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Do u have any issues on politicians or businessmen or even a normal woman or man, who do ANYTHING(take dowry, cheat, charge extra, kill, lure, insult, steal, bribe, evade tax, show wrong accounts), to make money?

are they BEIGN DISCUSSED IN OPEN in a public forum, with this many nasty insults thrown?

Any person as a thrid party TO THE situation, HAS NO right whatsoever to CONDEMN someone on their moral issues or behaviour.

I assume I am hurting many ppl's personal feelings regarding ethical behaviour. I jsut voiced my opinion.

I know the battle which I fought is ONE AGAINST MANY.

I would like to call it an end and finish it off with TRUCE.

Its no use arguing on these matters time and again, when the discussion concerned hurt many ppl's personal feelings.

I DONT WISH TO DO THAT.

sorry from my behalf.

ON with the next topic please.

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Will a man be hurt emotionally,psychologically, if his wife sleeps with someone else?
And will a woman be hurt if her husband or son sleeps with a prostitute emotionally,psychologically and ofcourse,financially?

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Good point blah! Incidentally, I'd been visiting the Andhranews.com forum for a while (until I realised wat a bunch of looneys most of the members were!) & there was this thread on consequences of extra-marital affairs.......however, the meaning of the thread was completely lost as several perverts (inc. our fellow ex-hubber Mandangi! :hammer: ) began to make statements glorifying it, sum of them even saying tat their wives were having affairs & they felt jealous tat they themselves were having none, tat not allowing ppl. to do such a thing is fundamentalism etc. etc........! :roll: :evil:
Truly despicable, A shame! :hammer:

Prabha, as for ur replies, well, I conclude tat to each their own.......so I guess its truce w/ u from my side too! :)