Sex sells...

"I don't understand why prostitution is illegal. Selling is legal, fucking is legal. So, why isn't it legal to sell fucking?" - George Carlin on prostitution.

"If nobody wants to sell sex, it is a crime to force anyone to do so. But when men or women so want to sell their bodies, they should have the full right without encountering punishment or discrimination. If the client behaves decently, the relationship between the sex buyer and the sex seller must be considered a putely private transaction." - Nils Johan Ringdal, Love for Sale.

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To some extent, I do agree with the above quotes on prostitution. I think we can all agree that sex is enjoyable and pleasurable, plus we all need to earn money somehow.. so if two (or more!) people were to engange in CONSENSUAL, SAFE sex in such an arrangement that indicates it is being paid for.. well, I don't see a problem in that.

There have been many success stories involving prostitution, for example the famous Belle de Jour online blog of a London call girl or the story of Natalie Dylan, the 22 year old student who sold her virginity online for millions of pounds to pay off her university degree fees!

But things aren't always that simple.

Prostitution is always that easy, or glamourous. Fair enough, if people are willing to sell their bodies because they genuinely want to and feel safe and comfortable. But what about those that DON'T want to, and AREN'T safe?

There are children as young at 11 years old selling themselves on the street to make money because they have nowhere to live. Hundreds of girls and women feel that prostitution is the only way to make a living, and hundreds more are selling themselves to fuel a serious drug addiction. Not to mention the high risk of sexually transmitted diseases, rape and murder.

Doesn't sound so fun anymore, does it?