# Does the Bible specifically prohibit any of these things?:

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**Created:** [April 26, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-bible-specifically-prohibit-any-of-these-things/242007 "2004-04-26T02:55:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-bible-specifically-prohibit-any-of-these-things/242007/41 "2004-04-27T16:32:23Z")

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> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#):
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> No, they _aren’t_ prostitutes, by law, nor really by behavor. A prostitute is someone who will have sex with _me_ for money…not just let me watch a video of her and someone else. No one is paying to _get_ sex in porn, so it isn’t prostitution.

Of course they’re prostitutes.

A prostitute is paid to provide sex for money. The performers in porn films are paid to provide sex. They are therefore prostitutes.

The customers are the ones paying to get sex. The producers are pimps.

No different from somebody in a mink coat and big hat who steers men to his stable, and skims the fees. The women are being paid to provide sex, the customer is paying to receive it, and the pimp arranges the transaction.

No idea how they get away with it legally, but “by behavior”, it is prostitution.

Regards,  
Shodan

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