# I would like to come to a conclusion on prostitution **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 20, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-come-to-a-conclusion-on-prostitution/635269 "2012-09-20T15:02:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-come-to-a-conclusion-on-prostitution/635269/61 "2012-09-29T17:31:56Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > This sums up my opinion on the issue pretty well. It sounds like to me she’s saying legalizing prostitution would eliminate poverty among women and the burden of marriage among men. As to the first, it’d be true only if poor women were pretty enough to make a living as prostitutes. As to the second, it’d be true only if men were rich enough to support all those women, and preferred that arrangement over having a wife and a family. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-come-to-a-conclusion-on-prostitution/635269/62 "2012-09-29T21:15:35Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > It sounds like to me she’s saying legalizing prostitution would eliminate poverty among women and the burden of marriage among men. …she didn’t say that at all. To find out what she did say, why don’t you read the words she actually wrote? What a novel way to debate: attribute a false argument to someone else and argue against it! There is no way you can loose! Your paraphrase is as ridiculous as Sage Rat’s cite that stated that “Legalized prostitution didn’t stop Australian sexual violence against women.” ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-come-to-a-conclusion-on-prostitution/635269/63 "2012-09-30T03:03:33Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …she didn’t say that at all. > > To find out what she did say, why don’t you read the words she actually wrote? What a novel way to debate: attribute a false argument to someone else and argue against it! There is no way you can loose! > > Your paraphrase is as ridiculous as Sage Rat’s cite that stated that “Legalized prostitution didn’t stop Australian sexual violence against women.” Her: > [@](#): > > It’s an attempt to keep poor women in the gutter and to force men into serial monogamy Me: > [@](#): > > It sounds like to me she’s saying legalizing prostitution would eliminate poverty among women and the burden of marriage among men. Ok, so she’s not saying legalizing prostitution would _eliminate_ poverty among women. Merely that spreading their legs would give them a leg up, so to speak. Out of the gutter, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-come-to-a-conclusion-on-prostitution/635269/64 "2012-09-30T03:22:25Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > Ok, so she’s not saying legalizing prostitution would _eliminate_ poverty among women. Merely that spreading their legs would give them a leg up, so to speak. Out of the gutter, I mean. I am saying that allowing those women who would choose to make money by having consensual sex to make money by having consensual sex would indeed allow them to make money, yes. Thank you for noticing that revolutionary statement of mine; I know it was radical out-of-her-box thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-come-to-a-conclusion-on-prostitution/635269/65 "2012-09-30T04:27:07Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > Ok, so she’s not saying legalizing prostitution would _eliminate_ poverty among women. …yep. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-come-to-a-conclusion-on-prostitution/635269/66 "2012-10-01T21:53:01Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > In the same way, there’s no reason why people can’t offer their services for money in almost any other type of field but not with sex. Are carpenters hurt because carpentry is illegal and hiring a carpenter is exploiting them? Is it illegal because there’s a black market of carpentry that exploits poor carpenters and carpentry pimps harming carpenters? Nailed it. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-come-to-a-conclusion-on-prostitution/635269.md?page=3)