# If

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/666448>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 16, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/666448 "2013-08-16T20:38:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/666448/1 "2013-08-16T20:38:05Z")

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If [adult]prostitution were legal, how would the world differ? I am not one nor do I plan on being one but I was curious of the difference it would make?

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**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/666448/2 "2013-08-16T20:41:43Z")

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Then you’d be a man, my son.

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/666448/3 "2013-08-16T20:48:30Z")

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Well parts of the world wouldn’t be any different at all.

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/666448/4 "2013-08-16T21:21:51Z")

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This topic is closed and I’m warning you for [ignoring mod instruction](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16569241&postcount=10).

If you get too many warnings, you will be banned, so I suggest you listen this time.