# is raping a prostitute the same as shoplifting?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-raping-a-prostitute-the-same-as-shoplifting/561612>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 23, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-raping-a-prostitute-the-same-as-shoplifting/561612 "2010-11-23T02:28:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-raping-a-prostitute-the-same-as-shoplifting/561612/61 "2010-11-25T08:33:38Z")

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Can a prostitute sue her pimp for sexual harassment in the work place?

If I pay and have sex with a prostitute, but then she rapes me - is that buy one get one free?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-raping-a-prostitute-the-same-as-shoplifting/561612/62 "2010-11-25T12:11:06Z")

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> [@drastic\_quench](#):
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> Can a prostitute sue her pimp for sexual harassment in the work place?
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> If I pay and have sex with a prostitute, but then she rapes me - is that buy one get one free?

Stop. _Please_.

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**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-raping-a-prostitute-the-same-as-shoplifting/561612/63 "2010-11-25T12:38:18Z")

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More like kicking a boxer in the nuts, if you happen to pass him by on the street.

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**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-raping-a-prostitute-the-same-as-shoplifting/561612/64 "2010-11-25T16:39:20Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Stop. _Please_.

You’re right. Clearly dead baby jokes are called for.

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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:** [November 25, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-raping-a-prostitute-the-same-as-shoplifting/561612/65 "2010-11-25T17:52:07Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> > [@tgain](#):
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> > So if someone hires me to mow his lawn and he doesn’t pay me, instead of a civil breach of contract, he should be charged with slavery?
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> No, with mowpery.

You must be pun-ished for this.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-raping-a-prostitute-the-same-as-shoplifting/561612/66 "2010-11-25T21:13:33Z")

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I’m pretty sure that this thread has run its course.

The debate has trickled off and the puns are getting worse.

Closed

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