Should prostitution be legalised?

I would hope not Ana, but obviously some do admit to it , Jamila is so sure

Having made a serious and I thought reasonable comment about the practical difficulties of legalisation, I made a lighthearted comment in response to Ab's lighthearted comment about the gossipy nature of market towns.

I wasn't suggesting that men's needs have to be met, but I thought it had been generally accepted on this thread that prostitution would continue, whether legalised or not.

And spare me the lecture about hanging around with us, Jessm; who is us exactly?

And my reply re old joke was light hearted too Grumppa

Yes men who visit prosititutes risk STD and passing it on to their partners, but there are women who have affairs resulting in STD and it is passed to their partner

No one is suggesting that women behave perfectly Anniebach - it's already been mentioned that women may use prostitutes and acknowledged their involvement in pimping/exploiting others, in some cases their own or other people's children.

I know that Ism but as a post spoke only of men passing STD to their partners I thought it fair to mention there are female partners who do the sane

as you must know of someone who has or does partake in this pass time I will accept your word, myself I have never heard anyone admit to it
Not personally, anniebach, and I doubt that anyone would admit to it per se unless they thought they would get a lighter sentence.

Are some of you aware of how many disabled people use the services of prostitutes.

I live in a sheep farming county and have never heard of one arrest , there was the woman forced by her husband to be affectionate with their German shepard, but they were renting a house here for the summer , had to come back to Wales for the court case

I know a man who visits a prostitute , such a sad life with a domineering mother ,

"I live in a sheep farming county and have never heard of one arrest "
AB, is that because it's legal in Wales ?

Thought I'd take the flack off you for a while Grumpa ( I thought that joke was about Australians) Would never wish to upset the Welsh, too close to home. OUCH !!!

On the serious side, there certainly is a sector of the population that have an acceptable (IMO) reason for using prostitutes. Legalisation would provide them with a far safer option.

If you legal use anything, you are giving the message out that this is acceptable.

Sorry, legalise.

Of course it should be legalised.

Did you not know pompa, Wales is not allowed to have her own laws, we have to obey England's laws.

Why is prostitution not acceptable?

AB, Ok I get that, subtle.

IMO, what is unacceptable about prostitution is the criminal world that accompanies it, primarily as a result of it being illegal.

The criminal world accompanies many industries

Oh give it a rest chaps. You are sailing very close to forum guidelines. Jokes about racial stereotypes are never acceptable these days.
Would you join a group of women having a serious discussion and start trying to lighten the mood with this kind of humour?

For goodness sake I may be wrong but what Grumppa and pompa have said is nothing more than has been posted on threads before. If I could be assed I would find one or two but that would only waste my time. I think there may have been banter between Anniebach and Grumppa before of a similar vein. Anniebach posted ' and my reply re an old joke was light hearted to'. Apologies to Anniebach if I am mistaken .

I didn't like the 'if you are going to hang around with US' comment, who the hell are US? and I don't like the accusary tone of your last post JessM. It cannot help but be noted that you are focussing on the gender of the two posters you are taking exception to and I for one am a tad uneasy about it. I've noted this happen on GN before.

I know I will probably get some flack now but I will take it on the chin and not get into a personal spat but I could not just sit back and say nothing I've said my piece.

Prostition is unacceptable because a woman charges for sex , is there such a difference between women who marry for money or a title, a woman who sleeps with a footballer so she can be seen in the media

What makes me cross is Max Clifford was jailed because he had sex with girls who were willing if he could make them celebs

Jess take a damper would you.

POGS you'll get no flack from me. Jess ought to limit her posts to her own opinions and not assume she speaks for us all.

Even if prostitution were legalised I suspect that there will always be women so desperate that they would be willing to "undercut" the professionals. So it continues.......

I share the opinion with Jess that jokes about racial stereotypes are unacceptable , this have been proved here by the outcry when I spoke of little englanders , many found it unacceptable

Anniebach

It's all about context.