In San Francisco, there is a proposal on the ballot for de-criminalizing prostitution. I have been writing about this for ages but our society, driven by its irrational and absurd religiosity, holds the oldest profession to be a criminal enterprise.
Instead of “legalizing” prostitution, San Francisco is “de-criminalizing” prostitution. So it is technically on the books as a crime because there is a law prohibiting it; Proposition K would bar / forbid local authorities from investigating, arresting or prosecuting anyone for selling sex.
Proponents say that the proposal would save $11 million dollars that the city spends annually to arrest and fine prostitutes who immediately after paying the fine, return to their chosen trade.
As I have mentioned before, this has nothing to do with common sense in that demand for sexual services has been around from the day history began; hell, even Biblical figures availed themselves of the service.
I have always maintained that the profession can definitely be cleaned up and made safer through regulation; it’s not ever going away so why not just accept it as a legitimate social entity.
We shall see if San Francisco is as liberal as it thinks it is. Only Rhode Island permits the sale of sex behind closed doors between consenting adults, but it prohibits street prostitution and brothels? I guess prostitutes list themselves in the Yellow Pages and you just call for service.
Nevada is the only state that does allow brothels in rural counties.
Instead of “legalizing” prostitution, San Francisco is “de-criminalizing” prostitution. So it is technically on the books as a crime because there is a law prohibiting it; Proposition K would bar / forbid local authorities from investigating, arresting or prosecuting anyone for selling sex.
Proponents say that the proposal would save $11 million dollars that the city spends annually to arrest and fine prostitutes who immediately after paying the fine, return to their chosen trade.
As I have mentioned before, this has nothing to do with common sense in that demand for sexual services has been around from the day history began; hell, even Biblical figures availed themselves of the service.
I have always maintained that the profession can definitely be cleaned up and made safer through regulation; it’s not ever going away so why not just accept it as a legitimate social entity.
We shall see if San Francisco is as liberal as it thinks it is. Only Rhode Island permits the sale of sex behind closed doors between consenting adults, but it prohibits street prostitution and brothels? I guess prostitutes list themselves in the Yellow Pages and you just call for service.
Nevada is the only state that does allow brothels in rural counties.
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