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Could Prostitution Be Next to Be Decriminalized?

[NYT] ALBANY ‐ Marijuana has gone mainstream, casino gambling is everywhere and sports wagering is spreading. Could prostitution be next?

Lawmakers across the country are beginning to reconsider how to handle prostitution, as calls for decriminalization are slowly gaining momentum.

Decriminalization bills have been introduced in Maine and Massachusetts; a similar bill is expected to be introduced to the City Council in Washington D.C. in June; and lawmakers in Rhode Island held hearings in April on a proposal to study the impact of decriminalizing prostitution.

New York may be next: Some Democratic lawmakers are about to propose a comprehensive decriminalization bill that would eliminate penalties for both women and men engaged in prostitution, as well as the johns whom they service.

"This is about the oldest profession, and understanding that we haven’t been able to deter or end it, in millennia," said Senator Jessica Ramos, a Democrat from Queens who is one of the plan’s backers. "So I think it’s time to confront reality."

The New York legislation appears unlikely to pass in the coming months, but the idea of decriminalization has already amassed a growing coterie of prominent supporters, suggesting that it might continue to gain traction.

The debate is unquestionably polarizing in many circles, even among advocates for sex-trafficked and abused women who fear that creating a legal path for prostitution will not eliminate, but rather actually encourage, underground sex trafficking.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-06-01 04:02|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 The question is, have you really tried? Public castration of the johns might have an effect.

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-06-01 06:00|| 2019-06-01 06:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Bootlegging was largely killed by ending Prohibition. The numbers racket was largely killed by the states running their own ~~lotto~~ numbers racket. Gee, I guess legalizing, regulating, and TAXING probably won't work (as it does in all major Western countries). Consenting adults ends at commerce. Don't tell me the matriarchy doesn't exist to keep the existing monopoly running.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-06-01 08:33|| 2019-06-01 08:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't tell me the matriarchy doesn't exist to keep the existing monopoly running.

Hollywood's most infamous madam Heidi Fleiss finally rats out a client 'in revenge' after he betrayed her... before she gets cold feet

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-01 11:26|| 2019-06-01 11:26|| Front Page Top

#4 'It's time to put my clothes on': Australia's highest paid prostitute, 45, who charges $1,000 per hour plans to quit escorting and become a sex therapist

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-01 11:54|| 2019-06-01 11:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Time to put the taxpayer on the hook for STD treatment to go with all the unpaid student loans.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-06-01 12:09|| 2019-06-01 12:09|| Front Page Top

#6 After all, it is their body!

Posted by 49 Pan 2019-06-01 12:41|| 2019-06-01 12:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Public castration of the johns might have an effect.

Don't have to castrate 'em, just publish their names in the local newspaper, have the local newscasters read their names and show their pictures on TV and post them on the Internet. Then when they ask a respectable girl for a date she can look for them on the "john site" and tell them to forget it if she finds them there. And if they're married...

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-06-01 13:00|| 2019-06-01 13:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Nevada has a leg (or two) up on legalized prostitution.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-06-01 13:07|| 2019-06-01 13:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Legal Pros or Legal Pot.
I'm so torn.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-01 13:19|| 2019-06-01 13:19|| Front Page Top

#10 just publish their names in the local newspaper, have the local newscasters read their names and show their pictures on TV and post them on the Internet.

Didn't we just have that with Stormy Daniels and the Orange Man Bad?

From the NSFWP net. As of today in Las Vegas 256 females advertise their service to include 104 for other women. Similar in LA and NY. It's just not Johns. It's also Jills.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-06-01 13:57|| 2019-06-01 13:57|| Front Page Top

#11 Oh my! Heidi isn’t aging very well at all.

Posted by Cleager Schwarzeneggar4244 2019-06-01 20:08|| 2019-06-01 20:08|| Front Page Top

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