Is it time to wake up and move forward in the idea of having a lawful and regulated sex industry in respect of brothels and the like?
Or
Does by doing this are we degrading sex and people by commercializing such?
If we had a legalized brothel industry would you use it if you felt the need too? Post a vote as too whether you would or not as it is anonymous
I think we should legalize a basic form of brothel with very strict controls.
I wouldnt use them and I cant decide whther that is because I am as tight as a ducks arse or whether becuase i find the current sex industry exploitative and abhorrent.
Mmmmmmmmm Love it when a thread makes me ponder.
I am a punter. Use of saunas, walk in brothels, escorts etc, is legal. So the poll is almost redundant. But useful in knowing how ignorant people form an opinion.
Street hookering is illegal. It tends to attract some nasty specimens.
If you don't normally use sex workers its hard to imagine how you would expect an improved sex industry to operate. Its largely self managing, with each brothel having its own characteristics, including workers and regulars.
The more you pay the more you get in return for skills, surroundings etc.
Ahem
Time for an opinion.
Soliciting is an offence. It doesnt matter if you are on the street or waving your arse from Nelsons column.
I agree with the one who said nasty specimens was innappropriate language. To whoever siad that u need to get some edumacation. I speak as man who has worked with sex workers operating from many marketing positions.
U can wrap up your own guilt thnkin that if a lass aint on the street she aint bein exploited. From my view she is often doin summat she wouldnt be doing if she had other options.
I am perfectly calm. Please dont patronise me
Like I said end of!
Anyway back to the main point.
There is not much that needs to be remanaged in the industry. Its generally self managing as there is not much to it. Premises need to be adequate, and capable of accommodating people. Facilities need to be decent. If its a bad set up the punters won't come.
I don't know how much could be done for worker's rights etc. I am not sure sex workers would like it on their employment records. Would 'jobs' be made available in the JOB centre.
If you consider how people make it by being celebrities; there is no 'job description' there. What rights do they have? They can be destroyed by the press with very little protection.
So there are a few other 'careers' which suffer from having little or no protection.
In our society it helps to have some flexibility and fluidity to the economy. If everything was so tightly regulated there would be no room to manouvre, less opportunities to profit or progress.
There are many people who work from home providing the rag trade, multi level marketing, franchises etc. All different types of employment allowing freedom and choice as to how we can find work.
So I think that in the case of brothels, some may benefit from a shake up, but the majority do okay in their own peculiar way. I have some favourites and I think most of the punters would hate it if they were changed in any significant way.
No, the girls run it well enough along their own lines.
Lostie.
If I can point you to this handy site
I think it explains it in an understandable way.
I think the main difference is in whether you set up a business in a corrupt way as opposed to abiding with what is generally accepted and is legal or at least can't be proven illegal. Again its open to interpretation and the courts could rule either way if they considered there was malpractice afoot.
So do we need to fix what isn't essentially broken? It's arguable. Creating a 'new' approach could be a good move in some cases. Even in some of the European cities where it's more visbily regulated, there's still criminal gangs who will attempt to run things their way, even temoprarily.
Here in the UK, the trade has probably functioned as it has done for the last 2000 years. So there's a long legacy to deal with, in attempting to fundamentally reorganise what is already functioning.
Remember, the more you pay the more get in terms of locations, facilities and service. Therefore that becomes more personalised and specific to your requirements. Its well established, with many of the top performers happy with the way things work.
But anyway a worthy debate, so cheers for entering into the spirit.
I very much agree that brothels should be legalised. We all know they exist as massage parlours or saunas now..but by legalising it, we could regulate the industry. The premises could be inspected and made sure they are clean and suitable for the purpose. The girls that work there, would be subject to regular health checks, and given advise about the dangers of what they were doing. this would at least give the girls a chance to make a choice. The situation where women get paid for sex has and will always exist, so at least lets regulate it.
im not so sure that regulating the litterally thousands of brothels that exist up and down the country would either be manageable or practicable. i dont think it will ever happen.
i think people are dreaming if they think the authorities could cope and succeed in imposing standards. whose standards would theey use to measure against?
the business is somewhat immoral and criminal by its very essence and i doubt the establishment would ever want to/end up getting involved with the organization of such activities...... thats why relaxed laws exist in certain places.... but it is rare that any countries completely legalise the trade.
its never going to happen......
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market away I feel it would benefit the clients and the staff using the facilities and would be more of an asset than the situation at present. 
