If "working" as a porn star is legal work, why is "working" at prostitution illegal?

politics and hypocrisy

I thought it was legal, just look at all the whores in congress, they will drop their pants for money any time of the day.

It is rather ironic that you are not allowed to have sex for money unless there is a camera there to record and publish the entire sordid event.

I think it has to do with the fact that government taxes porn, but can't keep an eye on prostitutes as there are too many of them. Of course, it always comes down to greed. You can't even feed the homeless without paying the govt for permits

Just set up a camera and video tape it.... call it making a movie.... it's all good....

$100 is expensive.... for a meal or a screw.... maybe I'm just old fashioned....

Had a guy tell me yesterday he wasn't that easy.... needed dinner and a movie... I said I have tv dinners and netflix.... turns out... he was that easy....

=P

With a "one night stand" the sex is optional. Ever heard of date rape- where the male expects sex and takes it? A date is a date. The purpose of a date is for the couple to explore each other and see if a relationship is possible.

With prostitution- one party pays the other for sex- dating and dinner is optional- but probably not preferred because the prostitute probably wants to get back to making more money.

The line between prostitution and porn is finer- but at least technically- the people in the movie are actors- and the purchaser of the porn is only purchasing images of sex- not the real thing

Great question

because porn they have to get tested...hookers dont

Hmmm... I seem to be a prostitute.

What do you mean?

The question says that a one night stand after wining and dining is prostitution.

Ok, I get it. What I actually asked was, "What's the difference between the two situations?"

I used the question to point out an absurdity, which is, if you and I go out tonight, my treat, and we feel like having sex afterwards, that's fine and legal and socially acceptable. No one is hurt, life is good, and we may move on with our lives. No one thinks less of you, no one thinks less of me.

However, if you were standing on the corner, I stopped and asked "What's up?" and we skipped the night out and instead, I gave YOU the money I would have spent ON a night out with you, and we had sex, somehow we have both broken the law and could be arrested and branded with socially unacceptable names ("John" and "Whore") and behavior. I am at a loss as to why this is so. It is absurd.

I meant no offense. I am just in support of legalized "prostitution." To be honest, what I am in support of is a woman's right to earn a living however she may. Legalizing prostitution I would hope would take away a hazardous life and replace it with a better one and take away the stigma of earning a living however one chooses without society condeming you for doing so.

If you look at the model that Amsterdam supplies, I believe we could adopt that here. Nevada has legalized prostitution outside of Clark County, and that seems to work. I'm just at a loss as to why we can't find a better way to do things here.

I'm not offended... I was just commenting that I would be a prostitute if wining and dining was considered payment for sex.

You're awesome!

Because it's harder for the government to tax.

Always seems that the ones who are most likely to be publicly shouting out about it are also the ones who secretly patronize prostitutes. Jimmy Swaggart comes leaping to mind. It seems to me that regulated, there is less risk. As a woman, I want to know why it is so much worse to BE a prostitute than to GO to one?

Regulations! The Gov't gets a BIG cut from porn. They get nothing from prostitution unless they arrest someone!

Time to clean it up, legalize, regulate and tax prostitution?

Thats the solution if you're goal is to speed up the destruction of America!

How bout the other option! Make porn illegal, keep prostitution illegal. I know, it'll still happen, but there are some who aren't so quick to break the law and ignore their conscience! Maybe just maybe, respect would be gained when it comes to a "woman" as well.
What good could come from legalizing prostitution? Money?

It's the worlds oldest profession for a reason it will always be around legalizing it simply makes it safer for everyone only a complete prick wants it illegal it just makes it unsafe for everyone and let's criminals get involved in that business if it was legal nobody would deal with pimps. Also sidenote little advice I wouldn't go with a $100 prostitue that can't be good lol.

LOL, but you get my point.

If performing sex acts is your JOB, to ME, the porno "stars" seem more likely to take better care of themselves - meaning less likely to have and spread disease. This is why I believe prostitution NEEDS to be legalized - so the whores can be checked and treated for disease, AND pay income tax. Women who sleep with a guy on the first date, are STUPID - whores and porn stars aren't stupid, they're intellectually impaired.

Let's be clear... sleeping with a guy in a first date doesn't make you stupid, can make you a lot of things, horny, open minded about sex, ... sex is only that, sex, and even if I never took money for sex, I know some girls who paid a couple of university degrees selling their body, some of them are profesional and believe me, nothing wrong with their intellect.

Why guys are alowed to look for only sex and we have to look for a relationship?
Try travelling alone 8 months a year for your job, shoul I become a nun? I don't think so. If I met a guy and I'm atracted to him, I'll sleep with him, only because I'm free, young, healthy and with hot blood in my veins, everybody needs some action from time to time, no attatchment or feelings mixed!!

What is the difference? Ink, on paper, know as statutes. It's been politics since it started, and I consider most of my fellow Christian Brethren hypocrites for their stand on these things. Their public stand, and their private actions, many times, though not always and this does not apply to all, do not always equate.

It falls under freedom of speech/ artistic expression.

The porn stars are also paid by a third party. The "actors" don't pay one another for sex.

Because you are paying taxes working as a porn star where as a prostitute you are not, and our government really frowns upon not getting their extortion money

The prostitute would probably pay taxes rather than work under the table if it was a legal and taxable job.

I have spent a long time trying to figure out why it is legal to pay two people to have sex together in front of a camera, but illegal to pay someone to have sex with you in private.

Regulating victimless crimes is one of the absurdities of religion-driven government. Making suicide illegal and trying to prohibit the intake of a common weed are two more. "Modern conservatives" have problems with Libertarian reasoning.

I will chance a guess and say it's because there is no actual human contact. I think prostitution is another industry that should be legal and taxed, like any other business, for adults only.

Me too.

Good question! You have to wonder what the difference between the two actually is, since they both take money for sex. It's a mystery to me!

Porn stars are forbidden to cause or have orgasms. Come on; I thought everyone knew that!

Porn stars are employed by a business and they pay taxes and whatnot. Prostitutes do not. They're either getting paid in cash or drugs, and you can't pay taxes with drugs.

Should prostitution be made legal, regulated, and taxed?

I think it should be and a bit regulated so you have less chance of catching something nasty. (unlicensed prostitution would most likely still be illegal)

Theres an even better way to ensure you have a lesser chance of catching something! Do you know what it is?

don't buy sex just go out and beg for it like many men already do?

Some of us men know how to treat a woman and don't need to do either of those! How about going old school and actually wait until you love somone and marry that person. That would put a damper on both the porn and prostitution business. Disease would hav hard time spreading too. Then imagine if people actually honored their commitments and didn't divorce for their individual happiness. Or if spouses didn't cheat etc... then sex wouldn't have to be bought or sold. I know...thats crazy, right? Not 50yrs ago. Thats the right way. Unfortunately, this world is too busy doing it all the wrong way.