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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Prostitution--Good? Bad? or Just Ugly?

You guys focused so much on the moral issue of prostitution, I thought I should create a specific post.

Prostitution--You are all misogynic--was it only the woman's fault? The moral issue is not one way, but both. The Disease Act in itself was immoral because it focused only on women--is this not just putting "Eve" at fault for the fall? (Non-Religious people--this means that so many pastors focus on Eve's sin that caused the fall of man, but it was under Adam's leadership and his watch that it happened.) Let's get real before we go off on prostitutes.

Next thought--you are right to say prostitutes have value. Remember I stated that realism was not reality but a reaction. Naturalism is the true realism. Emile Zola gives value to prostitutes by going into their lives. The question was not how could a woman become a prostitute, it became "what made a woman become a prostitute." Is prostitution bad? Duh! But, isn't the exploitation of women in the workforce the evil cause of it?

Just a thought

was

5 Comments:

At 5:15 PM, Blogger liamdunaway said...

was the disease act bad? Sure it targeted women only, but seriously, how many man hoes (pardon) were walking the streets. When I think of the disease acts, teaching abstinence-only sex ed in schools comes to mind. Ilicit teenage sex can be immoral/unwise/risky, but it will nevertheless be done (Romeo & Juliet), so why not keep those who are going to do it as safe as possible and offer them as many options as possible to protect themselves, including abstinence is addition. So I see the disease acts as protecting the prostitutes who are going to/have to sell their bodies.

 
At 7:02 PM, Blogger liamdunaway said...

well, which is more punishable under the law: first time drug offenders or major dealers? Thus the disease act wished to stop the diseases at ther 'core' which was women, not men. However, I do agree that it did nothing to prevent or cure the disease, it simply slaped women on the wrist. So, any real advantage/diadvantage? No.

 
At 8:36 PM, Blogger liamdunaway said...

Thank you jacob, for keeping a check on our morals. ;)

I think I'll do my reading now.

 
At 10:21 PM, Blogger liamdunaway said...

you're breeding hatred was.

 
At 6:20 AM, Blogger Was said...

Religion is not a justification of history. By understanding religion, you can see how history unfolds.

 

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