Posted on 03/16/2008 7:15:48 AM PDT by NYpeanut
In the case of child prostitution you’d probably agree that is also a transaction made on false information.
Sure, they can’t give consent because they don’t possess it.
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They sure do possess consent when they buy something from a candy store. You’re not suggesting that those transactions are invalid. So why is child prostitution different?
It’s not made on false information, it’s made on ignorance, because children are children.
Because children have been deemed by the consensus of parents, who are voters, to lack possession of informed consent, and because parents in general don’t want their children having sex, there are laws against it. Basically, parents are speaking through the law that nobody is allowed to have sex with their children, even if the child says it’s ok. Note that if someone does, the children are not subject to criminal charges.
But when the child grows up to be an adult, they gain possession of informed consent. At this point, their legal guardianship transfers to themselves. At this point, they are expected to and legally recognized to bear responsibility for their actions. Nevertheless, people like yourself still insist on stepping in and acting as their parent, “for their own good”. They can have sex with whomever they want (risking disease, lack of “dignity,” breaking up other people’s marriages, etc, and all the other myriad harms of prostitution) so long as they do it without money changing hands. A dinner or a concert or a photo shoot is ok, and being a slut is legal. But the moment a dollar changes hands, people like yourself intercede and say no, you’ve crossed the line, we know better, that isn’t allowed. And unlike the case with children, now they are subject to criminal charges.
I can understand how throwing a pedophile in jail helps others. I can’t understand how throwing a willing prostitute in jail helps anyone, and especially not her, the one people like yourself are ostensibly “trying to help.” That’s a pretty brutal kind of help, sort of like Islam lite. (”We kill them to retain honor.”) You do know, don’t you, that jails are rife with rape, disease, violence, and reduction of dignity, don’t you? They should be reserved for those who harm others against their will, not those who pleasure others according to their will (and pocketbooks).
STDs don’t know whether you’re merely promiscuous or actually a prostitute, but only prostitution is illegal. So, STDs are a red herring.
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