Prostitution/Pornography

[aseelt]

So I replied to the posting on dating a porn star, and sent the link to my wife. She brought up an interesting point.

Prostitution is illegal in most of the United States, yet pornography is (as far as she and I know) legal. Porn stars basically get paid for having sex with other porn stars.

My wife quite correctly stated: you could be a prostitute, but rather than charge for a sexual service, you would charge for a sex tape of the performed act (yes I realise sex on tape is a fantasy for men and women)

Do you think this point has merit?

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Well I live in Canada. Prostitution is legal here...In the case of U.S I say your laws are confused and a little bit ironic.

 

[silver wolf009]

I dont know why things like this happen. Alot of the rules of modern goverment make no sense but are inforced because no one stops to question it.

 

[aseelt]

Actually I thought of something else. The legal age of consent is 16 in the UK, but 18 for watching porn.

So sex with your eyes closed then? And then no prostitution/pseudo porno vids for you.

 

[benoitowns]

Wow, she actually has a great point. And that is a great idea, paying for the "tape" of it rather than the sex itself. Wow, our AmericaLand laws suck ass.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Well I live in Canada. Prostitution is legal here...In the case of U.S I say your laws are confused and a little bit ironic.

Lies, there are places in the Us where prostitution is in fact legal. I.e Parts of Nevada.


Anyways

"The United States government takes a firm stance against proposals to legalize prostitution because prostitution directly contributes to the modern-day slave trade and is inherently demeaning."

 

[Daveman]

Actually I thought of something else. The legal age of consent is 16 in the UK, but 18 for watching porn.

So sex with your eyes closed then? And then no prostitution/pseudo porno vids for you.

THAT is something I have thought LONG AND HARD about. It really makes no sense.

 

[AkJay]

Prostitution is legal in my state, and porn, well... Porn is just grand!

 

[Megacherv]

Shhh, don't complain boy, they're not supposed to notice!

 

[Tuddle]

Well I live in Canada. Prostitution is legal here.

It is?

holy cow, I did not know that. (and I live in Canada)

 

[Generator]

Makes perfect sense! Her point, not the law. That law makes absolutely no sense.

/snip

Just thought I'd let you know that you have the most addicting avatar in the world to watch.

 

[silver wolf009]

Makes perfect sense! Her point, not the law. That law makes absolutely no sense.

/snip

Just thought I'd let you know that you have the most addicting avatar in the world to watch.

yeah it kinda has that effect on people.

 

[Deviltongue]

Well I live in Canada. Prostitution is legal here.

It is?

holy cow, I did not know that. (and I live in Canada)

It's just public solicitation that is illegal. That's why you can check in those underground papers and they have prostitute ads in the back.

 

[manaman]

It would still be illegal. As much as people love to bash lawmakers, they have the benefit of teams of lawyers that gained experience scouring over laws to find loopholes for their clients to exploit. One that large and that obvious is not going to slip by the Justice system, especially when large escort services have already tried to exploit it.

 

[DrunkWithPower]

Politics at its finest? I dunno, I would guess it ends with where the money goes. pornstar gets paid, goes to the store, buys a skirt. Prostitute gets paid, pays a percentage to pimp, pimp goes to racket or gang.

 

[Jinx_Dragon]

Well I live in Canada. Prostitution is legal here...In the case of U.S I say your laws are confused and a little bit ironic.

Lies, there are places in the Us where prostitution is in fact legal. I.e Parts of Nevada.


Anyways

"The United States government takes a firm stance against proposals to legalize prostitution because prostitution directly contributes to the modern-day slave trade and is inherently demeaning."[.quote]

And curiously in those parts of navada there is less 'slave trade' and general 'demeaning' that comes hand in hand with pushing the market underground.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Well I live in Canada. Prostitution is legal here.

It is?

holy cow, I did not know that. (and I live in Canada)

It just can't be considered a business, as in it can't be taxed, you can't use it to pay for rent etc. It's kind of like...a hobby but not a profession...strange but true

 

[carpathic]

Actually I thought of something else. The legal age of consent is 16 in the UK, but 18 for watching porn.

So sex with your eyes closed then? And then no prostitution/pseudo porno vids for you.

THAT is something I have thought LONG AND HARD about. It really makes no sense.

Long and hard...LOL

I see what you are doing there.

 

[SonicKoala]

Yeah, prostitution is fundamentally similar to pornography, but the number of risks that come with being a prostitute are far greater than those of being a porn star. Not to mention that people who do get into the porn industry have a choice in the matter, something that can't be said for the thousands of desperate women who are forced to turn to prostitution.

The idea suggested in the OP wouldn't, in anyway, alter or lessen the risks that are inherent in prostitution.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

I've thought this for a while, and I have yet to come up with a satisfactory answer, but it certainly is an interesting point.

I guess you could say there's a degree of professionalism? Maybe? This is a shaky point, but there are companies set up to deal with pronography, whereas prostitution is more one guy pimping, I guess. Maybe it's just a case of no one having got around to making a law forbidding it.

As a secondary question, if an actress has a real sex scene rather than a simulated love scene, are they prostituting themselves?