Legal Prostitution

[Liar]

In English Law a brothel is a place where three or more prostitutes work - and is illegal.

Ok. Then it IS an ass backwards definition.

A brothel is (normally) a place of business that sells sex to customers. It employs people to preform said sex. The brothel owner then has power over the prostitutes, as he is their boss.

If the prostitutes are the ones selling the sex and are self employed, I don't see how it could reasonably be called a brothel. The landlord is just a guy who rents flats to people. And the prostitutes in question are the landlord's customers. Just like the same prostitutes are customers in the store that sells them condoms and stuff.

(However, if the landlord demands kickback on the prostitute's sales, he's a pimp.)

What should be illegal and not, is another discussion. But it annoys me to no end when politicians start redefining the dictionary to suit their agenda.

 

[chuckmeat]

This may stir up a firestorm of controversy but why not legalize and tax it everywhere,I mean in the bigger cities to start with? Anybody who wants a hooker can find one this way the girls are safe and there should be a dramatic downturn in STD's. Everyone will agree that the tax break would be appreciated

 

[bridgeburner]

This may stir up a firestorm of controversy but why not legalize and tax it everywhere,I mean in the bigger cities to start with? Anybody who wants a hooker can find one this way the girls are safe and there should be a dramatic downturn in STD's. Everyone will agree that the tax break would be appreciated

I don't see why the tax revenues would even go up that much unless we're talking about liscensing fees like a bar must have to sell alcohol. If we're just talking about income tax then the amount of revenue is no more or less than any individual would pay for his or her earnings and we're not talking about hundreds of thousands of sex workers that are all of a sudden going to be paying income tax on annual salaries in the $250,000 range.

As for what the licensing fees should be, that's a huge discussion all on its own. you can't make them so high that they effectively criminalize the business again --- i.e. if the fee is so high that the average sex worker can't pay it and thereby operate legally then you're back to the same problems as when prostitution is totally illegal.

 

[oggbashan]

Ok. Then it IS an ass backwards definition.

A brothel is (normally) a place of business that sells sex to customers. It employs people to preform said sex. The brothel owner then has power over the prostitutes, as he is their boss.

If the prostitutes are the ones selling the sex and are self employed, I don't see how it could reasonably be called a brothel. The landlord is just a guy who rents flats to people. And the prostitutes in question are the landlord's customers. Just like the same prostitutes are customers in the store that sells them condoms and stuff.

(However, if the landlord demands kickback on the prostitute's sales, he's a pimp.)

What should be illegal and not, is another discussion. But it annoys me to no end when politicians start redefining the dictionary to suit their agenda.

There is a 2004 UK government paper on prostitution and a later one with the responses to it. Both papers are a total fuck-up because they can't decide whether to protect prostitutes, to punish prostitutes just for existing, or to punish those who prey on them as pimps, or just make the punters into criminals. The latest version seems to attack the punters. The punter will be charged with committing an offence if he has sex with a woman who has been forced into being a prostitute. How the hell would he know?

The law at present is a policeman's charter. If a woman is defined as a "common prostitute" after having been convicted of soliciting in the street once, she can be arrested whenever she is in a public place even if she is just going shopping or taking her kids to school. A "common prostitute" commits an offence just by being outside her home.

Most police forces take a commonsense view and only arrest prostitutes for overt soliciting in a place that offends the local residents, such as in a quiet street.

A brothel is still an enclosed place with more than 2 prostitutes trading from it. The owner is committing an offence by allowing the premises to be used for prostitution (by more than 2 women). That makes governors of women's jails liable for prosecution...

The UK law is an ass on prostitution.

Og

 

[Liar]

There is a 2004 UK government paper on prostitution and a later one with the responses to it. Both papers are a total fuck-up because they can't decide whether to protect prostitutes, to punish prostitutes just for existing, or to punish those who prey on them as pimps, or just make the punters into criminals. The latest version seems to attack the punters. The punter will be charged with committing an offence if he has sex with a woman who has been forced into being a prostitute. How the hell would he know?

To derail this even further off-topic... "punter"? According to my dictionary, a punter is someone who gambles on horse and dog races. Or kicks a football. What happened to "john"?

 

[oggbashan]

To derail this even further off-topic... "punter"? According to my dictionary, a punter is someone who gambles on horse and dog races. Or kicks a football. What happened to "john"?

"John" is the US term. "Punter" is our local police slang for a prostitute's customer.

Og

PS. I talk to too many policemen...

 

[R. Richard]

"John" is the US term. "Punter" is our local police slang for a prostitute's customer.

Og

PS. I talk to too many policemen...

The US term 'John' comes from the old days. When they raided a brothel, the arrested the girls, but let the customers go. However, they took the names of the customers. It's truly amazing how many brothel customers were named 'John Smith.'