Prostitution

[hyebruin]

No I think they have severe psychological problems.

unfortunately that is so true!! i haven't read any research on the topic but i imagine these women have a very fragmented outlook and belief in their own worth...what's important here to realize is that none of us are 'better' than these women...etc. it's just that we value ourselves and know better and have made better choices for ourselves; but they are in the dark and fail to see how prostitution can suffocate and kill their spirit; or they see it now but don't know how to get out???...i remember a short documentary i once saw...and i just felt so bad for the women...not THAT bad though cuz they could have made other choices!! it's not like they grew up on some asian island where they were forced into it at the age of 8 or something...

[hyebruin]

I fail to see how this means they have a problem.

answer:
1) sex in and of itself is NOT a source of power; true empowerment comes from knowing and LIKING and LOVING oneself.
2) sex by itself cannot fulfill the needs and fill the emotional and psychological voids in life.

---i can almost GUARANTEE you they will not be happy in 20 or 30 years.

---sex can be like any drug if you let it..just like alcoholism and drug abuse...if you numb yourself to it then you won't have to deal with your emotions or your problems...that's what these people do; you think that's a good way to live? i think most people want more from their lives..like quality!

[spiral]

what's important here to realize is that none of us are 'better' than these women...etc.

I disagree.
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[loseyourname]

Many of them have love-lives that I'm sure are more than fulfilling separate from their work. It's just a job. They aren't doing it for the sex; they're doing it for the money. Again, keep in mind that I'm thinking of very expensive call girls here. Their operation is actually pretty classy and safe and not really all that degrading at all. These are not the girls you're seeing on documentaries.

[Sip]

You don't pay prostitutes for the sex ... you pay them to leave afterwards. I think I heard Charlie Sheen say that at some point but I'm not sure where I heard it first.

[hyebruin]

I disagree.
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i see why you say that...but think of it this way...are we as flawed ungrateful humans worth the blood of jesus? wasn't he worth more than dying on the cross for us? ---all i'm saying is let god be the judge---

[Crimson Glow]

And what happens to that benchmark if you don't believe in God?

[Tres Bien]

then there is the bunch of people who are beeing forced into prostituting.Its a huge market in kidnapping girls in eastern europe , tricking them into thinking they are going abroad to get a job and to earn some money, (romania,russia, etc.) then they end up locked up and used as prostitutes and there is no way out.

[loseyourname]

Indeed, another case in which psychological problems are not to blame.

[Crimson Glow]

"She works haaaaaard for the money. SO haaard for the money...."