Reply #147: I think there is room for debate. I don't believe

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however, that it is ever possible to make prostitution a good or safe "occupation" for women (or for the few men who are prostitutes) because at its root it doesn't honor human beings in their basic psychology or biology.

Many lawmakers in the Netherlands were shocked when human trafficking increased in their country after they legalized prostitution. That was what they were trying to stop. But IMO, it happened because their fundamental thinking on prostitution was flawed. Human beings aren't psychologically made to have sex with hundreds or thousands of strangers for money. That happens through desperation, coercion, or through awful things happening to them when they were young, thereby messing them up psychologically. It's the same with boxing; humans aren't naturally made to beat the hell out of each other for no other reason than money. Yes, there are a few men with opportunity who will go into boxing, but the overwhelming majority of boxers are from poor violent families. With prostitutes, there is a similar argument to be made, which is perhaps why brothels in the Netherlands, with its large social safety net, had to import girls/women from countries where opportunities for them were scarce.

But having said that, I do believe there is just cause to agree to disagree and debate many aspects of this issue.