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In reply to the discussion: What are the main reasons men pay for sex? [View all]BainsBane
(53,029 posts)and people here systematically address only theory and not reality, much like economists refuse to consider the human fallout of the capitalist economic theories in which they place unquestioning faith.
Reality is another story. Many Johns look for sex with underage teens and children. They are sexual predators who excuse their actions by arguing the girls and boys "choose" the "profession" (as one person literally argued for girls as young as nine). It is in fact rape, which is most certainly unethical. The fact many of those sex workers end up dead should also be a concern to anyone who cares about human life. http://www.democraticunderground.com/125548981
Then there is the fact that many Johns don't view the sex workers as human beings. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5429203
Is treating a girl or women as an "it," a "piece of bloody meat," or "just holes to fuck" unethical? Many assume the only issue is the man's right to buy, and the objects of that acquisition are inconsequential: minor, teen, "it" or "hole" matters not, since they are not the ones with money to consume. Neoliberal capitalism demands the commodification of all, including human beings, for the benefit of the few. Profit trumps human rights, particularly when those people are viewed as less than human.
Then the fallout on communities and their residents where prostitution proliferates is denounced as imaginary. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025346527 (You'll have to do a search of the OP referring to me as imaginary. I dare not link to it lest I be accused of engaging in callouts).
So while theoretical prostitution looks fine on paper, reality is another story.