Reply #84: To paraphrase the late, great George Carlin

[Hugabear]

Fucking is legal, and selling is legal, so why isn't selling fucking legal?

Personally, I think a lot of people are hung up on idealized notions of sex. Sure, it might be ideal if sex were something reserved strictly for people in a committed relationship. But we all know that isn't the case at all. I could go down to any bar or nightclub, hook up with someone at random, take them back to my place and have some quick sex, and it's perfectly legal. Or, conversely, I could meet someone, take them to an expensive restaurant, spend over $100 for a lavish meal, give her a diamond bracelet, then go back to her place for an evening of sexual relations, and that's also legal. But if the two of us decided to cut out the "courtship" and instead I paid her directly, then all of a sudden that's not legal.