Dutch launch sex workers' first union.

i personally am all for legalizing prostitution. honestly, there are just some women (and men) who lack the skill set required to make what we would dub "an honest living." so they resort to fucking for money. and that's what it is. it's not making love. it's fucking. and sometimes, everyone needs to get fucked. some people can't do this on their own. so they pay for it.

i, personally, have never used a prostitute. and i likely never will. but i can understand that some people might want to. i can also understand that some people would like to have that as a "career" or just a part-time job. whatever.

if it was legal, the government could (and would) tax it, and we wouldn't spend any money trying to shut it down. face it - sex for money, in its most basic form (that is, i give you money, you lick and suck my erect penis until i achieve sexual gratification, i leave, you brush your teeth and then sit and wait for the next guy), has no downfalls. the real problem comes with things like pimps, girls being forced to sell themselves to support a drug habit, etc. with regulation from the government, as well as brothels operating like a business, i think it would be good for all involved. a woman would become licensed, go to work for a business, and wahoo. every month she has to be tested for disease. must use protection at all times. they make money, they pay taxes, our taxes go down, it's all good. no one hurt.

i've held this viewpoint for a few years. my friend andrea has given me the most opposition. "it's degrading"... uh. not really. as the original poster pointed out, it's just doing something that WE ALL LIKE TO DO. i like to have sex. i'll have sex tonight. i won't feel degraded. neither will jenni. yes, ours will be different. it won't be "fucking" - it will be "making love." but she wouldn't feel degraded in fucking either. and neither would i. besides, i know PLENTY of girls who like to play around, like to play rough. no one would be FORCING these women to do it - they would do it by CHOICE. i don't see how this can be degrading.

anyway... i'm running for president in 2016. probably on the republican ticket with a platform of legalized drug use (at least marijuana, although i do not smoke it and never will - same rule applies though - government regulation == better stuff == money for us == no drug cartels), legalizing prostitution, cleaning up the cities and protecting the rights of the citizens. vote david ham for president.