PROSTITUTION LEGALIZATION PRIMER

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Myth #8

Prostitution promotes the objectification of women.

Those that argue that women should only be financially rewarded for their “minds” disregard models whose looks are their source of payment. They also disregard female blue collar workers who are being paid for physical tasks, i.e. selling their bodies. Critics also imply the poor quality of their sex lives when they deny that providing orgasms is an improvable skill.

Pornography arguably "objectifies" women more than prostitution as there is even less interaction with the sex worker. At the end of the 1960s the federal government sponsored numerous scientific studies in order to prove pornography was a bad influence. To the chagrin of Congress, no evidence of pornography causing anti-social behavior was found. In fact, the evidence suggested that those deprived of exposure to sexual material were more likely to be antisocial.

 
Studies showed that the average person had significantly greater exposure to erotic materials during adolescence than sex offenders. In one study, incarcerated rapists were found to have an average age of 18 for first exposure to images of heterosexual intercourse, while the average age for the general population was 15. Even the popular conception that exposure to pornography resulted in “calloused attitudes” towards women was found to be unwarranted, and, in fact, no negative impact on character could be found.
 

Below the surface of feminist objections to prostitution is the belief that heterosexual intercourse is inherently violence against women and that no woman could rationally enjoy or choose prostitution as a profession. (Feminists who disagree with this are called sex-positive feminists.) They interpret American call girls' general silence as evidence of their suffering. This ignores the fact that call girls are silent to avoid prosecution and discrimination. For a website espousing these feminist views see:

http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/

The following quotations were taken from this website on July 5, 2007:

Information taken from You Will Die: The Burden of Modern Taboos, Book I  by Robert R. Arthur. Detailed documentation of sources can be found therein.

Page last modified August 29, 2007.

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