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To: TimF who wrote (3574)	3/3/2010 2:50:09 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3816

>>>>How is it different for a pimp to compel a prostitute to submit to sexual demands as a condition of employment, than it would be for any other employer? "Its not different (except that the pimp is more likely to be violent about it, which just makes it worse), but its more likely to happen with prostitution being illegal." This is perhaps most in line with my original entrance into the discussion. It is not different and it is the tip of the ice berg wrt how we as a society view human integrity. "...because people confuse making it legal with support for it, or at least full acceptance of it, but its nothing of the sort. Individuals never absolutely agree on their support of anything. In general, however, legalization is a thumbs up by society. It is an acceptance for treatment of women as economic objects which can be abused for pay. I don't know how you are thinking of the industry surrounding prostitution any other way but that is how I see it. Once society waves that wand of acceptance, it becomes a standard of culture, across venues, from every type of social endeavor and economic venture. Not that everyone would instantly begin treating women as prostitutes but many would see it that way. I have three daughters and I'm not a bit confused about what would be abusive to them ... As with them so with every other woman, which is the only fair viewpoint in my way of thinking.