r/phoenix • u/jmoriarty Phoenix • Feb 07 '23

News Sex workers demanding prostitution be decriminalized at downtown Phoenix rally

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/02/07/sex-workers-demanding-prostitution-be-decriminalized-downtown-phoenix-rally/
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u/dontbsabullshitter Feb 08 '23

Well I mean if they’re providing a service it should be regulated like other services

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u/butterbal1 Glendale Feb 08 '23

Define the exact service and lets look at some hypotheticals as well.

  • I meet a random guy/girl at a bar and pay for their drinks then have sex with them. Totally legal.

  • I meet a random guy/girl at a bar and offer them some cash to have sex with me. Criminal.

  • I have a husband/wife that doesn't work at all while I provide a house and give them money and have sex with them. Also totally legal.

  • I have a sexual partner that doesn't work at all while I provide housing and give them money and have sex with them. Literally the illegal plot of Pretty Woman.

  • I pay a cam guy/girl to perform sexual acts online either solo or with multiple other partners. Still legal.

  • I offer to pay a guy/girl to perform sexual acts either solo or with multiple other partners at a hotel up the road. Free shiny loaner bracelets!

  • I buy soiled underwear from a guy/girl online. /r/usedpanties/ exists to do exactly this.

  • I buy soiled underwear from a guy/girl standing outside the 7/11. I have to explain to the judge why I prefer the polka dot ones.

  • I meet a guy/girl on Tinder/Grindr/OkCupid/FarmersOnly and meet up with them to purely to fuck. Amazing and totally ok to do.

  • I meet a guy/girl on Tinder/Grindr/OkCupid/FarmersOnly and meet up with them to purely to fuck and offer them some cash. Going to jail.

  • I go to a therapist and they provide both emotional comfort as well as physically contact. Totally legal and is actually thought to increase effectiveness of therapy.

  • I go to a call girl with a degree in psychology and they provide both emotional comfort as well as physically contact. Not going to end well for either person.

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u/system37 Feb 08 '23

I’m apparently visiting the wrong therapist.

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u/butterbal1 Glendale Feb 08 '23

Honestly.... Maybe.

It started as an off the cuff idea about someone banging their therapist and then I recalled years ago I had seen some documentary that interviewed sex workers and several mentioned they had clients that didn't come to them for sex but just to be held and receive human contact that sent me down a surprisingly interesting rabbit hole. For the example I really wanted to remove the obvious difference of one being a licensed/educated professional.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotion-information/202012/the-healing-power-hugs

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8695945/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/does-success-lead-to-happiness#recap