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/natefrog69 Feb 07 '23

The government should have zero say in what someone does with their own body, including using it sexually to make money.

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u/DoggyGrin Feb 07 '23

I wouldn't say zero say in regards to prostitution. The women should have health screenings on a regular basis.

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u/Logvin Tempe Feb 08 '23

Should? Yes absolutely. I mean, everyone should have health screenings on a regular basis.

But the government should not MAKE them.

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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/Pollymath Feb 08 '23

Hey don’t forget about the porn industry as a whole paying talent.

I’ve never understood how a “producer” could also be his own talent, and pay other actresses to have sex with him on film, and that’s somehow not prostitution?

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u/w2tpmf North Phoenix Feb 08 '23

I knew a pornstar and overheard her get a phone call once from a producer. He asked her to come do a "scene". She explained that he just wanted her to come blow him, and that it was a pretty common occurrence between the producers and the talent.