Troy
Ofcourse, I'm not talking about the dogs who kidnap and sell young girls or turn them on to drugs and use them as sex slaves and other demonic forms of abuse. Not only DON'T I support them, I support their incarceration and a violent punishment as a deterrence for others who may consider doing the same.
But yes, in a way the other form IS what I'm talking about although I'd prefer ALL levels of prostitution be as safe and regulated as the high-priced call girl industry. Even those offering $10 blow jobs should be afforded protection from abuse from either pimps or clients as well as subjected to frequent testing for disease and adequate healthcare.
I support a sexually free society because I believe it would be less violent, prostitution and other free expressions of sexuality are just a part of that.
But I have more respect for a successful pimp or madame in this society than I do for most managers of fast food operations because they have to be smarter than the typical manager of a "legitimate" industry just to survive and be successful.
The manager of a structured environment like a resturant derives most of their power from the authority that comes with their position. Anyone stepping into that position would command the same respect. All they have to do is step in and maintain the structure or system already built before them.
On the other hand, people who run underground operations have to build their own networks and use their intelligence and social skills to maintain order and respect from those under them....all WITHOUT relying on the police or other authorities to back them up if things go wrong.
That takes a special type of intelligence and skill that you don't learn in school nor from an already established position.
Cynique
Sexuality and the suggestion of sex is used in society to sell things and attract people's attention, but sex ITSELF isn't.
As Troy and I were discussing above, prostitution is STILL illegal and there isn't a school in the United States offering a 'sex education" class that actually TEACHES the students how to have sex. It'll all peripheral knowledge that skirts around actual intercourse itself.
Which is why nudity let alone the actual act of having sex is strictly forbidden on public airwaves in the United States while it's readily seen in other Western nations like Canada and Germany.
But truth be told, Western society as a whole is STILL quite sexually immature as compared to ancient societies.
The United States WENT through a sexual revolution in the 60s but then reverted backwards in the 80s under Reagan and the threat of AIDS.