is prostitution being illegal a violation of a BASIC human right?

Question

if a person was very ugly very shy but also very law abiding be denied for life the experience of sharing relations with a other human ?.when paying for it would be the only way the person would ever be able to have that experience.

Answer 1

Choosing who to have sex with, as long as you do not hurt them and it is consensual, seems to be a basic right. Say I go out to a bar and buy a lady a drink, and we end up having sex (assume soberly decided and consensual) that night. Any interference in that would seem to be an infringement of our rights. Who you relate to and what you consensually decide upon doing is, if you are going to posit rights, a very basic right.

What would we say if the government stepped in and arrested us for having consensual sex because i bought her that drink? People would be outraged and it would be called an infringement of basic rights. But if I gave her $50, all of a sudden its a whole different story. Its not so much about having sex as a basic right as it is about two consenting adults having the basic right to have relations with each other however they choose.

FRAGINAL: who are you to decide what counts as exploitation for another person? yes there are some women who are exploited and there are some who are not. Shouldn't it be the woman's call if prostitution is exploiting her? By telling her what counts as exploitation and what doesn't you're contradicting the whole point of ending exploitation: respecting another person as autonomous and rational, capable of making their own decisions.

chainreaction: amen! i couldn't have said it better.

Triplestar: 1:surely basic human rights include a right to do with your body as you choose? and to freely and consensually relate with other adults?
2: prostitution means the exchanging of money or goods for sexual favors
3: Basic human rights must include the right to freely relate with other consenting adults, and the giving of gifts or money is no more morally relevant to this than is the giving of emotional support or other "goods." Maybe even less so since emotional connections tend to cause even more harm when they are lost.
4:So yes, the right to have sex with another human being for money seems to be as basic a human right as having sex for pleasure, or emotional connections, or presents, etc.

Prostitution is no more inherently violates the right to live without force than any other form of work does. I think you're the one that needs to rethink this. You seem to be assuming that no person can freely choose to be a prostitute without any type of force or slavery involved. The law on this issue, like so many other issues, is so warped by tradition, power, and misunderstanding that whether or not something is legal has no bearing on whether or not its moral. In so far as prostitution exploits and enslaves, I totally agree, it should be outlawed. But when it is freely chosen and consensual, it does seem to reflect a basic right: the right to bodily privacy and autonomy.

Answer 2

you have some valid factors. In Canada, we de-criminalized prostitution a protracted time in the past, yet made a regulation against "talking for the needs of paying for intercourse". the burden of the unlawful interest of the act grew to become into placed onto the johns particularly than the prostitutes. Now, I could admit, the equipment would not paintings all that nicely, even with the indisputable fact that that's a step in the splendid direction. i think of although, that there is an significant distinction between pornography performing and prostitution. specific, the two contain fee for intercourse, yet each little thing else approximately that's distinctive. Prostitution has virtually continuously been considered as incorrect, and customarily made unlawful. that's a component of a equipment of abuse of girls. very regularly people who improve into prostitutes are actually not doing it voluntarily, yet are compelled to. If it rather have been in simple terms yet another employer transaction, then consistent with threat it ought to be ok. even with the indisputable fact that it is not. that's a component of the long status abuse of ability, of girls and each so often even of babies. The intercourse commerce is basically evil, and extremely perplexing to make in any different case. intercourse commerce workers should not be dealt with as criminals, they're often the sufferers.

Answer 3

For the mother of justice and law...what point of you asking this?

Anyway, in my opinion, if we want to know whether the prostitution of being held illegal can violate the very basic human right, certain things you have to consider.
Firstly, ask yourself, what are those basic human rights?
Does is include prostitution?
Secondly, ask yourself, what is this prostitution means to? (I mean do you really sure that you understand yourself the definition of prostitution and its concept?)
Thirdly, once you answer the two questions, relate them each other.
Fourthly, consider the concept of prostitution itself. Then relates it with the your question.
You might find the answer. Then I think you may change your mind then whether to ask this question or not.
As for me, correct me if I'm wrong but I think the prostitution itself violates some of the basic human rights itself. For instance it violates the right to live without force. As we all know, prostitution is considered internationally as one of those forced labour, slavery and human trafficking in which deemed globally as heinous offence.
Well then, if that is the FACT and LAW, we cannot then say that prostitution to be held illegal is a violation to human rights. Unless if we are trying to manipulate the human morality and the law. You see, my friend, we we come across this stage, then we may have to consider the concept of BAD LAW and GOOD LAW in which I would not discuss here.
Be that as it may, it is much depend on a person on how he or she sees my answer or probably I will assume as my opinion.

Good luck friend.

Answer 4

I would think basic human rights would refer only to what he was able to do on his own. He doesn't have a right to have sex with someone else. That would be like saying he had the right to someone elses body. He still has the right to have sex if he can find someone but he just can't pay for it. Basically, it's his problem that he's too shy to try to get sex any other way. He could get counseling for his shyness.

On the other hand, I think a person should be allowed to ask for money in exchange for sex. It's a private service.

Answer 5

prostitution is the oldest profession in the world , several society's have tried to eradicate it but failed, even the Muslims with their death sentence for prostitution have not succeeded, and I don't see how anyone can say it should be illegal, first some people would rather pay a woman and go on about their business than have some one around bothering them, look at Rob Lowe he could have many many women i am sure but as he said when caught with a hooker , having a wife or girlfriend is to bothersome, and don't you think it would prevent a lot of Rape cases, or wife beatings etc, aren't we all prostitutes we have sex with our wives to keep her happy she has sex with the husband to keep him happy, Websters says when some one sells sex for material gain, well?? if it was legal and the pros were checked regularly it certainly prevent a lot of disease , I can see a lot ,more good in legalizing it than to have it illegal

Answer 6

I think that there is an arguement there....

I don't understand the subtext of what you asked but I will answer the question straight out....

maybe.

I think that people have a right to love.

Although it is unwise to think that you can obtain love by paying for it, I also believe that it is equally unwise to think that making rules for sexual behavior will benefit anyone... it just seems sort of dark and oppressive.
We, as Americans, have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - prostitution is definitely part of the latter.

Answer 7

Wow you may be joking right now, but you may also have a point. At first, I thought that this question would be easily answered with: no, someone can have sex without prostitution. But what if someone was in that situation, where no matter what they did (other than offer money) they couldn't get a consensual sex partner? Good point!

Answer 8

Prostitution should be legal but regulated like it was several years ago. Back then the women were checked for disease often and there was less risk of rape or abuse. The government could tax it and make a lot of money too.

Answer 9

Ugly persons need not depend on prostitution to have experience. They must exert more efforts to taste it with a decent woman and not using money to have ecstasy. Prostitution is illegal because women are being exploited for a cheap price.

Answer 10

YES! Because in Canada & US we have "Women Industry" which means women are in hands ofo certain groups to enjoy and makes Billions Dollars from them! "Reinstitution" is a well Organized Industry'

NO, No, millions of men should never have an intercourse with women; because the Industry will lose money!

In whole Human History there were prostitutes. They are Professional Business Women!
They never ask any question, just pay, have fun, that Good buy!

Yes American just Talk about Freedoms, and Human Rights of "Iraqi!!!!! Afghans!!!"

But just someone ask BUSH where is our Freedoms? Where exactly show it to us! In airplane, in store, in government buildings and school that every pockets must be open by Securities!
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