Shocking reality of prostitution in Ireland

_Brian

professore wrote: »

This is the law now for a while already. There was a big thread on here about it.

Don't agree myself, if all involved are consenting adults, where's the harm? Also making it one sidedly illegal is discrimination IMO.

Less damaging than cheating on your spouse and breaking up a family and that's all legal.

Trafficking and sex slavery a whole different ballgame.

Trafficking isn’t a whole different thing because unfortunates are trafficked in to serve the punters, it just feeds more misery and fills the pockets of organised crime. Not all prostitutes are trafficked but enough that makes the whole thing a mess.

The notion that sex with a prostitute won’t break up a marriage compared to an affair is stupid.
So somehow sleeping with someone who has slept about with hundreds of punters is somehow better ??

Rjd2

_Brian wrote: »

Trafficking isn’t a whole different thing because unfortunates are trafficked in to serve the punters, it just feeds more misery and fills the pockets of organised crime. Not all prostitutes are trafficked but enough that makes the whole thing a mess.

The notion that sex with a prostitute won’t break up a marriage compared to an affair is stupid.
So somehow sleeping with someone who has slept about with hundreds of punters is somehow better ??

We need to be able to find the difference between those who chose to sell sex and those who don't. Nobody decent who supports legalisation supports trafficking. People like those in the article chose sex work to make money and were lucky not to go to jail deserve better.

Sonics2k

_Brian wrote: »

Oldest profession stuff is just rubbish talk, people have been murdered to steal their goods for as long - should we legalise murder too because some people think it’s a good way to make a quick buck ?

Legal prostitution would be that of consent between two law abiding people.

Legalising murder is a totally different thing, because there would be no legal consent. But you knew this already, you just wanted to try and make a smart comment.

Discodog

The shocking part is that whilst the Guards were "investigating", other real criminals were robbing, assaulting etc.

_Brian

_Brian wrote: »

Trafficking isn’t a whole different thing because unfortunates are trafficked in to serve the punters, it just feeds more misery and fills the pockets of organised crime. Not all prostitutes are trafficked but enough that makes the whole thing a mess.

The notion that sex with a prostitute won’t break up a marriage compared to an affair is stupid.
So somehow sleeping with someone who has slept about with hundreds of punters is somehow better ??

Legal, law abiding and regulated establishments would starve the illegal ones out of business.

It’s quite simple really.

Cookie_Monster

not even a picture of her, no?

Dravokivich

_Brian wrote: »

Personally I wouldn’t like to see prostitution legalised in Ireland.

Purchase of sex should me made illegal, as should managing anyone in the sex business (pimping)

I wouldn’t particularly agree with criminalising the sex workers themselves.

I don’t agree it’s a waste of Garda time as the pimps and trafficking are mainly serious criminal gangs and anything to hurt them is good.

There were no pimps and no one was trafficed.

Insp Kennedy added: “The entire operation was conducted by both of them. It was a joint enterprise. They were both participating in it willingly and with each other and it was advertised in that format.”

Samuel T. Cogley

Trafficking happens in many industries including legal prostitution. I guarantee that some of the girls in German mega-brothels are trafficked. The best solution was to leave it as it was, one girl operating alone (with security or what ever) and busting brothels.

Dravokivich

_Brian wrote: »

Oldest profession stuff is just rubbish talk, people have been murdered to steal their goods for as long - should we legalise murder too because some people think it’s a good way to make a quick buck ?

You're talking about euthanasia here right?

lmimmfn

this is nonsense, 2 consenting adults in a relationship for hire for sex. Who cares?, if people want to avail of that service so be it. Why waste Garda resources on it?
Its not like its people being forced into it or anything. This is hardly the same as people on the streets doing it.

robindch

riffmongous wrote: »

[...] glad to see the Gardai doing their job and coming [...]

I'd like to think that the Gardai were up their every night collecting evidence with telephoto lenses and listening devices.