Whore College graduates class in San Fransisco (1 Viewer)

[Danny Tse]

I don't think the female chief of police and the female DA would like that.

 

[Christ Reynolds]

i got lucky with the timing, if i didnt make that comment, someone else would have, it was waiting to be said

CJ

 

[ChristopherDAC]

There are [IMMENSE GENERALISATION AHEAD!] two kinds of "feminists" or "women's libbers": the ones who see whores as victims of male oppression, and prostitution as something to be extirpated; and the ones who see prostitution as a valid job choice, and whores as women workers to be assisted. Female politicians in San Francisco tend to be of the latter sort.

Yes, I know that's not really a good HTF discussion topic, but it did come up.

 

[John Spencer]

I offered to be a teacher's assistant, but they said I was "too polished" for their tastes.

 

[KeithAP]

Typical class chatter....

-student- raises hand
-teacher- "Yes dear?"
-student- "I need to use the John."

-Keith

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

-another student- "I need to be the John"



Joe

 

[Mark Shannon]

-a third student- "I'm already on the John"

 

[NickSo]

-me- "when is it MY turn to be john?"

Thinking to myself: *you know how you can get your hair cut for cheap by students of hairstyling schools? how about.......*

 

[Grant B]

I haven't heard that phrase since I watched a "Laugh In " rerun a few years ago.

 

[Chris]

I'm not sure I'd call prostitution a victimless crime. Outside of marital impact (divorce, etc.) which has a serious societal cost, especially for children; it is still a known fact that disease spread is much higher amongst prostitution then elsewhere, especially true of skin based illness (like Herpes, HPV, etc.) and STI (Chlamydia, etc.).

But of course, the longterm impact on families, etc. is not so good.

 

[george kaplan]

This is on the verge of becoming political, but Most of what you list, is because prostitution is illegal. Those problems are no more common among prostitutes than the average population in places where prostitution is legal and well-run.

A lot of the problems associated with many illegal activties comes from the fact that they're illegal, not the activity itself. There are certainly negatives to gambling and drinking, but when they're outlawed there's much more problems than when they're legal and regulated.

 

[Chris]

While I agree the problems do increase with illegality, they do not dissappear in a legal environment (see Nevada). Moreover, the emotional impact upon families is the same, legal or illegal, and even in countries with longstanding legality (Denmark, as an example) issues of abuse of sex workers is still a serious problem.

The same is true of gambling; outside of Nevada (where people from other states come in and gamble) the creation of casino gambling in every state it's been tried in has also been tied with a higher rate of bankruptcy filings within the state.

While I agree that making it legal would lower some of the disease issues with mandated testing, as in Denmark (though it also has not solved the problem in Denmark, and newer more resistant forms of trichomoniasis and gonorrhea. Both of these were still on the rise in Denmark last year, according to WHO, so I wouldn't discount the problem entirely.

Imagine it this way: ever been to a McDonalds, Wendys, Taco Bell, or whatever and gotten sick afterwards because of mild food poisoning? Even in a regulated industry, when you deal with it every day, the risk cannot be eliminated.

I would agree with her in SF that for California, addressing hookers is nowhere near as important as say, illegal drug sales or illegal immigrants, but it's still an issue.

 

[Mark-W]

I think if you're worried about the impact of prostitution on families, you need to target the spouse and not the prostitute. Just like drugs, it is isn't the supply that drives the market, it is the demand.

 

[Joe D]

Speaking of San Fransisco and prostitutes.

I was in San Fran a couple weeks ago while I was driving to the Redwoods in Northern California.

At a stop light, I look over and there is a male and female in a beat up car. The male points to a man on the street, the female gets out of the car, whispers something in the guys ear, and then grabs his arm and they're walking away.

My first known contact with a pimp and a hooker.