Pornstars VS Prostitutes?

Alyssa Rose

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Why is it okay for Pornstars to get paid for having sex but its not okay for prostitutes? Just something I've always wondered.
 
Eh, it's sort of the classic debate. Most likely because the precedent has been set before. For example, it's illegal to go out and fight someone, that would be considered assault, but you get a ring together, and an audience, and you've got boxing, or MMA as the case may be. It's probably got a lot to do with a mix of old societal values and stigmas with current values and stigmas.
 
I think because pornography can be seen as a form of entertainment.

Now, you could argue that visiting a prostitue is a form of personal entertainment :dunno:. But the element of seediness that comes with prostitution is always going to make it a taboo.
 
The legal difference used to be about whether or not the man cums inside the woman. That's why when porn started off the man always had to pull out before cumming...which is why cumming in the girls face became so standard.

Hookers on the other hand let you cum inside them which from a puritanical point of view (which is how we're governed) is more damning and therefore sinful to get paid for.

Granted...the line has been blurred in recent years and we now get creampie action in porn but I believe that was always what legally seperated porn from prostitution.

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***Warning: can of worms about to be opened***

In my mind, there's no difference between porn stars and prostitutes.
 

Kingfisher

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Why is it okay for Pornstars to get paid for having sex but its not okay for prostitutes? Just something I've always wondered.

I think it depends on who you ask... IMHO prostitutes deserve as much respect as pornstars, who in turn deserve as much respect as actors, singers, writers, etc...;)
 

Rey C.

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Its all bullshit!

^This.

Short & sweet... and on the money (pardon the pun). Give that man some rep, won't ya please?! :thumbsup:

What two (or more) consenting adults do with each other behind closed doors (or in front of a camera) is no ones business but their own.
 
What two (or more) consenting adults do with each other behind closed doors (or in front of a camera) is no ones business but their own.

I think that when what you do behind closed doors is distributed to the public a different set of rules apply.

:cool:
 

Rey C.

Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
I think that when what you do behind closed doors is distributed to the public a different set of rules apply.

:cool:

But porn (generally speaking) is legal. In most states, prostitution (behind closed doors or not) is illegal. Do you see the paradox?
 
The difference is porn has been deemed by the courts as an artistic expression and found under that philosophy to be protected speech.

Not that I think prostitution should be illegal,it shouldn't.Just pointing out how one is legal and one isn't.
 
But the element of seediness that comes with prostitution is always going to make it a taboo.

But, of course, the seediness is a result of the act being taboo, so it becomes a circular argument. If it weren't taboo, then it could be as aboveboard and presentable as any business.
 
It's up to each state. Currently the only states where prostitution is legal are Nevada and R.I., and even in those states it is legal only under certain conditions. I think your question though is a valid one, and points to the hypocritical nature of a legal system where booze is legal but pot isn't, and it's legal to get paid for sex if it's being filmed.
 
There's no difference at all between prostitutes and porn stars. Porn stars are nothing more than video prostitutes. Porn stars who provide escorting services [ :1orglaugh] use the medium for more exposure to charge more $$$ when trolling for customers or vice versa. They all will fuck for money. . . but at what price? :confused:
 
But, of course, the seediness is a result of the act being taboo, so it becomes a circular argument. If it weren't taboo, then it could be as aboveboard and presentable as any business.

It would be much better in the long run if it were legalised. Better care put towards the workers with better protection against violent pimps and customers. Along with access to proper medical care which would probably cut down on the spread of disease. And the government could tax it so everyones happy.

As long as it is illegal, it's going to have that seedy element to it.
 
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