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Originally Posted by tecoyah
I will address this for you.
Prostitution is not a forced profession. It has been with us for an extremely long time, and is respected as a form of employment in many cultures, or so is my understanding.
The primary dissent in our culture is derived from Christian Values, and has little bearing on the base morality of the profession as a whole. Should one decide to undertake this form of employment, it is of ones own volition, and is generally not due to having no choice in the matter.
Slavery, was and is a forceful removal of the rights of an individual, rather than an exercise of these rights.
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My personal theory is the reason for the criminalization of prostitution is more due to wives and less due to Christianity.
As wives became more important, their displeasure of the men philandering increased to the point they were able to effect the practice.
For a culture at large, prostitution leads to wide spread venereal disease and as such any 'moral' ban would be rooted in good public health.
As a profession, I have no problem with it, moral issues do not concern me, but it is only lately we can claim that we can also monitor the problem of venereal disease.