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• Is Prostitution harmful? - a comment
  William Kerss
  Published on: 14 November 2013
• Harmful conceptions of prostitutes and their clientele
  Rajin Chowdhury
  Published on: 29 August 2012

• Published on: 14 November 2013

  Is Prostitution harmful? - a comment

  • William Kerss, CT3 Psychiatrist

  I would agree with many of the points that Moen raises in his intersting journal especially that many of the problems prostitutes face are secondary to external factors.

  Despite this I feel that the analogies he uses almost ridicule many of the sensitive points he argues. I do not feel you can compare hairdressing to prostitution because of the act involved. Our morals around sex form such an integral part of...

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  I would agree with many of the points that Moen raises in his intersting journal especially that many of the problems prostitutes face are secondary to external factors.

  Despite this I feel that the analogies he uses almost ridicule many of the sensitive points he argues. I do not feel you can compare hairdressing to prostitution because of the act involved. Our morals around sex form such an integral part of who we are and the act of having intercourse is far more personal and intrusive than having a haircut.

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• Published on: 29 August 2012

  Harmful conceptions of prostitutes and their clientele

  • Rajin Chowdhury, Locum Junior Doctor

  The perception of prostitution as something intrinsically immoral is, in and of itself, harmful. Indeed, Yolanda Estes , the former prostitute who is a philosophy professor at Missippi University, is quoted in the article stating clearly that her job prospects would have been harmed had she mentioned her previous career.

  Moreover, users of prostitutes are also harmed because they pay for sex. The variety of ster...

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  The perception of prostitution as something intrinsically immoral is, in and of itself, harmful. Indeed, Yolanda Estes , the former prostitute who is a philosophy professor at Missippi University, is quoted in the article stating clearly that her job prospects would have been harmed had she mentioned her previous career.

  Moreover, users of prostitutes are also harmed because they pay for sex. The variety of stereotypes of prostitutes can be matched by those of their clients. Most assume it is deviant and malicious men. Whilst clients are mostly men, there is little to suggest these men are necessarily deviant and/or malicious.

  There is a significant proportion of the clientele who want to have sex, cannot achieve this otherwise and pay prostitutes for this service. This is seen as socially unacceptable either because of the arguments outlined in the article or because being unable to find a consensual sexual partner in other ways is seen as a failing in that person's character.

  There is no justification for this criterion that I know of. It is harmful to those people as they feel inadequate and in so feeling do not use prostitutes despite the fact this may be of benefit to both client that they can have sex and prostitute for reason, again, outlined in the article.

  Whilst the harms that prostitutes endure must not be forgotten, arguments that prostitution is intrinsically wrong harms not only the service providers. Clients are castigated for what is essentially a desire to have sex and an inability convince others to do so.

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