Paying To Play: Yay Or Nay?

There we were, innocently cruising around the webs for any sign of an exposed nipple, when we accidentally got sucked into the latest flareup in one of the oldest debates there is—should prostitution be legalized? Like we said, this argument has been going on forever and will likely continue for just as long, but recent editorials and some motivated blog postings have got people fired up again and with enough thoughtfulness to get us to temporarily stop staring and actually read something. Obviously, bad things happen to sex workers, in both legal and illegal environments, but is the answer more regulation, none at all, or a smashing of the male-penile enslavement hierarchy that has subjugated females since cavemen still carried clubs? Then again, believe it or not ... some people just like to fuck.

We don't have time or space to hash out all the arguments here, but we are curious what you think. Actually, we know exactly what you think, but we'd still like to have something concrete to put in the files. And if you care at all about sex positive feminism, human rights, economics, or just finding someone to blow you at a reasonable cost, the links below (and their comments) are definitely all worth checking out. So what'll it be?

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· Is there a prostitution solution? (feministe.powweb.com)
· D.C. Sex Diarist Bares All (10zenmonkeys.com)
· Did All That Whoring Make 'Washingtonienne' Jessica Cutler A Kind Of Genius? (Jezebel)