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Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:00 AM

New debates about the oldest profession

We can argue over the morality of prostitution, but it's not all about men victimizing women.
Carol Lloyd

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  • Thursday, March 13, 2008 07:17 PM

    If Anti-Prostitution Laws were really about victimization...

    then we'd have to outlaw the fashion industry, which relies on cheap, exploitation of women in subhuman conditions, attendant with the indignities of sexual harassment to rape. Those who argue against prostitution disengenuously argue that it exploits women. Yup. I am sure many are exploited. Just like textile slave workers. Fashion is a fetish for American women.

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