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Originally Posted by Troianii
That is a very interesting one. The feminist movement in America use to be radically opposed to prostitution because it degrades women and it feeds into the view that women are objects to be had, but the more modern feminist movement has taken the complete opposite position for rights to their bodies. It's just all very interesting to me.
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Good point. It's interesting how these things change... I wonder why? No doubt that same old individualistic "me" mentality that's doing so many great things for this nation...
And in general response to the prostitution argument:
Legalizing prostitution isn't about feminism, it's about individualism versus collectivism. The individualist either wants it (as an individualistic right) or thinks the individual should be able to do it, because it's "the individual's life," but the collectivist (collectivism being the mentality and foundation upon which America and other societies like it are based) sees no rhyme or reason to it because like Troianii said it's degrading to women and it's also unhealthy, unsanitary and goes against every grain of moral teaching for the future--the children of America. The individual does not prevail in American society, the collective comes
before the individual. Sure, you have individual rights, but things like prostitution--unimportant pleasures that have far more cons than "pros" (which are individualistic pros anyway--no benefit
to the collective)--are not included in those for good reason.
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