Today, I reading the news in terms of attitudes towards prostitution, New Zealand and Europe are almost as diametrically opposed as they are in geography. Kiwis have opted for wholesale liberalization of the sex trade, When I read article of “Sophie” she said “I needed money fast so I didn't lose my house," she wears low-cut dress at work. She does not feel like one either. "I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't do drugs. I'm a vegetarian," she says, adding that she had qualms about her new job. But the central-city parlour she joined - basically a pub with a sitting area at the front and bedrooms at the back - was not the drug-fuelled dive she had imagined. "All the women here are lovely," she says. "We spend a lot of time sitting and talking. I'll stick it out a bit longer." I think, some question the morality of Sophie's choice, but legally it cannot be faulted. Sex workers have the same rights as everyone else. In the eyes of New Zealand's law, the oldest profession is just like any other and policy stands in marked contrast to Europe. In 1999 Sweden criminalised the buy of sex services, and several countries are introducing similar laws. New Zealand sex workers what they think of Swedish-style strictures, and the response is overwhelmingly negative. "Lucy", 23, from Wellington she said, “I make twice what I was earning in retail. I am appreciated by customers and my boss. I can work whenever I want to - it's by far the most gratifying work I've ever had”. Brothels may be legal but most New Zealanders prefer not to live next to one. What do you think about selling sex legally in New Zealand? How do you think if selling sex legally pass the law in your country ?
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References
Selling sex legally in New Zealand. (2009, March 17). BBC News. Retrieved March 17, 2009 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7927461.stm
I agree with Da that prostitution should be legalised. I guess Da also thinks that it would be a good idea to legalise prostitution in Thailand; again, I would agree with Da on that. It's hard to think of any good reason why prostitution should be illegal, so laws like Sweden's and Thailand's are immoral laws which should be changed.
ReplyDeleteDa has chosen a good topic and as well as making some controversial comments, she asks thoughtful questions about it.
What do others think? Do you agree that prostitution should be made legal in Thailand or your country? Why? Why not?
If New Zealand decides to pass the law, which has many processes before approval, some people may not accept it. In my points, I would like the law to be passed because the prostitutes should be a legal job and receive welfare just as other jobs. I would like to pass the law in my country as well because I have seen some news that the mafia gang has cheated women from North of Thailand to become prostitutes. These women did not like to do it, but mafia gang forced them. If the law is approved, I think many prostitutes will register with government for the legal job and no one will be afraid of the mafia gang. Women can choose their way of their life. I know that it is opposite belief in Buddhism in which will not surely approve this law. I think prostitution will continue to exist because if the people (Male/Female) have needs for sex, the job is still continuous.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I don’t agree in this article. Some country may be accepted this law because they think that they receive benefits each other between buyer and seller. It fair together. The women, who are prostitute, want only money. They don’t care in moral. It seems that they think for money first. If this law passes in each country the government must control and pay the attention for them. In the other hand, people in Thailand may don’t accept it because Thai culture teaches girls to be careful of manner. If it passes the law in Thailand, it may be occur many problems such as children imitate behavior and have severe disease.
ReplyDeletewhen i was finished this article , i really disagree with New Zealand's law that prostitution is legal. if this still legal for wholesale liberalization of the sex trade. i think the sexual and to force other lady that dissatisfy to be prostitution will be increase around the world because the sufficiency of men.
ReplyDeleteThere is a law against prostitution in Japan. It is prohibited. Therefore, I can't believe and selling sex legally in New Zealand. Of course,
ReplyDeleteI disagree that prostitution should be made legal in my country. The reason is why people who are selling and buying sex are taken a prejudiced view, which they are lacking of moral.
I like Lila's comment.
ReplyDeleteLila thought that giving supporting reasons was important in her comment, where she tells us why liberalizing laws relating to prostitution might be a bad idea because of possible results for society and to women.
The BBC's writer probably disagrees with Lila about those results, but her idea is the right sort of idea to support an opinion that prostitution should not be made legal.
Both May and Michiyo have commented that prostitutes lack morals, but I don't see why. And Sophie, whose story was described in the BBC News report that Da blogged, did not seem immoral to me: she sounds like an ordinary, honest woman who is working for a living. Indeed, Sophie has another job working in medical services. Why is one of her jobs more or less moral than the other? Does one of her jobs make Sophie a less moral person as May and Michiyo suggest? Can we judge people's morality from their work? Are cooks more or less moral than managers?
ReplyDeleteIs it because the men and women working as prostitutes work for money, or for some other reason? If it's because they work for money, then almost everyone who works is immoral because most people who work want money. I enjoy teaching, but I can't imagine that garbage collectors do their job because they love it: I think they do it because they need money to live, and the same for shop assistants in department stores. Do all those workers lack morals simply because they need money and work for money?
If prostitution is immoral for some other reason, what is that reason? Is there good support for that reason?
Do you think that Sophie, as described in the BBC News article, lacks morals? Why? Why not?
I agree this law should pass in New Zealand because people in the country also accept prostitution in the social. However, it is not suitable for Thailand. About Thais attitude, Thais women should be carefully manner. I support it is a good culture that makes them more value, not just toys for men. Thus, Thais should conserve the good culture now and forever ,and oppose prostitution in Thailand.
ReplyDeleteAnyway this job's very bad. They can't blame to the situation. There are a lot of jobs, how come thay don't choose a good job for their self.
ReplyDeleteAn raised a good question about the jobs that people choose.
ReplyDeleteIs collecting garbage a good job?
What makes a job good or bad? How do you decide if someone's job is a good or bad one?
I'm not sure if I agree with Pang - I think that there are actaully a lot of prostitutes in Thailand, and that they would be better off and better respected, not treated like "toys for men", if their jobs were legal. In fact, this might be something bad in Thai culture - that it punishes women for doing what a lot of men obviously want them to do.
I think Sophie and the other women's idea in the BBC article is that they are safer and better respected because their work is legal: they can't be "just toys for men".