Should prostitution be legalised?

As has been discussed before, I often use prostitutes. I don't care what anyone else thinks, I don't have a wife or girlfriend and the women I pay are not back street hookers offering a hand-job for £15, they are high class call girls who wouldn't look out of place on a centrefold.

However, what the girls do is still illegal. But the police rarely tackle the high class end as it's not "in your face", most of it done in hotels or the clients home.

I don't think the street walking hooking should be legalised as people can sometimes see it from their bedroom window, but I firmly believe brothels and hotel working prossies should be free to do as they choose.

What do you think, time to make it legal?

It's the oldest profession in the world and should have been legalised and regulated in the UK yonks ago. We all know it goes on so why not be open about it. It seems to work well in Holland, ( a country I have never been to by the way. )

I agree. If it's out of sight it's out of mind. If some bloke wants to pay £200 for a 3 minute jump then let him get on with it I say.

i cant understand why anyone would want to pay for sex when there are so many tarts out there wholl do it for nowt.

there are some women out there being taken advantage of, but i do think if it was made legal that women would have more rights and protection.

Sir Nut's Dad wrote:i cant understand why anyone would want to pay for sex when there are so many tarts out there wholl do it for nowt.

I would just love to see some of those tarts out there who'll do it with you for nowt.

Reebok Trotter wrote:

Sir Nut's Dad wrote:i cant understand why anyone would want to pay for sex when there are so many tarts out there wholl do it for nowt.

I would just love to see some of those tarts out there who'll do it with you for nowt.

looks aren't everything reebok- a hole is a hole

Sir Nut's Dad wrote:looks aren't everything reebok- a hole is a hole

Personally I would rather pay £300 for a couple of hours with a gorgeous woman who wouldn't normally look twice at me, than have sex with some old trout for free! No offence SND!

Quent wrote:Personally I would rather pay £300 for a couple of hours with a gorgeous woman who wouldn't normally look twice at me, than have sex with some old trout for free! No offence SND!

£300!! i'll do it for £250!

Prostitution is already legal.

Certain acts surrounding it are illegal however. ie
- pimping
- running a brothel, defined as 2 or more prostitutes operating on the same premises
- soliciting of business on the street
- leaving calling cards in phone boxes
- kerb crawling, providing it can be demonstrated that the offender was causing a persistent nuisance

But prostitution itself is legal, and always has been.

Largehat has said what I was going to say for the first part....

Second part, as I do live in The Netherlands.

Although I do not frequent the windows, in fact although I have walked past to get to the market on Nieuwemarrt and to chinatown I have never used a window, I do know some of the regulations, as they do appear in the local papers every now and again.

A "prostitute" has to work in a window or part of an escort service and they can also walk the streets in a council designated zone - of which there are none in Amsterdam. The designated zones are normally business industrial zones between the hours of 10pm and 3am. Any other form of prostitution is illegal.

For the windows there is a flat rate, which again is set by the council, of €50 for every 20 minutes. The windows are not operated by the council but are in private hands who can charge up to €150 for 12 hours. The women have to be regularly tested, for ant STD - I think its once every 3 weeks, plus they are also randomly tested by the council. The women have to pay tax on what they eran - and the tax rate is normal for every one in The Netherlands, which is around 45%. Protection is also the aim of the game as each window has an alarm and that alarm when pressed goes straight to the nearest police station , which is normally within 3 minutes walking distance, plus there are police and undercover police constantly walking around the RLD's. With regards to Escorts I am not sure what the rules are, so I am presuming they are the same as what they are in the UK, except more allowed and have to pay the tax.

Saying all that I do know that the Amsterdam council are buying as many windows as possible and is wanting to clean up and redefine the main RLD as a family-friendly area. They have already bought about 55% of the windows and are eager to buy the rest so that the change in usage can start.

I think that the STD testing as a criterion for a licence is a good thing and is symptomatic of the principle of having the industry under control rather than forcing it underground.

I think the same principle should be applied to drugs. Regardless of how you feel about drugs, people are going to use them but the black market economy fuels crime and the quality of what's on the market is consistently a problem - gawd knows what they cut it with but there are many salutory tales of people being poleaxed by dodgy drugs. If it was legalised, quality could be controlled - reducing the demands on the Health Services - and criminals would be increasingly marginalised. Most of all, if ALL people could get their drugs on prescription it would reduce both the appeal for those wishing to "experiment" and the need to go out robbing to pay for it. Tax on the drug companies could offset the NHS handling costs.

Never been with a hooker - don't like the idea that the lady is there to get intimate with me whilst knowing that she's only doing it for the money. I may be vain but I like to think my lovers love me.

largehat wrote:Prostitution is already legal.

Certain acts surrounding it are illegal however. ie
- pimping
- running a brothel, defined as 2 or more prostitutes operating on the same premises
- soliciting of business on the street
- leaving calling cards in phone boxes
- kerb crawling, providing it can be demonstrated that the offender was causing a persistent nuisance

But prostitution itself is legal, and always has been.

The law should be changed to make it easier for people to carry on the business of prostitution whilst still protecting people from exploitation.

bwfc71 wrote:Largehat has said what I was going to say for the first part....

Second part, as I do live in The Netherlands.

Although I do not frequent the windows, in fact although I have walked past to get to the market on Nieuwemarrt and to chinatown I have never used a window, I do know some of the regulations, as they do appear in the local papers every now and again.

A "prostitute" has to work in a window or part of an escort service and they can also walk the streets in a council designated zone - of which there are none in Amsterdam. The designated zones are normally business industrial zones between the hours of 10pm and 3am. Any other form of prostitution is illegal.

For the windows there is a flat rate, which again is set by the council, of €50 for every 20 minutes. The windows are not operated by the council but are in private hands who can charge up to €150 for 12 hours. The women have to be regularly tested, for ant STD - I think its once every 3 weeks, plus they are also randomly tested by the council. The women have to pay tax on what they eran - and the tax rate is normal for every one in The Netherlands, which is around 45%. Protection is also the aim of the game as each window has an alarm and that alarm when pressed goes straight to the nearest police station , which is normally within 3 minutes walking distance, plus there are police and undercover police constantly walking around the RLD's. With regards to Escorts I am not sure what the rules are, so I am presuming they are the same as what they are in the UK, except more allowed and have to pay the tax.

Saying all that I do know that the Amsterdam council are buying as many windows as possible and is wanting to clean up and redefine the main RLD as a family-friendly area. They have already bought about 55% of the windows and are eager to buy the rest so that the change in usage can start.

You know an awful lot for someone who doesn't frequent the windows. This "girlfriend" you keep mentioning is probaly in booth 33 between 9pm-3am.

Bolton Hater wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:Largehat has said what I was going to say for the first part....

Second part, as I do live in The Netherlands.

Although I do not frequent the windows, in fact although I have walked past to get to the market on Nieuwemarrt and to chinatown I have never used a window, I do know some of the regulations, as they do appear in the local papers every now and again.

A "prostitute" has to work in a window or part of an escort service and they can also walk the streets in a council designated zone - of which there are none in Amsterdam. The designated zones are normally business industrial zones between the hours of 10pm and 3am. Any other form of prostitution is illegal.

For the windows there is a flat rate, which again is set by the council, of €50 for every 20 minutes. The windows are not operated by the council but are in private hands who can charge up to €150 for 12 hours. The women have to be regularly tested, for ant STD - I think its once every 3 weeks, plus they are also randomly tested by the council. The women have to pay tax on what they eran - and the tax rate is normal for every one in The Netherlands, which is around 45%. Protection is also the aim of the game as each window has an alarm and that alarm when pressed goes straight to the nearest police station , which is normally within 3 minutes walking distance, plus there are police and undercover police constantly walking around the RLD's. With regards to Escorts I am not sure what the rules are, so I am presuming they are the same as what they are in the UK, except more allowed and have to pay the tax.

Saying all that I do know that the Amsterdam council are buying as many windows as possible and is wanting to clean up and redefine the main RLD as a family-friendly area. They have already bought about 55% of the windows and are eager to buy the rest so that the change in usage can start.

You know an awful lot for someone who doesn't frequent the windows. This "girlfriend" you keep mentioning is probaly in booth 33 between 9pm-3am.

Nope I just read the papers and its common knowledge in the country. It like saying you ought to know nothing of Blackburn Rovers because you post on a Bolton forum. Its a case of knowing the knowledge of where you live, even when the knowledge is not used.

Anyway, isn't it time for your KFC fix, yet?

bwfc71 wrote:
Nope I just read the papers and its common knowledge in the country. It like saying you ought to know nothing of Blackburn Rovers because you post on a Bolton forum. Its a case of knowing the knowledge of where you live, even when the knowledge is not used.

Anyway, isn't it time for your KFC fix, yet?

It's the sort of information you have to actively seek, but you shouldn't be ashamed, you chubby fellas have to have some fun too.

Bolton Hater wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:
Nope I just read the papers and its common knowledge in the country. It like saying you ought to know nothing of Blackburn Rovers because you post on a Bolton forum. Its a case of knowing the knowledge of where you live, even when the knowledge is not used.

Anyway, isn't it time for your KFC fix, yet?

It's the sort of information you have to actively seek, but you shouldn't be ashamed, you chubby fellas have to have some fun too.

Actually you don't have to actively seek, as due to the nature of revitalising the RLD into a family-friendly area it is often in the press, plus all tourist info packs do contain information with regards to the RLD.



The thing is, compared to the UK, the Dutch are very open when it comes to the subject of sex, just like the majority of all other European countries, and just like the UK used to be, before the reign of Queen Victoria. Sex, is possibly, THE most natural action and prostitution is possible the most oldest profession in the world - even sex education is taught at a younger age than in the UK (and even though the UK figures have fallen with regards to teenage pregnancy, the figures for The Netherlands are one of the lowest in Europe and the world!!!) - So why shouldn't they be open with regards to the subjects around sex such as prostitution?

I'd be too scared to shag a prostitute. I doubt I could get it up with the worry of disease, robbery and pimps.

Almost forgot, that the same laws, that The Netherlands have, also apply in Belgium, Austria and in a few German regions. Also the French are considering the laws and I know that Spain are close to having something similar.

bwfc71 wrote:Almost forgot, that the same laws, that The Netherlands have, also apply in Belgium, Austria and in a few German regions. Also the French are considering the laws and I know that Spain are close to having something similar.

You're obsessed with hookers. I bet you spend all your benefits on them.