It's time everyone realised women are EQUAL to men.

That does not mean they are ALL equal or all better or smarter than men.

It means there are as many corrupt buggers among women's ranks as there are in men's.

It means that young men, some 40-50% judging by divorce rates need emotional and fiscal protection from what are essentially bridezillas.

The best way to do this is by not only legalising prostitution but encouraging parents to take their sons to a prostitute upon puberty.

It is NOT a sin to introduce children to viruses to innoculate them at appropriate ages and it is NOT a sin to introduce them to the REALITIES of 'the SEX act' as opposed to 'love' at the right age.

If this measure served to make equal rights beneficial to BOTH sexes and save $trillions in wasted lives surrounding divorces then all MORALISIN objections should be proscribed forthwith.

The dumb MORALISERS are probably in the most dire need of visiting a prostitute to get rid of their BIGOTRY & IGNORANCE viruses.

The only downside here is that knowing the realities of the sex act, men will no longer put women on unrealistic pedestals. True women will applaud this. Only corrupt individuals of either gender will realise the losses this will incur to THEM.

But Sex has never been our enemy. The enemy has always been corrupt individuals, women moreso than men) who dangle it on a string to make PROFIT. Bring on the legalised prostitution and wave bye - bye to criminals. Imagine corporations without essentially prostitution adds because the allure has faded with the REALITY?
Half of them would go bankrupt and have to find something socially benficial to occupy them.

PS Sex with prostitutes is not addictive like drugs. There are many costs associated with prostitution & relatively small gains. Only societies that create 'suffering for profits' out of 'fools gold sexuality' can create the NEED for and obverse addiction to prostitution and self harm & self loathing in general.

Hint: The biggest voices against prostitution will be media &Corporate..
See Rupert twitch!

How refreshing to see nations like Sweden, Norway and Ice Land, take the lead on this issue. Clearly they believe in equality. Legislating against profit obtained as a result of an employee being naked or semi naked is outstanding. Why are we doing the opposite? Our politicians and society must step up and consider such a law. None of us want our mother, sister or child to be exploited in this way. We should take measures to ensure no one else can be either.

So let me see. If I go to the pub, tell her a heap of lies about
how great she looks and push her emotional buttons to get into her
pants and have a freebie, if she is sucked in, that is ok then.

If she has sex with me as she thinks I have money and she can get
at it by marriage or cohabition for a bit, that is ok too.

But if both people are honest with each other, have no hang ups about sex, rather then just be friends with benefits, he actually gives her
some money, that should be banned according to you lot.

What a warped sense of values you have. Sex is natural and normal,
deal with it. We have moved on in the last 50 years.

I knew a Yabby once.

I cooked and ate it!

Ha Ha!

Well done Matthew.

How long will Australian State and Federal Governments cower in the corner whilst forward thinking nations are decisive on this issue?
Clearly prostitution will always be exploitative and harmful.

If we genuinely care about the well being and equality of women in our society we will refuse to decriminalise an industry that portrays women as willing commodities, that allows clients to gratify themselves at the expense of hurting vulnerable women, and normalises greedy pimps into "business managers".

I totally agree with another writer who pointed out that prostitutes are always someone's daughter, someone's sister. They are not nameless unfeeling bodies to be exploited.
Decriminalising prostitution only perpetuates this harmful myth to the buyers.

The Nordic model has been successful. Other countries rightfully have followed their lead.

Will Australia?

Since this thread gained momentum, predictably a SMH article about legalising marijuana has arrived.

The article points out 10 bogus advantages of THC and neglects the main game:

MJ Side smoke contains highly addictive THC. At present it is assiduously covered up so users don't get busted.

If legal, the side smoke will drift from a hyped up neighbour into you child's bedroom and by the age of 12 your child will have an unexplained addiction to cannabis and a life spriral into hell.

Great news for Corporate Australia which invests heavily into ANYTHING that make money. And Drugs make money by the bags.!

This is an interesting diversion to take the glare off legalising prostitution which is a danger for Corporations with sexualised advertising. It will ruin a lot of investor profits by unmasking the female MYSTERY and its current allure.

This Cannabis diversion not only does not work, it is, by its omission of fact, EVIL in intent.