Anne-Maree,

Thank you for an outstanding article, provoking us to think more deeply about the impact of sexual promiscuity on our society. When people develop autonomous moral values, Australia gets what you've described: <<Stories of violence, rape, coercion, degradation and STI's are horrifying and rife.>>

There are world views of differences here: (1) the one you have described involving moral relativism, and (2) moral absolutes: <<to wilfully lie and deceive a trusting partner after years of faithful commitment, is a harsh kick in the guts. Not to mention the very real risk of passing on an incurable STI to the unsuspecting partner>>

I'm 100% with you: <<Surely it is preferable to encourage and uphold an ethos of marital faithfulness in our culture, rather than to endorse the expansion of the sex industry, which will inevitably facilitate the shattering of the trusts and dreams of everyday Australians>>

However, our godless secular society wants to go so far as to make ...

+ The NDIS fund sex workers for those with disabilities, http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jul/22/we-are-sexual-beings-why-disability-advocates-want-the-ndis-to-cover-sexual-services

+ Prostitutes available to Australian soldiers to 'relieve stress' - recommended by an Army chaplain, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5141151/Australian-army-captain-says-prostitutes-allowed.html

I look forward to more of your writing for On Line Opinion.

Ozspen looks forward to more articles by the trouble-maker Ann-Maree, who by the form and content of her article shows that she is anti-male, and completely unsympathetic to the current problem of marital relations, and in fact seeks to stoke the flames.
Rather than address the problem of the catastrophic breakdown in marital relations, and male-female relations generally, she refers in her article to the patronage of sex workers by a married man, as him ”having a bit of fun”.
Ann Maree discloses her research for the article which was her reading of an interview with a sex worker , which included “Then the interviewer asks:
And what would people be surprised to know about working on the street?
:” "That their husbands are down there every Saturday," Dawn laughs.
Ann Maree then launches her fabricated anti husband tirade, based on what the sex worker is reported to have said in the interview
She says:“I immediately felt sickened reading those words and the plight of the trusting wife at home rose before me. The fact that the sex worker laughed as she said those words provoked a fierce anger in me, and feelings of frustration and incredulity at the way this is perceived as a funny joke - I was shaken to the core.
The situation of the husband, a married man in the situation where he goes to a sex worker, is not considered, but enquiry would soon reveal that his wife used sex as a manipulation in their lives.
There is an assertion now that a woman a week is killed by a partner or ex-partner.
If true, then the women’s movement, typified by people like Ann-Marie has been instrumental in causing the backlash, of which this is the result. Ozspen should reconsider her support for this obnoxious viewpoint

Leo Lane,

So, are you a supporter of men betraying their marital vows and heading to the local prostitute before and/or after work?

Don't you have any respect for loyalty in marriage that contributes to a stable family?

Research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies found that 'an active engagement in behaviours that are supportive of the relationship is needed to maintain relationship stability—simply wanting the relationship to continue is not enough', http://aifs.gov.au/cfca/sites/default/files/publication-documents/cfca22.pdf.

Healthy families are not built on sex for convenience.

Ozspen obviously considers that criticism of her obnoxious views entitles her to tell or infer baseless lies about me, a topic of which she is completely ignorant, apart from her failed attempts to reinterpret my words. .Is there an
Australian Institute of Family Studies ? If so, your link to it does not work.
You should stick to your fabrication of despicable lies, until you can use a computer.

Leo Lane

You and I cannot engage in a rational conversation as long as you continue with your fallacious reasoning:

+ 'her obnoxious views' - Ad Hominem (abusive);

+ 'infer baseless lies' - Ad Hominem (abusive);

+ 'You should stick to your fabrication of despicable lies, until you can use a computer' - Ad Hominem (abusive)

<<Is there an Australian Institute of Family Studies ? If so, your link to it does not work>>.

The link goes directly to the AIFS, which is a government organisation. I wonder who is the one who doesn't know how to use the computer?

Can't you read the wording of this URL that I gave? http://aifs.gov.au/cfca/sites/default/files/publication-documents/cfca22.pdf. aifs.gov.au = Australian Institute of Family Studies. Go to the bottom of the article and it confirms this identification. Do you want to deny the content of the article?

If you respond to me with any more logical fallacies, I will not reply as it is impossible to engage in a reasonable conversation with a person like you, who uses erroneous reasoning.

Yes Ozspen, you have no valid response or excuse for your despicable fabrications, so you avoid the topic, make more false assertions,and wimp out of the thread. Good riddance.