Should Anyone Get Fired Simply For Hiring A Prostitute?

[Malcolm Wright]

Ok I now consider myself more educated on hookers and the debate of legalizing prostitution. It's not something I'd thought much about before this debate and it's not a topic I'm emotionally invested in. My initial reaction is one of morality - yes, I recognize the hypocrisy of imposing my morality on an issue when I get annoyed when others do it on other issues (ie. gay marriage, abortion, birth control). I see the rationale of legalizing, it would be safer for the women, brothels make sense because they can be easily regulated, and women would have a lot more protection. Some of what I read also talked about murder rates and incarceration rates being abnormally high for prostitutes. I still have a moral issue with it but since I am opposed to individual morality dictating law, I have officially eased up on my opinion regarding legalizing prostitution.

I found some interesting articles, not what I was looking for exactly, but they certainly make a compelling argument for legalizing prostitution.

http://www.independent.org/publicati...le.asp?id=1300
http://voices.yahoo.com/prostitution...96.html?cat=17
http://voices.yahoo.com/should-prost...87.html?cat=17

I would like to profess real admiration for you Lulu - I wish we had more folks like you - not just on the board but on the planet.

Genuine enough to actually seek out information and reevaluate your views based upon what you find, without any posturing. And you do this on a topic you don't have any emotional investment in.

I'll take a look at those links - I'm sure there will be stuff for me to learn there. I'm not emotionally invested either and don't know all that much myself. Only what I've picked up from living in countries where prostitution is legal - some actual data will be helpful.

M

[Malcolm Wright]

Contractors? Those are the security team assigned by HUSSAINE to protect HUSSAINE, and as horrible as HUSSAINE is, him being incapacitated on their watch would have a negative impact on THE WORLD. Are you getting the picture!



He is the chimp-in-chief is he not? If he appoints INCOMPETENT IDIOTS or cannot LEAD effectively and command respect, than yes, you should blame him also!



It is not remotely intelligent, it is incredibly intelligent!

I really don't think he was even fractionally as involved in selecting those individuals as you might imagine.

M.

[Cyclone Ranger]

Even if they were hand-picked, he didn 't evaluate them on their propensity for picking up hookers.

[Malcolm Wright]

Even if they were hand-picked, he didn 't evaluate them on their propensity for picking up hookers.

"One last question candidate..."
Obama leans forward intently, wide-eyed: "how do you like your hookers?"

[Šñøü†ê®]

WHAT FLUCKING PLANET ARE YOU KIDS FROM! ARE YOU FLUCKING KIDDEHN MEH? ARE YOU SERIOUSLY SUGGESTING THAT THE SECURITY FORCE WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CLEARANCE AND THE MOST RESPONSIBILITY DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT OBAMA AND OBAMA DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT NOTHING AND IF FACT NEVER EVEN MET THEM. COME ON! DON'T BE SO RETARDED AND OR NAIVE!

[Cyclone Ranger]

"One last question candidate..."
Obama leans forward intently, wide-eyed: "how do you like your hookers?"

"Asian out-calls, sir!"

[Malcolm Wright]

"Asian out-calls, sir!"

You're hired.
But nobody can know we've had this conversation. Get caught with your pants down and I will deny ever having met you.

M.

[Malcolm Wright]

Wow - just read the first of Lulu's links.
Pretty strong conclusions. The guy estimates a reduction in the rape rate of roughly 25% if prostitution were legalized which equates to roughly 25000 less rapes every year.

I'd contented myself with the vague notion that legalizing prostitution would provide legal and safe outlets... but being confronted with estimate figures really drives the point home. I wasn't emotionally invested in this question before, but I think I am now.

M

[Misteria]

You're hired.
But nobody can know we've had this conversation. Get caught with your pants down and I will deny ever having met you.

M.

Good one M!

[Misteria]

"One last question candidate..."
Obama leans forward intently, wide-eyed: "how do you like your hookers?"

The visual just cracks me up

[Truth Teller]

And the first male prostitute/prostidude looks and sounds like the missing link. He's not the brightest bulb on the porch, not the sharpest knife in the drawer... bless his heart.

Most of his clients are buisnesswomen and other professional women who (like their male counterparts) have lots of money, but not much time to date.

[Truth Teller]

"One last question candidate..."
Obama leans forward intently, wide-eyed: "how do you like your hookers?"

You're hired.
But nobody can know we've had this conversation. Get caught with your pants down and I will deny ever having met you.

M.

[hadit]

Re: the OP. I work at a job that requires a security clearance. I can do things "off hours" that would result in the loss of my clearance, hence my job. So, yes, if a job requires a high enough clearance that hiring a prostitute would result in the loss of that clearance, a person can and should be fired for doing so. In the case of the Secret Service, using prostitutes to get at high level people is an often used tactic, and they have physical access to the POTUS, so they should be fired if they hire a prostitute, even while off duty.

[garyd]

NOt anyone no but if it compromises the security of another or the John happens to be a pastor or paid worker for a religious institutionthen if it violates that particulr churches morle beliefs then he can and likely should be fired.

[Serinty]

The answer to your question is tricky. The black and white answer should be yes. If you hire prostitutes while on the job it is breaking a law therefore subject to firing under any job/career position I can thing of. Now if you are off the clock that is a different matter. My best answer would be maybe. That would be up to the employer and their discretion. Prostitution is illegal, which means if you get caught doing it you are a criminal and most employers don't want to have a criminal working for them.

That being said I do believe prostitution should be legal and I am saying this from a woman point of view. Its a job just like anything else. I see no reason why they shouldn't have to pay taxes like the rest of us. I do not think it is even within the confines of being deemed a moral issue when its a consensual act between two adults. Does it make it any worse to know your partner cheated on you with a hooker instead of a ho? A cheater is going to cheat whether they pay for it or not. Also there are the health factors that come into play with unregulated prostitution and the information that was previously posted regarding the drops in violent sexual crime. Those reasons alone should be enough. It surprises me that we still hold on to these outdated ideas about prostitution. It should be a personal decision to make, same as any other career.

[josephdphillips]

I won't comment on an employee's contractual obligation to his employer. That's not a controversial issue.

I would, however, legalize prostitution, and I wouldn't regulate it or tax it.

[Cyclone Ranger]

Why not regulate or tax it?

[enola]

No. My parents employed twins that were prostitutes. They bartended and did some waitressing during the day, were prostitutes at night. Lovely women, with huge hearts. What they do off the job is none of our business.

[josephdphillips]

Why not regulate or tax it?

For the same reasons I don't want my services taxed or regulated. I'm for a totally free market.

[josephdphillips]

No. My parents employed twins that were prostitutes. They bartended and did some waitressing during the day, were prostitutes at night. Lovely women, with huge hearts. What they do off the job is none of our business.

Exactly.