I'm confused, is prostitution legal in the UK then? I know they're not here:conf:

The UK law sounds a bit complicated, seems that it might be alright for one person to pay another person to have sex with them but then there's loads of laws surrounding it which makes it almost impossible to do so legally

This is from the BBC:

No, I'm not :

What is the current law on prostitution?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7736436.stm

So basically you can do it but you can't advertise yourself or the service?

Yes ..... and doing it under any form of duress is illegal

Yeah I guess so and it can't really be done as a business or any kind of organisation

hhmmm, why else would you be having sex for money other than as a business transaction though?

Omah, I wrote a dissertation on the Sexual Offences Act as part of my degree. Believe me, it was complicated enough for me not to want to have a tit-for-tat discussion with you unless you can do it without the cut and paste function and without reading from snippets of info you're finding as a result of Googling.

Law to criminalise men who pay for sex with trafficked women
 

Wednesday 19 November 2008 09.15 GMT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...tution-justice

I've no idea :shrug: All seems a bit complicated, I'd always just thought prostitution was illegal and that was that

Nothing I have said is incorrect ..... :nono:

me too, I don't know why they have to make things so complicated, it obviously is illegal but they don't want to just say that for some reason.

The whole of society and dating is based on prostitution. Date a lass and buy a meal you are paying for sex. Accept a meal and give sex you are prostituting........

Anyone who thinks they are better than prostitutes and clients are deluding themselves.....

Is there a difference between prostitution and escorts, I don't know? Seems to me to be one of those things though that doesn't really get addressed properly though. It feels a bit like 'well you can do this, but you can't do that' and I don't see what difference it makes. Imo it should be made more clear and legalised so that women do not continue to be exploited, hurt and abused because they are vulnerable to the illegalities of it

You haven't really said anything. You've just cut and pasted some stuff you found online. Opinion is one thing, interpreting what is a very intricate law is something else.

What a sad, bitter little view you must have of people.

Of course ..... :thumbs:

But some posters believe that prostitution, per se, is illegal in the UK, which, apparently, is not the case ..... ;)

Of course, I stand to be corrected if you can provide links to learned sources ..... :idc:

True, and some posters, dare I say MOST posters on here - as well as the vast majority of the public will be under the same perception - given the finely detailed intricacies surrounding the matter.

the concept remains the same - and it is that very fine line that determines what is legal and what is not. (whether we agree with the finer details or not).

Escorts usually tend to be better looking

It's just a load of moral BS no doubt linked to the church.

Giving the illusion of not condoning prostitution but still allowing it to happen. It goes on everywhere these days and is not even subtle. I think it's just basically streetwalkers who are targetted because they can be a nuisance to the residence of the area.

You clearly don't watch enough porn movies Zippy. A great many start off with pornstars sweating over a hot oven, wearing their pretty little aprons, filling little baking trays.
:tongue:

*residents

No matter how it is broken down - there is a difference - moral BS or not - that difference remains. Ludicrious as it may seem.... it does not alter the facts.

I like watching them take out their buns ..... ;)

now I think of it, many men enjoy the cherries too that are filmed and can be seen in such movies too. ;) *women too if that's yer thing!!*

Popping a cherry or two is always an enjoyable experience ..... :evilgrin:

Mine are usually burnt and shrivelled when I get them out:bawling:

"Burnt" !

What are you doint to them ..... :eek:

Too much friction Omah. Too much friction. :shocked:

Is there a difference between prostitutes and escorts?

About £200.

And this apparently.......

:dance2:

I was thinking of the movies where female is down on hands and knees....you know, trying to mop up stains from the carpet and suchlike. Another good ploy to start off pornomovies.... so I hear anyway!!! :joker:

i don;'t have problem with prostitutes or escorts, i think unfortuntately there is alot of human trafficking, and many girls in volved in prostitution, and escorting, and slaves.

I wish it was legal so there could be more regulation, and more protection for the girls. If it was legal then the girls could be more protected.

Absolutely agree with what you have said.