Is there really a difference between pornography and prostitution ?

I read one of tiassa's posts, which said that prostitution and pornography are essentially the same, And I agree,

In pornography, you have sex with men you don't know, for money that you get from video sales.
In Prostitution, you have sex with men you don't know, for money that you get straight. (without the middle men)

Pornography is legal and Prostitution isn't, whats the difference ?..

Maybe because prostitution isn't taxable ?..

 

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No, it isn't. And why the female-centric view on this? Are there no male prostitutes? Male pornstars?

The reason prostitution isn't the same thing as pornography? There are many. First, adult film stars are routinely tested for STDs. Second, they are both professionals, and both paid for their services. And technically, the service offered by a porn star is not the other person, but to the studio he or she works for; whereas the prostitute is offering sexual stimulation.

Saying they are the same is an archaic view on the subject, and anyone who prescribes to it should be ashamed of themselves.

 

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This and that

Where's the gynocentric view on this?

Only one of those differences is relevant. After all, prostitutes in legal brothels are routinely tested, too. The only substantial difference between the two industries is that your money pays the producer (analogously a pimp) to have the porn star (analogously the prostitute) have sex with someone else; the prostitute is paid to have sex with you.

Beyond this, the essentials of the job are the same; from the prostitute or porn star's point of view, it generally doesn't matter who they are having sex with.

Also, you have an interesting argument pattern. Thesis, support, contradiction, support, conclusion. Most people, I admit, routinely leave out the part where they contradict their thesis.

It depends on how similar you intend to describe them. They are, essentially, the same. The differences that make pornography effectively legal are small, technical details of the kind a lawyer is paid to figure out. Namely, pornography can, in certain contexts, be called "art". For instance, here really isn't much of a First Amendment issue with basic prostitution.

In the end, though, they are both fucking for money.

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The differences, as I noted in the prior section, are small. Namely it has to do with who the prostitute is paid to fuck, or, from the consumer's point of view, what you're actually putting down money for. Beyond that, prosecutors are reluctant to lose a First Amendment case about pornography, so they only bust egregious violators, and usually for other reasons. Prostitution, on such occasions, is a prosecutor's tax evasion to the pornographer's Al Capone.

 

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pornography is an art form,prostitution is not

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Here in England I think prostitution is legal, so long as you're not using it as a main source of income, or parading up and down the street.

 

Tiassa -

Challenger78 -

Brothels are illegal in the UK and in brothels operating outside of the law there are no regular, monitored STIs checks WHATSOEVER. JDawg's point is not irrelevant - yours is.

There are many similarities between pornography and prostitution, but you're ignoring the important differences.
Prostitution is dangerous: many prostitutes are severely assaulted and even killed each year by sexually perverted and violent customers. Pornography is between two porn professionals who are very much on the same level as eachother.

 

If you can't tell the difference betwen some one in the room with you and a video, well what more is there to say?

 

Actually I don't see a real difference either between porn actors and prostitutes that work at professional brothels. They are doing the exact same things really except one is offering a service while the other is meant for entertainment. Except brothels have certain rules and regulations that they abide by and for porn movies it probably differs by contract or whatever.

 

Is looking at pictures of heroin the same as doing it?

 

I don't think the question is asking if watching porn is the same as having a sex with a prostitute. Is it did I miss something?

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your right.

 

tiassa, there is one difference, that is that although the prositute is regually tested his\her clients ARNT (as far as i know no legal brothal requires STD testing done on there clients anyway)

Where as both porn starts are tested and required to abstain from sex with any other partners to ensure they are clean

technically there is one other related difference, a legal brothal requires condom use where as a porn star is required NOT to use one but that goes back to the above

 

Yes because that is the difference. Watching porn is not the same as having a sex with a prostitute, or bartering sex with gifts.

 

They are the same in that each involves consenting adults & should not be illegal.

 

Definately

 

I know if I was a hooker, I'd just rent a hotel room, set up a camera and sell the video, not the sex.

 

I can see pornography for free on the internet or in magazines but must pay for a prostitute most of the time.

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Ah, So they're professionals.. So whats with all these amateur films that we keep hearing about ?

 

They're not even close to the same thing, guys.

 

Why not ?

You have sex for money, with men and women you don't know in both cases.