The typical American ‘date' is simply a social work around for prostitution being illegal.

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To the author of the site: Can we have a separate place for disclaimers? Much like an email signature? -=The Debate=- The first and clearest similarity between dating and whoring is that the male is typically the initiator. This is because men have a higher sex drive than women. This is because testosterone is the sex drive hormone for both genders and obviously men have more. This is also because men were the ones with power for a long time. The man selects a woman he finds sexually attractive. This is virtually the only thing of consequence he can discern about a stranger at a distance. It is also a gateway trait since if the woman is physically atrocious the man typically has no initial reason to explore for other traits. The typical process for a John seeking a Pro is cruising a known area, or finding a brothel, in search of a candidate of sufficient sexual attractiveness with the intention of spending a given amount of money for a given level of sexual satisfaction. This may or may not include haggling with a pimp, which becomes about impressing the pimp with the idea that the amount of money he's offering is more than sufficient for what he is asking. The typical process for the date is very similar. A man cruises just as before, only now he selects areas such as concerts, bars, or sporting events. He again selects a woman based on physical attractiveness for the same reasons. Today the pimp cannot be worked around in most cases. The primary difference between dating and whoring, other than the duration of contract, and where my contention comes from that it is a legal work around, is that instead of giving the money directly to the date/pro/pimp, and then getting straight to the sex act, the date/pro has the male spend the money for or on her, rather than spending it herself at a later time. This is related to the fact that female ownership of property was restricted. This is also related to why jewelry is a traditional romantic gift for a woman. Giving a woman jewelry was also a social and legal work around because while they could not own money or property outright they could own adornments, and making those adornments out of gold, which at the time, was money, gave the woman power she would otherwise not have had. The family jewels ironically were literally the final economic fall back in times of crisis, in an era when banks were not as they are today, and social setting were unstable. I'm sure the some of the most jewel encrusted of female aristocrats survived the French revolution because of the money around their necks. Also many typical date activities are ones normally only used for pure recreation, a dinner out, a movie, a concert etc. This becomes part of the fee for sex, and an excuse to be in prolonged contact, so that A, coupling can potentially take place, and that B, the male has time to spend the money on/for her without arousing suspicion of honest prostitution. Previous eras were so encumbered by rules about manners and such that it was common practice to have layers of meaning. Which is related to an ankle being exposed being seen as lewd. This is also related to flowers. As many of you may or may not be aware flowers were actually at one time a covert language. The red rose meaning ‘passion', which meant raw lust. We have adopted these traditions and forgotten their meaning. Some have not forgotten however and continue to profit from the lie, such as FTD, Kay, Ticketmaster, and every other third party (or pimp) that profits from American mating rituals. This is just the begining. Virtually every aspect of a traditional date has an analogy in organized prostitution. For the record, my position is that whores are a valid and needed occupation. Further, there is nothing wrong with demanding compensation of goods for services, or vice versa. When I attack traditional sexual systems I often am accused of calling all women whores, or hating women. I am not, and I do not. If I were to call all women whores, I would be unfairly complimenting many of them. honest whores are deeply strong and pragmatic people. I have deep respect for whores and even more for sluts. And I wish to remove the negative stigma of these words from our language for all time. I advocate the total deregulation of the sale of sex, on par with any other personal service. I want buying sex to be the legal and social equivalent of buying a sandwich from a friend. But I do not wish to debate that in this debate. Thank you all for your time.