How BIG a problem is Prostitution in Ireland

Motley Crue

OK, first and foremost, I'm not looking for a prostitute - I don't care where they congregate and how much they charge or what they will and won't do.

I don't live in Ireland anymore, but I'm genuinely curious, and couldn't find anywhere else to post it where I wouldn't get abused for asking....so I'm just wondering how prevalent prostitution is in Ireland, are there any documentaries from a media standpoint that have ever been done on it? Is there any books I could read in relation to this source material?

I used to work in Dublin 4 (bound to get me abused) and we'd all hear stuff about girls hanging around Leeson St and what not...but other then that...I've never experienced any kind of prostitution in Ireland.

MyKeyG

Problem is a relative term. It's been in the media quite a bit recently. There was one documentary in particular that focused on Eastern European women who came to Ireland knowing they would become involved in prostitution.

issem

Still though, some guys, like me, are really horny and have no way of getting casual sex for free, since we are seen as "beta males", so prostitution is necessary to let such beta males get sex occasionally. That is very understandable. So why suppress that?

Only a society that thinks that men ought NOT to have desires for women (unless women desire them first) would condemn that.

karakorak

The theme of prostitution has been given more of a public airing in recent times owing to two competing public campaigns about prostitution.

One is called Turn Off the Red Light, and seeks to introduce penalties against prostitutes' customers.

The opposing campaign, Turn Off the Blue Light, by prostitutes themselves opposes the criminalisation of their customers.

I cannot answer your question precisely with specific numbers, but the papers report that prostitution is carried on throughout the country, and not just in the major cities. Prostitutes advertise online when they will be in certain towns. This is one of the posters used in the campaign.

guitarzero

It can be a pretty complex issue. I've often considered going to a prostitute as I really dont get a long with Irish women too well. The fact I suffer of depression certainly doesnt help my cause. But the minute I imagine my sisters or mother doing this job I just forget the idea.

What I find doesnt really get enough attention in this area is the male sex drive, for obvious, anthropological reasons. Most healthy men crave sex or even intimacy but so many men here cant seem to find success with women, which effects them greatly. There can be no undermining the how key a role, or lack of it, sex is in mens life.

Then the most highlighted points such as the conditions in which these women have perhaps compromised themselves for money. Issues such as their health and std's are also very serious and can have much wider consequences.

I honestly think it has to be addressed from both sides, consumer and provider. It would require a great deal of honesty and openness on mens part. I think theres a certain view of both consumer(often men) and prostitute who are involved, the consumer being some dirty, sexual deviant and the prostitute some low grade piece of crap with no heart. Its not a fair reflection.

Prostitution is never going away as long as men have a libido and darwins theory is in operation. If you consider the amount of money and attention is geared toward cosmetics, fashion, diets, gyms, PUA's, even music trends, you start to realize just how much of our time and focus is geared toward sex.

Snickers Man

Motley Crue wrote: »

I used to work in Dublin 4 (bound to get me abused) and we'd all hear stuff about girls hanging around Leeson St and what not...but other then that...I've never experienced any kind of prostitution in Ireland.

First off, who's going to abuse you for working in Dublin 4? Don't be so defensive. It's a wonderful part of the world, by far and away the most marvellous place in Dublin to live in and only gets sniped at because most newspaper columnists are miserable culchies, never more than a generation or two removed from taking a dump in the ditch and wiping their asses with their bare hands and so are merely jealous of people who grew up in nice houses with indoor plumbing. (This is NOT an exaggeration!!!!)

Now, to your main point.

Having been a long term resident of the canal area in D4 there has definitely been a reduction in the number of street walkers offering their services in recent years. Having said which, I have twice encountered young ladies asking me if I was "lookin' for bizness" in recent weeks. One was hopelessly lost (she asked me directions to a well known nearby hotel) and another was standing at a most atypical place. Probably lost too.

They used to congregate at Percy Place, Herbert Place and on the roundabout at the Pepper Canister church but I haven't seen any girls in those areas, with the exception of the two mentioned above, for quite a few years now.

I am no expert, never having availed of their services. But I believe the mobile phone, the internet and the temporary "Apartment/brothel" have taken over from the old method of picking somebody up by the canal and disappearing into the trees for a handjob. The trimming down of much of the canal bank foliage has helped this trend. As has the fact that many of the nearby lanes which used to be deserted, thereby providing a discreet venue for some back-seat humping have been developed for mews houses in the Celtic Tiger years. Far too many twitching curtains now.

If you want a bit of privacy, there is nowhere like a Nama-owned blighted apartment.

I'm guessing.

MyKeyG

Snickers Man wrote: »

miserable culchies, never more than a generation or two removed from taking a dump in the ditch and wiping their asses with their bare hands and so are merely jealous of people who grew up in nice houses with indoor plumbing. (This is NOT an exaggeration!!!!)

You know I can't quite figure out how D4 gets a bad rap either. The people are so nice!:rolleyes:

Snickers Man

They are. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

And it's got better now that we seem to have gotten rid of the streetwalkers, who rarely did anybody any harm it must be said, and the low-life hangers on namely their odious management and even more odious clientele.

guitarzero

Snickers Man wrote: »

They are. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

And it's got better now that we seem to have gotten rid of the streetwalkers, who rarely did anybody any harm it must be said, and the low-life hangers on namely their odious management and even more odious clientele.

Yah, towshally.