Should Ireland employ sex workers for those with severe disabilities?

Mr.Biscuits · 2012-01-19 02:00:23

Hopefully this won't turn into a 'legalise prostitution' debate, as there have been many and my question is really about a very specific area of prostitution and to do with very specific clients - the disabled. I believe that sex workers should be available to people who are living with severe disabilities and to whom…

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Hopefully this won't turn into a 'legalise prostitution' debate, as there have been many and my question is really about a very specific area of prostitution and to do with very specific clients - the disabled.

I believe that sex workers should be available to people who are living with severe disabilities and to whom other avenues of having encounters with the opposite sex which might lead to sex, is just not an option for.

Here's a short clip to a wonderful documentary that dealt with the issue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=das1SkOvUkc

So, do you feel that this country should have sex workers available to those suffering with severe* disabilites?

*Not just those woth nightblindness or something

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#2 19-01-2012 03:06AM

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But...

.... wouldn't....

... . . . prostitution ...

... . have to be. . . .

. .. legalised....

first?

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#3 19-01-2012 03:06AM

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Mr.Biscuits wrote: »

I believe that sex workers should be available to people who are living with severe disabilities and to whom other avenues of having encounters with the opposite sex which might lead to sex, is just not an option for.

Sure the same could be said of ugly people!

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#4 19-01-2012 03:06AM

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I've heard of this being done before, but it would need to be regulated in some way.

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#5 19-01-2012 03:07AM

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As someone who works in the field of disability, I can see this thread, in this location on boards going horribly, horribly wrong.

FWIW, yes, I do. But I also think prostitution should be legalised and regulated for everyone.

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#6 19-01-2012 03:08AM

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Yes

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#7 19-01-2012 03:08AM

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Sure it's only a massage. . .

In a massage parlour. . .

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#8 19-01-2012 03:10AM

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Do social and penile length disabilities count?

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#9 19-01-2012 03:12AM

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LisaLee wrote: »

I've heard of this being done before, but it would need to be regulated in some way.

Hell No, it's best put it up for tender and let the best pimp win the job.

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#10 19-01-2012 03:13AM

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Does it apply if your on the scratcher..half price ride

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#11 19-01-2012 03:13AM

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Does it apply if your on the dole..half price ride

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#12 19-01-2012 03:17AM

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Red21 wrote: »

Hell No, it's best put it up for tender and let the best pimp win the job.

Competitive marketing strategy, this will require pie charts.:D

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#13 19-01-2012 03:18AM

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onedaysoon wrote: »

Does it apply if your on the scratcher..half price ride

onedaysoon wrote: »

Does it apply if your on the dole..half price ride

Now you're being greedy. . .

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#14 19-01-2012 03:18AM

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I'll go with Yes.

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#15 19-01-2012 03:19AM

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onedaysoon wrote: »

Does it apply if your on the scratcher..half price ride

onedaysoon wrote: »

Does it apply if your on the dole..half price ride

Really keen for that discount, huh?

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#16 19-01-2012 03:21AM

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A story here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1303273/Councils-pay-disabled-visit-prostitutes-lap-dancing-clubs.html

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#17 19-01-2012 03:22AM

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Sure, why not. Everything for everybody.

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#18 19-01-2012 03:23AM

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Makes a taker fr a keen giv'r I'll tell yer that ..

.. shaker .. taker .. malty milkshake maker...

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#19 19-01-2012 04:02AM

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Why not? If there are sex workers who are comfortable with the role and disabled people who might never otherwise experience the joy of human contact and sex, I don't see the problem.

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#20 19-01-2012 04:03AM

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Why not. Then everyone be having more sexy time than that Birmingham fella on here.

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#21 19-01-2012 04:13AM

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seanybiker wrote: »

Why not. Then everyone be having more sexy time than that Birmingham fella on here.

Poor Tom. One day your prince princess any port in a storm will come, Tom.

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#22 19-01-2012 08:20AM

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I would have said no until I saw a Jim Jeffries stand-up where he talks about taking his disabled mate to a brothel in Melbourne (at his behest). Not only was it hilarious (I recommend you watch it) but it was actually quite touching as well.

They are still people with needs who are unlikely to get it from other sources, why not have people who are willing to do it with enough sensitivity and care?

EDIT: here are the youtube clips

I can't find part one but basically it's about a childhood friend of his who has muscular dystrophy and one of his last wishes is to have sex

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#23 19-01-2012 08:28AM

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Oh, and that clip is NSFW, in case that needs to be mentioned. Lots of dicks and cocks in there!

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#24 19-01-2012 08:28AM

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Sex is great but if its with a prostitute then it's just for self gratification so my answer would have to be no.

Is self gratification a human right ?

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#25 19-01-2012 08:32AM

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PM a mod for Disabilities forum OP?
After all, it's people with disabilities you should address.

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#26 19-01-2012 08:41AM

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They already get the best parking spaces , places at sporting events and concerts and now you want their pro's paid for? Not a chance. They should pay themselves like everyone else.

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#27 19-01-2012 08:59AM

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My initial reaction was thus: "What the actual fúck?!?"

Then I realised the thread was half-serious... And I think that the country is in a sorry state enough than to be shelling out money to provide cheap thrills to anybody.

Maybe get some of the men/women on the dole to provide said services to the disabled, that way there's no extra money going out and the people on the dole get a bit of cheap entertainment on the side. Everybody wins!!!:rolleyes:

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#28 19-01-2012 09:03AM

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Chuck Stone wrote: »

But...

.... wouldn't....

... . . . prostitution ...

... . have to be. . . .

. .. legalised....

first?

A stammer doesn't count as a severe disability

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#29 19-01-2012 10:02AM

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Chuck Stone wrote: »

But...

.... wouldn't....

... . . . prostitution ...

... . have to be. . . .

. .. legalised....

first?

It's already legal.

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#30 19-01-2012 11:04AM

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Can anyone else imagine the terms and conditions that would end up in a public-sex-worker's contract once SIPTU got involved?!

It'd be so lucrative you'd have girls queueing up to do it for 3 months in order to retire at 19.

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#31 19-01-2012 12:48PM

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biko wrote: »

PM a mod for Disabilities forum OP?
After all, it's people with disabilities you should address.

Interested to see what the general view is from people with and without severe disabilties thanks.

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

They should pay themselves like everyone else.

I never said that they shouldn't have to pay; I asked if that service should be made available to them.

I agree with those that have said they would like to see the service there for all members of the public, but feel it a more urgent need for those with certain disabilties and so feel that, first and foremost, the service should be in place for those with whom human contact, beyond the touch of a carer, is a rarity.

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