Good.
Strippers are temptresses, plain and simple. Demand or not, they voluntarily decide to become a femme of temptation, who feeds the lust in others. It is no different to me than an arms dealer who sells to a man who has fantasies of spree killings. The arms dealer voluntarily decided to sell weapons, so is he not to blame for the distribution of them? Strippers and prostitutes are distributors of sexual desire, which is a base emotion that keeps men from accomplishing deeds for the betterment of society.
Did you intentionally misunderstand what I said? Is there is a reason you are only picking and choosing to address one or two specific points rather than entire posts? It is very convenient that you failed to address the rest of my and Thursday's posts, yet it makes your argument look incredibly weak.
The problem here isn't temptation - the problem here is
you and your narrow mindset. There always have and always will be people who want sex and are willing to pay for it. There always have and always will be people willing to provide it. Making people feel ashamed and guilty for that
will not stop it from happening. For example:
- Religious leaders preach abstinence and the dirtiness of lust and sex. Yet even without "femmes of temptress" in their presence, they will feel lust and act on it. They are so desperate that instead of finding a healthy outlet for their lust, they molest children. This has been happening for years. By your logic, they prey on children because the children, male and female, are seducers and seductresses.
- In certain Muslim countries, women are forced to cover up as much skin as possible to avoid "tempting" men. By your logic, that means there should be almost no sexual assault, because men aren't being "tempted" all the time. These are some of the countries with the highest rates of sexual assault and rape.
This is what happens when you try to deny sexual desire. People will act regardless of whether there is "temptation." Humans will always feel desire, so it is up to individuals to have self-control and deal with it in a healthy way - the onus is on them,
not the rest of the world. By your logic, any woman walking down the street in shorts in a "temptress." That is the road that leads to victim-blaming, which is gross and ignorant, so let's assume you're better than that. But there are many responsible outlets, like pornography - studies show that
"the increasing availability of pornography appears to be associated with a decline in rape." I think porn is far preferable to rape, wouldn't you agree?
Buying sex is different from buying a gun because you cannot load sex with bullets and use it to kill people. Sex is an action - a gun is a weapon. Buying sex from a sex worker in a safe, consensual framework literally does not hurt anybody. Your comparison makes no sense.
I love your claim that society would be a better place if the poor menz weren't tempted all the time. Do you really think so lowly of men? What about women - do women never feel desire? Or are women just unable to contribute to "accomplishing deeds for the betterment of society"? You are also claiming that people (let's just say
people) would do more if not for sexual desire. Prove it. Give examples of societies that had increased productivity specifically because nobody is experiencing desire. (Japan? That would be a lovely example, except that there is so little desire that nobody there is getting married or having kids. Oops.)
Your view might be unpopular because it's sexist, illogical and baseless. I invite you to prove otherwise if you can back up your claims.
~Psychic
