The worlds oldest profession
1) What are your feelings about prostitution/sex work ? You may choose multiple responses.
| 15% (12) | 1) It's immoral | |
|---|---|---|
| 19% (15) | 2) It is exploitative | |
| 15% (12) | 3) It encourages other crime and ruins the neighborhood | |
| 14% (11) | 4) Neutral | |
| 36% (28) | 5) We are all prostitutes because we all sell ourselves for something | |
| 61% (47) | 6) Nothing is wrong with prostitution. It is just a mutually beneficial exchange of money and service | |
| 71% (55) | 7) If it were legal, most of the problems that accompany it would not be as bad | |
| 7% (6) | 8) Other | |
| 5% (4) | 9) Not sure |
77 voters have answered this question.
2) If prostitution were legal and regulated, do you think problems like human trafficking and abuse would get better or worse?
| 9% (7) | 1) There would be more of these problems | |
|---|---|---|
| 70% (54) | 2) There would be less of these problems | |
| 18% (14) | 3) Not sure | |
| 2% (2) | 4) Other |
77 voters have answered this question.
3) If prostitution were legal and regulated, do you think STD's would go up or down?
| 10% (8) | 1) Up because more people would see prostitutes | |
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| 74% (56) | 2) Down because prostitutes and their clients would be more likely to get tested and treated for STD's | |
| 0% (0) | 3) Other | |
| 14% (11) | 4) Not sure |
75 voters have answered this question.
4) Are most prostitutes doing it by choice or because they are forced into it?
| 51% (40) | 1) By choice | |
|---|---|---|
| 25% (20) | 2) Coerced into it | |
| 49% (38) | 3) No other alternative economically | |
| 11% (9) | 4) Other | |
| 15% (12) | 5) Not sure |
77 voters have answered this question.
5) Have you ever been a prostitute/sex worker? (don't worry. I don't know who you are, and couldn't care less if I did)
| 18% (14) | 1) Yes | |
|---|---|---|
| 81% (63) | 2) No |
77 voters have answered this question.
6) If yes on the last question, did you do it by choice, were you coerced, or did you do it because of economic necessity?
| 18% (4) | 1) By choice (I'm male) | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% (8) | 2) By choice (I'm female) | |
| 0% (0) | 3) I was coerced(I'm male) | |
| 4% (1) | 4) I was coerced (I'm female) | |
| 0% (0) | 5) Economic necessity (I'm male) | |
| 9% (2) | 6) Economic necessity (I'm female) | |
| 27% (6) | 7) Other | |
| 4% (1) | 8) Not sure |
22 voters have answered this question.
7) Have you ever hired a prostitute/sex worker? (again, I don't know who you are, and wouldn't care either way if I did)
| 30% (23) | 1) Yes | |
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| 69% (52) | 2) No |
75 voters have answered this question.
8) If yes on 7, how did you treat that person?
| 0% (0) | 1) Very badly. She/he is just a stupid ho! | |
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| 12% (4) | 2) Neither good nor bad. It is what it is. | |
| 34% (11) | 3) With respect, but I didn't go out of my way | |
| 21% (7) | 4) I spoiled him/her | |
| 0% (0) | 5) Badly only because I was treated badly | |
| 6% (2) | 6) Good only because I was treated well | |
| 15% (5) | 7) Other | |
| 9% (3) | 8) Not sure |
32 voters have answered this question.
9) Please check every box that you agree with.
| 77% (60) | 1) Prostitution is illegal mostly due to puritanical uptightness | |
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| 70% (54) | 2) Too much of our tax money and police resources are being used on fighting prostitution | |
| 62% (48) | 3) We always seem to be paying for sex, so what's the differance? | |
| 58% (45) | 4) There should be a major distinction between prostitution by choice and that which is not, and these should be dealt with very differantly | |
| 24% (19) | 5) Most prostitutes do drugs | |
| 11% (9) | 6) Most prostitutes are attractive | |
| 6% (5) | 7) Most prostitutes are smart | |
| 9% (7) | 8) Honey!....I'm a praaahstitute!!! | |
| 22% (17) | 9) Prostitution contributes to adultery and breaks up marraiges | |
| 18% (14) | 10) Prostitution is immoral | |
| 16% (13) | 11) Prostitution encourages/goes hand in hand with drug trafficking | |
| 57% (44) | 12) Many women are abused in the sex work industry | |
| 14% (11) | 13) Other | |
| 0% (0) | 14) Not sure |
77 voters have answered this question.
10) Should "family values" Republicans who are caught with prostitutes be held up to the same standards as the rest of us?
| 82% (61) | 1) Yes. | |
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| 2% (2) | 2) No. We should just do as they say and not as they do. | |
| 6% (5) | 3) Other | |
| 8% (6) | 4) Not sure |
74 voters have answered this question.
