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If it were about the 1st amendment, women would be controlling how the movies are made and not give a fvck about pleasing men. However, most porns are made with the MALE in mind, made by males, and therefore can't be considered EXPRESSION, since the woman only plays a ROLE she's told to play by the writer/director. Were it expression, she might have a say in what occurs. All she has a say in is doing the film or not doing it.
Porn, the world around, generates so much money that it hasn't been shut down, and 1 can contest the right to protest. Yet many laws, because of the craftiness of lawyers, enable the slip-up of situations that normally shouldn't occur. Corporations have gained so much power and authority, not because they should, but because over 350 cases were brought to the courts by corporations when blacks were freed, and corporate lawyers said "corporations are a person, and should be treated as such." Prior to the freeing of the slaves and 14th amendment, corporations had legal liability THROUGH to the owners and officers, so people today would have thought twice about cooking the books, about defrauding the public, and a host of other illegalities. Just because it is allowable by the 1st amendment, doesn't necessarily make it right or good. Even the 14th has had it's ups and downs.
If they legalized prostitution, would women flock to it? Not really. Would men flock to it? No. Why pay for sex when you can get it near free with someone MUCH cleaner and prettier. Prostitution might be all legal and hunky and dorey and NV, but they also have the bunny ranch, and similar high end brothels that distort the stats. It would be quite unregulated.
Consider that when prohibition went into effect, bath tub gin and speak easys grew up everywhere out of nowhere. The effect of ILLEGALIZING alcohol was worse than ILLEGALIZING drugs. Were drugs legal, society would appear worse off, as people would scrummage to work high. Drug tests would be MORE prevalent, and on the hole, would be a further bain. Throw in the fact that you can chuck WEED anywhere, and it's versatility as a CONSUMER GOOD, and it's probably never going to be widely legalized.
Part of it is consumption and part of it is taxation. People consume porn and booze on a grander scale. Married people, even some purportedly religious people view porn. But fewer people would use the services of hookers, including myself. The larger demand for the service/product, would create devastating consequences, and also hinder the tax base.
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