Legal Prostitution

The Oxford Dictionary meaning of prostitute is - woman offering her body for sexual intercourse for payment.

Even though Prostitution is a profession that has been around since the dawn of time, it's still looked on with disdain. In the Christian bible we see Christ saving Mary Magdalen from being stoned for being a prostitute. He asked the furious crowd to think before they act and let “he who has no SINS cast the first stone......”

Let's move forward from then to now, and people's perceptions of prostitutes haven’t changed much. Even though prostitution is legal, it is still considered immoral...

I spent 30 years in the Melbourne club scene and let me tell you girls off their head are much worse, I've been blown for a line of coke in the toilets more times than I can remember.

If the drug sluts knew you had a pocket full of gear they flocked around you like seagulls...but my favourites were the gangster moles, if they thought you were a major player or well connected they would blow you right at the bar if you let them..

I read an article the other day that said- the sexual health clinics in Melbourne are overwhelmed with the rise of sexually transmitted diseases, that have been brought on by the backpackers visiting our city. These girls ranging in age from 18-25 come here and have sex with as many people as they can. That's great, but they are having unprotected sex and spreading diseases!!

This brings me to today's BLOG- LEGAL PROSTITUTION...

Escort agencies and Brothels in Melbourne have a government body which is constantly monitoring them. They are like the health department of prostitution. By law the girls have to be tested for sexual diseases once a month. If the girls do not produce a health certificate at the beginning of every month, they aren't allowed to work. Condoms are essential. Any sexual act without a condom is illegal in the sex industry. So you see these girls are clean and safe. Yes they might sleep with more men than the average girl but they always put safety first.

I had my first sexual encounter at 16. It was 1985 in the back seat of a girl’s Datsun 200b. In those days no one used condoms, the AIDS scare hadn't reared its ugly head so safe sex was never an issue. By 1987 AIDS was all people were talking about in Melbourne, and condoms became the new essential item on our shopping list. Nightclubs and public toilets installed condom machines and the days of natural sex was well and truly over.

It's up to the girls of the sex industry to lead the way in the fight to have prostitution considered an acceptable profession. It's legal, clean and lucrative. It even has its annual SEX INDUSTRY AWARDS.... So be loud and proud of who you are, I for one couldn't live without you!!

Christian Clarke