To be upset a brothel has opened next door to my child's school

That’s appalling that the council have allowed this - I would start with them. Kick up as massive a fuss as you can. Children should not have to walk past the disgusting predatory abusive men who will be going there.

Do you struggle with what's appropriate and what's not? Would you go up to a woman on the street and grab her boobs? If not, why not?

She might not but I have just been reading about legalised prostitution in Germany. Brothels compete with each other, women are trafficked, porn and prostitution are found on TV. Micro brothels open in residential streets. Men queue up (one queue was 1700 men long) for 'offers' similar to BOGOF - and women are used like things.
In New Zealand, since prostitution was legalised there has been an explosion in prostituted women and it is more difficult for prostituted women to escape. That is not an improvement.

Actually sex work is inherently risky. And some of the most ‘popular’ acts are inherently risky, especially if done by someone who couldn’t give a flying fuck about the person who they’ve bought for whatever time.

Normalising sex work is harmful to women, just like porn is. But I disagree with the commodification of anyone’s body. For all reasons. It’s just that women’s bodies tend to be the bodies that are commodified.

She might not but I have just been reading about legalised prostitution in Germany. Brothels compete with each other, women are trafficked, porn and prostitution are found on TV. Micro brothels open in residential streets. Men queue up (one queue was 1700 men long) for 'offers' similar to BOGOF - and women are used like things.
In New Zealand, since prostitution was legalised there has been an explosion in prostituted women and it is more difficult for prostituted women to escape. That is not an improvement.

I cannot see how the brothel, if indeed it is one, will impact on the children at the school next door. Presumably it is staffed by consenting adults and the clients are the same, they will go in, come out and go home, won't even look at the school.

Honestly, what do you think will happen? Be sensible please.

Why do you imagine that men who are going to visit adult women for sex are going to be interested in the kids at your child's special needs school? They're no more likely to be paedophiles than any other man. Setting aside the rights/wrongs of sex work in general, the only sexual interest these men are demonstrating is in sex with adult women. They're no more likely to be a danger to a child than any other man who has sex with women.

Can you explain why the men are abusers? I know plenty of prostitutes (none forced to do it and most enjoy their job, the ones that don’t particularly just look at it as a job apart from one who does it to support a drug habit) and a few of them feel empowered but certainly none feel abused. In turn I know plenty of men that use prostitutes who are normal blokes who you wouldn’t glance at twice in the street, apart one one who makes my skin crawl and is creepy af, but he made me feel like that before I knew he was a customer of someone I know. Yes there will be some skanky men and women involved in the business but id be more worried about a drinkers pub next to a school than a brothel

Why should it be for the state to tell women who they can and can’t have sex with? Are women so unable to make their own decisions?

In my view, if women want to carry out this type of work, that should be up to them. It should be tightly regulated to ensure it takes place safely.

So if they have the freedom and capacity to make that choice it is consensual….but if they freely make the decision to exchange sex for money then it stops being consensual?

Ahh. So you have no evidence to back up your outlandish claims then?

Ahh. So you have no evidence to back up your outlandish claims then?

I'm pretty sure that's not what I said. It seems comprehension is a lost skill.

What is the problem, are they having sex in full view of the street ? The children won't take any notice or even know what is going on inside. They will only know if their Mothers are having outraged conversations within their earshot.
I lived in a town on mainland Europe where there was a "club" with a stripper sign outside right next to the Church, nobody bothered.

That is beside the point. Sex is not an inherently dangerous activity in humans or bonobos.

Of course sex workers can be at risk from activities like trafficking (which are tangential to the sex itself). That may also be the case in nail bars or barber shops.

That is why sex work should take place in regulated and safe settings. These should be overseen by trained managers and security staff, who can prevent harm taking place.

So women shouldn’t be allowed to make their own choices?

I'm equating prostitution to acting and massaging in one specific context. Namely that even though both by definition use the provider's body, they are said to be "selling their body".

What in that definition precludes getting paid? If consent can't be bought, how is all labour not slavery?

That is beside the point. Sex is not an inherently dangerous activity in humans or bonobos.

Of course sex workers can be at risk from activities like trafficking (which are tangential to the sex itself). That may also be the case in nail bars or barber shops.

That is why sex work should take place in regulated and safe settings. These should be overseen by trained managers and security staff, who can prevent harm taking place.

The question was whether a prostitute is selling he body or a service.

So a masseuse giving a massage for an hour is selling a service, yet the last 2 minutes if she does a happy ending it suddenly becomes selling her body? What's the intrinsic difference?

Ive worked for Mind, and I don’t know if they have issues going into prostitution, or due to prostitution, but prostitutes have a disproportionately high need for mental health services.

That always leads me to think it’s not a great career.

You are seriously equating acting with prostitution? I think most actors would have something to say about that. Ditto actual messers providing a therapeutic service.

Sexual Consent as described by the Crown Prosecution service:

Someone consents to vaginal, anal or oral penetration only if s/he agrees by choice to that penetration and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice.

I've met quite a few, and they all talked about trauma, dissociation, cycle of abuse and addiction. Several worked with agencies helping other prostituted women and girls escape.

Having seen what happened to women and children living in the Managed Zone, I will never support anything that makes it easier for men to buy women's bodies to abuse.

Do they also work in brothels and traffick underage girls?