The Many Faces Of The Nigerian Prostitute - Agaracha Must Go!

To all those claiming the moral high ground regarding prostitution:

1. There are women who willingly become prostitutes. They feel that the easy money is worth the sacrfices. Who are you to deny them their choice?
2. Forced prostitution is the problem, not prostitution per se. Wherever prostitution is criminalised, you will see far more abuse than where it is properly regulated. What is more important, a misguided high moral ground or the lives of many women destroyed?
3. Why the focus on prostitution and not on the disgusting behaviour of sexual predators, who feel that sleeping around is no problem, who use their economic and social power to direct women to cater to their urges and who refuse to use condoms, thereby endangering far more people than prostitutes ever will. This myopic male chauvenist attitude is sickening. Tackle the real problems first before you focus on a problem that is probably only a problem because of the attitudes and behaviour of promiscuous irresponsible men.

sister, this is a message board where we share opinions, so you can't say people should keep their opinions to themselves.

Prostitution should be legalized and controlled in every country, let face it prostitution will always exist and be practiced whether we like it or not. What I don't agree with is human trafficking in the name of prostitution. You need to see the countless number of Nigerian girls scattered all over Europe, most of them have been trafficked into these countries illegally and have no one to turn this forces them to perpetuate far greater crimes (worse than prostitution) in other to survive.

If the Nigerian government strive to regulate and legalized it, they would probably provide counseling for the girls, find out why the have chosen this line of work, provide training for them if they which to re-skill in other field of work and prevent them from been exploited and abused. They should also have a controlled red-light district where social workers and counselors would pop in to talk to them about protection against HIV/AIDS…, It about time the Nigerian government take control and stop forcing their responsibilities on other countries.

what i mean by people keeping their opinions to themselves, is that  just because they have some rather outdated beliefs does not mean they should impose it on others. of course you are free to share your opinion.erm hence why i am able to share mine! i don't expect you to accept it, but i don't shove it down your throat! which is what alot of people do and i mean those with the "holier than thou attitude" which i mentioned in my previous post. That said,  back to the subject at hand,

Prostitution! uuummmm. Who is a prostitute?. I believe it's not only about those ladies of the night that roam the streets looking for clients. What about gay men that patronise some joints in Lagos, Port Harcourt, the streets of Kano, Abuja, etc soliciting for partners? What about female students that can't wait for Friday night to supply their services to private parties? What about the female staff that "gives it" to her male boss in order to get promotions, etc? What about the people who go to clubs alone and end up in somebody's bed?
The truth of the matter is that a lot of us are prostitutes! Take or leave it! It's easy to hide behind the cloak of Nairaland and claim to be holier that thou.
Let us leave the prostitutes alone! Some think they are not prostitutes but sleep with up to 5 different guys/girls every week. Let us search our conscience and assess ourselves, we would know who a prostitute is. :-)

I didnt know we have gay men in lagos?

It is interesting to note that the majority of the contributors claiming the moral high ground in this debate and unequivocally condemning prostitution have been very silent on the subject of the prostitute's customers.  Personally, I agree entirely with Seun and I think he put forward a very realistic assessment of the situation.

The thing to remember is that as long as there is demand, there will always be supply.  It is of course entirely within everybodys right not to like prostitution however we should all be realistic and for example trying to make an analogy between prostitution and armed robbery does not in my opinion constitute an objective view.

Secondary School Economics:
Supply & Demand

If demand dries up, supply will peter out.
If supply is restricted, prices will rise iff demand stays constant.
When an item in demand is made illegal and demand stays constant, a lucrative illegal business is created that drives up prices and generates unwanted side effects and distortions in the economy (think recreationary drugs)

Prostitutes are supplying an essential service and should be commended for braving all the ills of their profession to do such a noble and necessary act

You can pontificate and take the higher moral ground all you want but please the facts on the ground speak for themselves.

Concerning HIV/AIDS and other STIs, prostitutes may not be your key transmission media, most self declared prostitutes are more aware of STIs than the average person. The high risk group are the 14 - 24 yr old amateurs with limited exposure. If you are a guy, ask yourself, who will you sleep with without a condom, a nice young fresh innocent looking girl of 19 or a hardened smoking, well made girl that you just paid 3000 naira for?

The innocent one is more likely to pass on stuff to you and you are more likely to drop your guard than when with 'money for hand, back for ground'

Incidentally (although off topic) Nigerian prostitute are in the best of positions, they get to keep most of their earnings, have minimal harassment from police (they still have to settle though) and work in good weather which allows maximum exposure of wares etc. Most are exposed to nothing higher than nicotine and Gulder and its brothers, contrast with an average 1st world practitioner who has to pay a pimp, has easy access to white powder, has to wear minis in winter etc.

Just some clarification:
Armed robbers force you to take actions and deprive you of your assets (up to and including your life).
Prostitutes display their assets which you have to negotiate and pay for willingly as in any other economic transaction; I wonder how one can honestly say they are the same!

Anyway, argue on and ignore the facts on the streets

yea prostitution is the oldest profession , so?
does that mean its right i like these atheist flooding the board with immoral opinions esp after much googling, u use google too much @ Mr admin!!!! plaigirism!! kmt


Y'all know u wont allow your family to do it, and with the way our society is goin in nigeria it's acceptable -well online according to the extra liberal ones amongst us

_{i'm expecting another ban}  

lets make it abit personals shall we

Would you allow your sister/family member to work as a prostitue, ??

That your question has a simple answer, and I will rather answer it with a question too. Can you stop your sister/family member from becoming a prostitute? How would you do that?

I hasten to add too that mine sisters are doing fine too, they are better off without my support. And thank you for buzzing me up.

which justifies ur point right?

i don't need any kind of point justification on this, just free ur mind and get some awareness!!!

Having read postings of people on this thread. I am swayed to the side of regulation of the practice. After all  people should be free to be what the want to be. However, I am restrained by the fact that the practitioners are faceless. I ask how do you regulate a practice where the practicetioners are unknown?  A closely related issue will be the use of hard drugs; why is there so much law against those who sell these drugs? Are the users forced to buy?
I would like a little detail on how the regulation will work considering all possible conditions

I don’t know if I m mistaking, I think infatuation can also cloud a person’s judgment. And the desire for a woman can be ‘infatuatious’. Having said that, I need not to expatiate on crimes people can commit as a result of prostitution. I know for sure also that minors as long as they can pay can have a share of the booty.

I wish to agree that smart regulation is the key, but how? Somebody please give me practical example! If peddling of hard drugs cannot be regulated tell me how you would do it with prostitution!