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Sociology Courses | March 30, 2006

Sex Cultures

Grissom gives a lecture on every ninja-loving pirate's favorite topic, Prostitution.

Discussion Question: Should prostitution always be illegal, should it be legal but heavily regulated, or do you believe it should be allowed to operate as any other business would?

[OOC: Soc. students, please handwave yesterday's classes as happening with a boring lecture and no homework. I apologize for the missing post.]

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Alanna shrugged. "I'm not sure what the legal stance is aside from 'it's better that the noblemen tumble the common-born girls rather that our daughter's'. Or something like that. I don't think there are any laws about prostitution where I come from really."

"Oh," Cally says. "Well, that sounds delightfully condescending to the poor prostitutes."

"Most noblemen don't care about commoners." Alanna tried to keep her voice normal and level. "Most. Maybe things will change when those who do give a damn come to power. Or maybe not." She shrugged.

"Good leaders usually make a difference," Cally says. "Like, President Adar? Is kind of not that great. Sometimes I think, like, a schoolteacher would be better running the government."

Alanna nodded. "Oh totally. The current ruler? King Raoul? Loves peace to the point of it becoming a handicap. His son..." She took a deep breath and tried to describe Jon not as a cheating ex. "Well, he's different. He does try to go out, get to know the people. He and I, and some of our noble friends, have common born friends. He has a more realistic view of people. How does your President Adar screw up?"

"Well, he runs stuff okay, I guess. But sometimes I think, he's, like, sleeping with other members of government or something. Cause, like, the situation the secretary of Education is in? She should be totally miffed about the crackdowns on strikes and stuff." Cally nods. "Workers unite, and the government tends to crack down. Stupid government."

Alanna blinked. "What's a strike?"

Cally shrugs. "It's this thing where the workers refuse to work until steps are made to improve their work situation," she says. "But I think we're kinda getting off topic."

"Riiight. Prostitution. I actually know quite a few prostitutes. And um, not like that."

"There's a place for that in town, isn't there?" Cally says. "We could, like, go do field research."

Alanna shrugged. "I think so? What would we be researching?"

"Dunno, we could see what they think?" Cally says. "I was just kinda scratching for ideas. Dunno what else to say."

"That might actually be interesting, getting a different prespective and all that. If we need a final project, I think we're set."

"Score," Cally says with a nod.

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