I don't see any encouragement for prostitution of any kind, and in fact I see a clear statement that all sexual activity is off-target.Mr Man wrote:But I imagine you won't see it.
The snarky finale was perhaps unwarranted, but the ongoing intensity with which Xian/et al morals parade as Buddhist ones on this topic is at least equally bewildering.In my opinion the post is also misogynistic.
Paying for access to sensuality is the baseline act here, whether one pays a masseuse or a prostitute or a chef.
Sex is a version of sensuality. Now, this thread is full of people detailing the reasons how & why prostitution largely occurs in very unfortunate situations, and thus how it is unavoidably a very unwholesome scenario these days. That's perfectly suitable information - we aren't living in Iron Age India, when the precept was formulated, and so this bare-minimum third-precept ethical standard has aspects which are now superceded by certain social realities.
It's simply not something that gets a categorical response, the way a Xian would: "Prostitution is a sin, never to be engaged with, altogether against the Holy Will."