I recently read an article at Guardian Unlimited’s web site (Guardian is a daily newspaper in the UK). There’s not a lot to say about the article in itself, though I must say that I’ve read one that was much more interesting, written by, not a journalist but by a former prostitute (a woman). She if anyone ought to know what it’s like to have the ‘world’s oldest profession’.

What made me, quite frankly, furious, was that pretty much everyone who commented on the article were men, men who were decidedly in favor of (female) prostitution. No surprise there.

I won’t argue the pros and cons of this issue. Besides, here in my country, prostitution is already illegal, as far as I know. I don’t know how well this ban works, so I won’t comment on that either.

What I will dare to do is this: if it’s so exceptionally fine to have women prostituting themselves, I’d like to suggest that sex buyers are open about it. How about a card they attach to their jackets, saying “Happy sex buyer” “Content sex buyer” or “I pay for it!”

That would be great, so that the rest of us can make a conscious choice about whether we would like to associate with these people or not.