Irish college students turning to sex trade for cash

The sex trade and human trafficking is/are a multi-billion dollar business. A very good movie called "Eden" has come out starring the fine actor Beau Bridges as a sheriff. It is the true story of a 15 year old Korean-American girl/woman.

Portia, whats the link between the laundries and prostitution laws? Oh thats right, there isnt any!

Ireland hasn't any laws that prohibit prostitution, which is ironic considering what we now know about the Magdalene Laundries.

Let the girls do what they have to do. As a man with 'certain kinks' I recently enjoyed the pleasures equally with a lovely young nursing student with a similar penchant. And, after all, don't many young female students look for an ambitious young medical or legal student while doing a mediocre course themselves? That's a worse kind of prostitution!

This is indeed sad! I realize that I recently wrote about the positive aspects of legalizing prostitution. However, in an illegal industry, these college girls would have no guarantees of safety, either from violent pimps, or aggressive customers. I must criticize the line above, "We would caution and warn any young woman who would consider going into the sex trade to support herself financially." Uh-duh, that's what they would be going into the trade for!! Had they other means, they wouldn't consider being hookers.

wtf. It’s about time to legalize the sex trade and collect the taxes that it would bring in. By the way politicians and many of the world business men have a mistress that they pay all expense for so is that not prostitution?

@Portia777: Just where did you take you biology classes if you had any at all? Sandra Fluke, it appears, is your patron saint. The government should pay for contraception services if there is a failure of intentions.

"potential to lure vulnerable young women into the sex trade." That also happens to girls in care of HSE- but thats "legal"

And where are the male escorts? Did you forget they exist too?