There is a story: At a press conference, an American journalist once asked Premier Zhou with ill will: "Mr. Prime Minister, are there any prostitutes in China today?" However, Premier Zhou affirmed: "Yes! "There was an uproar and a lot of discussion, is there still a prostitute in New China? Premier Zhou saw everyone's doubts and added very calmly: "Chinese prostitutes are in Taiwan Province on the mainland. Suddenly the applause was thunderous.
With regard to brothels, prostitutes and prostitutes, most people of middle age and older know that after liberation, the mainland disappeared for a time except for Taiwan Province. At that time, even women wearing suspender suits and miniskirts would be considered "improper style" and "bad manners". Occasional discussions of explicit topics, even normal sexual knowledge, can also be considered "stylistically problematic."
At the legal level, the counterpart is the disgraceful "hooliganism". At that time, if someone shouted "old hooligans", "stinky hooligans" or "catch hooligans" on the street, it would definitely attract the masses to chase and intercept them, beat them up violently, and twist them to the public security police station.
Because the scope of hooliganism is too wide, the characterization of a certain criminal act is not specific and accurate enough. In 1997, in the mainland's newly revised Criminal Law, the crime of hooliganism was abolished and then split into crimes such as picking quarrels and provoking trouble, insulting women, gathering crowds to fight, and rape. Prostitution, on the other hand, was also elevated to the Public Security Administration Punishment Law on 1 March 2006 after its separation and inclusion in the Regulations on the Administration of Public Security.
In summary, it can be seen that the legal issues concerning prostitution have become more standardized and stricter, but why is the problem of prostitution prohibited? Being a "seller" or "organizer" is primarily a matter of desire for money. The basics are used as a way to make a living. The middleman is used as a business means of making a fortune. As a "buyer", it is mainly a matter of satisfying instinctive desires. Some people try to break through the moral and legal bottom line and enjoy the stimulation and satisfaction of sexual desire.
So why is it forbidden? It may be that money and sexual desire drive, resulting in "supply and marketing", it is difficult to prohibit. Of course, stories like "Umbrella" and "Tom and Jerry" are the same. No wonder Sima Qian has already seen through: the world is bustling, all for profit; The whole world is in the midst of profit.