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Hello everyone, I'm blood diamond left page.
Let's talk about a hot thing today. You may also know: the famous pianist Li Yundi prostituted and exposed.
In recent years, celebrities and rich people have been exposed to prostitution many times, and I have the impression that there are Huang Haibo, Wang Quan'an and Xue Manzi. To be honest, I don't know these people very well, just passers-by.
Every time this kind of thing appears, I find that the most asked question is that these celebrities, rich people, it is reasonable to say that there is no shortage of sexual partners, some people are still married, the wife is also beautiful, how can they still spend money to buy spring?
To be honest I'm also puzzled. To this end, I also searched for relevant academic research, it seems that there is no accurate statement, some people say that they are empty in their hearts, others say that they are seeking excitement, and the most ridiculous statement is for emergency, that is, the meaning of the is anxious to dig the dung pit.
In fact, human sexual behavior is very complex, like a labyrinth, because it is a result of the joint action of culture, psychology, physiology, society, economy and even politics, so the ways of sexual satisfaction are also diverse and strange, some are very perverted, some are very normal, some look normal, some used to be perverted, now they are normal, some were normal before, and now they are perverted.
For example, in the past, the so-called "three-inch golden lotus" play and hobby of female deformed small feet, now it is unbelievable to listen to people, it is simply unbelievable, but it was normal before, on the contrary, not leaving small feet is still laughed at. For example, it is difficult to say whether many men's appreciation and love for women's high heels will change from normal to perverted in the future - in fact, high heels are a sin for many women.
But in any case, at present, under the requirements of our country's existing laws and regulations, public order and good customs, prostitution is illegal and immoral, and it is almost impossible to expect the public's concept to be open and forgive or tolerate prostitution (in fact, in those countries where prostitution is legalized, prostitution is also immoral, and once exposed, it will lead to social death).
Especially for public figures, once exposed, the career is destroyed, and life collapses, which cannot be recovered. So adults, take responsibility for their own behavior, don't get lucky, don't complain, it's useless.
And I don't know if you noticed, over the years, public opinion for such immoral, illegal artists, celebrities tolerance is getting lower and lower, in addition to the public's saliva, official associations, industries, brand manufacturers and major programs, platforms, will also react quickly, depriving "bad" celebrities of the opportunity to engage in performative work.
For example, Zhao Wei is very typical. Previously, she and her husband were banned from entering the securities market for 5 years for disrupting the securities market, and fined 300,000 yuan. Moreover, she also caused a big storm because she wore a Japanese military flag. But for a long time, she was like no one else, and it wasn't until recently that her work was suddenly taken off the shelves. This shows that celebrities are indeed more demanding now.
So why? In fact, this problem is much more important than understanding why celebrities prostitute themselves.
Conservative and harsh
It stands to reason that the more developed society becomes, the more relaxed it becomes. So why is public opinion more strict with celebrities now, is our whole society tending to be conservative?
Answer first, of course not.
In fact, many so-called developed countries also have a similar phenomenon, that is, the public or public opinion, the moral and personality requirements of celebrities or powerful people tend to be severe, and even often blamed.
< Li Yundi >
Of course, the sensitivity of each country is different, like Europe and the United States, prostitution may not be a big deal, such as Justin Bieber has recruited prostitutes, quarreled for a while, and now it is still bouncing, but to publish suspected racial discrimination, sexism, or suspected sexual harassment, then the trouble is big, and the probability of social death in an instant increases greatly. For example, the previous Harvard president, Lawrence Summers, stepped down because he made discriminatory remarks against women.
Many people think that public opinion is harsh on celebrities because they have a greater exemplary impact when they do bad things, but this is only part of the reason.
The core reason is that these celebrities and powerful figures have more social resources and social relations, and it is easier for them to do bad things and more means to avoid punishment, so the public or public opinion is more inclined to focus on them.
For example, Zheng Shuang, tax evasion and tax evasion, the state fined her 290 million. In fact, for her, it was just a heavy rain, it would not have a devastating impact on her life, and she still had more money than most people. And it was precisely because she could afford to punish that she avoided going to jail.
But her ex-boyfriend Zhang Heng is different, although he is also very rich, but it is still a little worse than Zheng Shuang, and now he is because he assists Zheng Shuang in tax evasion and tax evasion, the relevant departments want to fine him more than 30 million, he may not be able to pay, and he will never be able to return to China.
There is also the matter of Zhao Wei and his wife disrupting the securities market, fining 300,000 yuan, for them, it is like a dime, but for the average family, it is a big deal, and it is not good to go bankrupt.
< Zhao Wei >
Therefore, for such rich people, celebrities, and powerful people, the law sometimes has a great impact on their punishment, on the contrary, the pressure of public opinion that is often blamed may make them bankrupt in an instant - in fact, as long as they do not violate the criminal law, public opinion can deter them more than the law.
Moreover, as I just said, modern laws are tending to be loose (so-called humane), for example, the death penalty in many countries in the past is now abandoned, like in Japan, the death penalty is very rare, even if it is a kind of murderer who commits the most heinous crimes, the government lacks the heart to raise it. For example, there was a serial killer who killed his classmates and put his head at the school gate, he spent several years in prison, and after he was released, he also published books to show off.
Then, under this trend of legal humanization, if there is no pressure from public opinion (in fact, the public's simple sense of justice and moral binding force), those celebrities with resources and power will be more unscrupulous.
For example, what Epstein in the United States, built a erotic island, lack of morality and illegal things to do, The United States law is a ball for him, if it were not for the political and business celebrities related to him (Clinton, Trump and Bill Gates) who cared about the image of public opinion, he estimated that he would still be alive.
< Epstein (second from right) >
Therefore, I have always been very ignorant of those who worry about celebrities and rich people, sympathize with them being besieged by public opinion - some people are worried that Guo Jia is deliberately engaging in rich people, which is actually a very absurd view.
The truth is that in a normal and healthy society, most rich people who like to show their faces will not have a good reputation.
For example, Jobs, who became a "god" after he died, was a tyrant when he was alive, treated his daughter badly, was harsh on employees, and withstood all kinds of criticism. There is also Bill Gates, the reputation in the United States is stinky, no matter how much charity is useless, the Americans have been rumored that he is promoting vaccines, investing in biology is engaged in some major conspiracy, and now he has another crime of sexual misconduct.
It is not that public opinion will necessarily make celebrities and rich people stink (I do not advocate this), but it is just that public opinion will be more harsh on them, which is a very normal social law and reasonable, and there is no need to worry too much about them.
A rich and powerful person, at the same time, can dress himself as a national "mentor" and "idol", that is called abnormal and unhealthy. There are also some actors who play the emperor and think that they are really the emperor, and it is ridiculous to wave Fang Shun to point out the country.
Exposure of celebrity prostitution
The same is true of prostitution.
Many people may not know that the punishment for prostitution is also being reduced, if it is not suspected of having a relationship with a young girl or knowing that there is a sexually transmitted disease, but also to engage in sex trafficking, ordinary prostitution and prostitution, now can only be dealt with through the Public Security Administration Law, generally also fined, detained for a week or up to half a month, criticized and educated, and released.
And there are still many people who advocate legalizing prostitution.
But this was not the case before, when New China was founded, prostitutes and pornography gambling and drugs were considered to be the cancers of the old society and needed to be completely cut off, so at that time, the governance of prostitutes was treated as a political issue.
And just before 2019, we also have a custody and education system, and in addition to the possibility of detention, prostitutes may also be punished with custody and education ranging from half a year to two years. For example, Huang Haibo was taken into custody and educated for half a year before being released.
Now that the custody and education system is gone (note that I am not advocating the restoration of this system, but only about it), the pressure of public opinion is even more important as one of the means of preventing and controlling prostitution.
Therefore, it can also be expected that in the future, such celebrities will prostitute themselves, and the possibility of relevant departments taking the initiative to expose them will become more and more likely. I see that there are media reports that Li Yundi has already had a record of being caught as a prostitute before, but it has not been exposed before. Why it was not exposed at that time, we do not know, but we can be sure that in the future, as long as any star is caught prostituting, it may be exposed, and there is no fluke mentality.
The cost of an offence is too low, and the result is predictable: the number of offenders will increase and they will be more unscrupulous. And the number of people who break the law increases, and the cost of law enforcement will rise for the police.
According to some statistics, from 1991 to 1995, the number of prostitutes seized nationwide was 1.53 million, of which 170,000 were sheltered and educated, accounting for 11%. In other words, the public security organs are responsible for the custody and education of 11% of the prostitutes – a huge task and a very large expense.
After the abolition of the custody and education system, this part of the cost can be saved, but this cost cannot be completely saved, and some of it is likely to be "transferred" back, because the punishment will become weaker and the number of offenders will rise.
Sex sociologist Pan Suiming, who previously did a survey, said that in a city of 6 million people, about 120,000 people will actually participate in prostitution or related activities, and it will take 900,000 hours of police to catch all prostitutes and prostitutes, which means that 375 police officers need to work at full capacity for 300 days to catch them — this is a 1994 estimate. I also saw a statistic that it costs about $75,000 for each person who catches a prostitute.
You can probably calculate how much it costs to deal with prostitution.
Therefore, in some places in the past, in order to manage prostitution at limited costs and insufficient manpower, some deterrent measures had to be taken, the most commonly used of which was to parade the streets with humiliation, and some similar, such as "exposure lists" and "street stickers".
However, this method itself is suspected of violating the law, giving people a bad impression, and it is easy to cause reverse psychology. So now it's getting less and less, and almost no one uses it.
But the exposure of celebrity prostitution is different, which will not cause rebellion, spread it, and therefore the effect of deterrence and education is good. This may also explain why celebrity prostitution has been exposed more frequently in recent years than before. And it can be expected that it will only be more frequent in the future.
brief summary
Finally, let's sum it up:
In the future, public opinion will not be relaxed in its supervision of celebrities, but will only become more and more severe. This is not because society has become conservative, on the contrary, this is the characteristic of social openness, it is an alternative punishment scheme that laws and regulations tend to be humane, and society is self-generated.
Therefore, it can be expected that the possibility of celebrity prostitution being exposed in the future will increase and the number of times will increase. So no one should take any chances, and don't expect the public's open sexual concepts to save themselves.
Understand this truth, so when those celebrities are criticized by public opinion, you really don't need to sigh, because that is a very normal phenomenon in a healthy society. Especially as a social animal, it really hurts to that salty heart.
With that energy, it is better to care more about the friends and family around you, or pay more attention to ordinary working people like you and me, such as those who hover at the interview door to tidy up and dress nervously to the throat, those who spend two or three hours a day squeezing the bus to work, halfway can't help but doze off and fish their heads and hit the front seats, those who cry on the street late at night and then squeeze out a smiley face to enter the house...
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