Recently, I was engaged to help a group of people in Lyon County draft a referendum petition to repeal the Lyon County Brothel Ordinance.
Indeed, when I was in high school I recall peers reporting that their dads would take them to the Mustang Ranch as a sort of rite of passage from youth to adult. Now, I am a father. I have a son and a daughter. I work hard to be the very best dad that I can be.
I am not perfect, but I think I have clarity on a few aspects of what it means to be a dad. To teach such things would undermine the dignity of his humanity and the dignity of the person he will one day fall in love with and marry. With regard to my daughter, I have great hopes and desires for her. She is incredibly smart, hard-working, kind, loving and beautiful in every way. Like many dads, I have great aspirations and hopes for my daughter to grow up happy and successful.
However, I could not imagine having this conversation with her about her future:. No, daddy, really. I could start my career now because the average age of a new prostitute in the US prostitution industry is 14! It is legal here in Nevada, daddy; and, the girls get to wear such pretty clothes; and, the boys really love them! I will get tested once a week and I will have access to health care if I get a disease, besides everyone wears protection.
Daddy, did you know that about half the women who become prostitutes have movies made of them! I could be a movie star, too, daddy!! Or maybe I can be on Mr. Like most dads, I could not imagine having the above conversation with my daughter because the truth is that no little girl dreams of being a prostitute. It is not a dream, and it is not really a choice. The people at Exodus Cry illustrate this point the best here in this video.
