Summary of Walter Block's Defending the Undefendable

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#1 The life of a prostitute is as good or as bad as she wishes it to be. She has the choice to continue it or not, and if she changes her mind about the benefits, she can quit at any time. The momentum toward prohibition of prostitution does not come from the prostitutes themselves, but from the customers.

#2 The distinction between the pie and milk jokes and the prostitution joke is that we feel ashamed at the thought of buying pie, but not at the thought of buying sex. We are always paying for sex, so we shouldn’t cavil at the arrangements between a professional prostitute and a customer.

#3 All human relationships are trades. There are payments, and there are trades. Where there are payments, such as in marriage and some dating patterns, there is prostitution. But all relationships where trade takes place are a form of prostitution.

#4 The pimp is a broker who brings together two parties to a transaction. He serves the same function as a real estate broker, insurance broker, stock market broker, or investment broker. The customer gains from the pimp’s services, and the prostitute benefits too.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822514355

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Insights on Walter Block's Defending the Undefendable

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The life of a prostitute is as good or as bad as she wishes it to be. She has the choice to continue it or not, and if she changes her mind about the benefits, she can quit at any time. The momentum toward prohibition of prostitution does not come from the prostitutes themselves, but from the customers.

#2

The distinction between the pie and milk jokes and the prostitution joke is that we feel ashamed at the thought of buying pie, but not at the thought of buying sex. We are always paying for sex, so we shouldn’t cavil at the arrangements between a professional prostitute and a customer.

#3

All human relationships are trades. There are payments, and there are trades. Where there are payments, such as in marriage and some dating patterns, there is prostitution. But all relationships where trade takes place are a form of prostitution.

#4

The pimp is a broker who brings together two parties to a transaction. He serves the same function as a real estate broker, insurance broker, stock market broker, or investment broker. The customer gains from the pimp’s services, and the prostitute benefits too.

#5

The most brutal action taken against women is rape, and the law does not always support them when they report it. Abortion is also illegal in many countries, and the restrictions on it are harmful to women.

#6

The state, and not individuals, is the source of discrimination against women. The government uses aggressive force to stop women from owning property, engaging in business, or aborting their children.

#7

The private system, on the other hand,