Another funny detail is that—although not everyone agrees with this—when something is in the category “a service provided for money to strangers”, various anti-discrimination laws can apply.
Like, if I bring cookies to some randomly selected neighbors, but I “coincidentally” ignore all black people… people may notice, but there is nothing they could legally do about it. On the other hand, if I start selling the cookies on the street, and then refuse to sell them to black people, there may be a problem.
Similarly, a girl who dates a few guys who all happen to be white is nothing to be debated. But if she happens to have a prejudice against black guys, and she publicly offers to provide sex for money, and a black customer shows interest in the offer, and she refuses… it could become quite interesting, if the offended customer decides to take legal action. (Or, what if the customer is a lesbian?)
when something is in the category “a service provided for money to strangers”, various anti-discrimination laws can apply.
Depends on the local laws, obviously, but I don’t think it’s a function of “for money”, instead it’s a function of being a public business. To clarify, I believe that in the US a private club can discriminate as much as it wants—it’s perfectly legal for a private club to admit, say, only black Christian women under the age of 30. And the club can charge money for what it does. The critical difference is that it doesn’t offer its services to the general public.
it could become quite interesting, if the offended customer decides to take legal action
Another funny detail is that—although not everyone agrees with this—when something is in the category “a service provided for money to strangers”, various anti-discrimination laws can apply.
Like, if I bring cookies to some randomly selected neighbors, but I “coincidentally” ignore all black people… people may notice, but there is nothing they could legally do about it. On the other hand, if I start selling the cookies on the street, and then refuse to sell them to black people, there may be a problem.
Similarly, a girl who dates a few guys who all happen to be white is nothing to be debated. But if she happens to have a prejudice against black guys, and she publicly offers to provide sex for money, and a black customer shows interest in the offer, and she refuses… it could become quite interesting, if the offended customer decides to take legal action. (Or, what if the customer is a lesbian?)
Depends on the local laws, obviously, but I don’t think it’s a function of “for money”, instead it’s a function of being a public business. To clarify, I believe that in the US a private club can discriminate as much as it wants—it’s perfectly legal for a private club to admit, say, only black Christian women under the age of 30. And the club can charge money for what it does. The critical difference is that it doesn’t offer its services to the general public.
So if the customer is a dick… X-D