Don Chavez

LONDON (Reuters) – A British government minister asked California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday to shut down a U.S. website that allows men to rate prostitutes, including many working in London.

Harriet Harman, minister for women and equality, told the ruling Labor Party’s annual conference that “Punternet” fuels the demand for prostitution — a vice she said degrades women and puts them at risk.

She said the web site was a “very sinister development” in the trade and exploitation of women and allows guests to compare and rate services in the same way as they would a restaurant, a hotel or a holiday.

Evidently this woman thinks that Arnold Schwarzenegger is a machine sent back in time specifically to destroy prostitution and any websites that encourage it.

But what I don’t get is how Punternet (Pussynet would have been a better name) is encouraging prostitution. Regardless of whether or not hooker review sites exist, guys are still going to pay for whores. The only difference is they’ll probably spend more money on bad whores because they won’t have these reviews to let them know which girls can’t suck a golf ball through a garden hose.