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[–]Yayme 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So, I was going to address the whole "slut-shaming" argument.

I do understand that shaming sex-workers is not helpful in the slightest, and in fact probably does real damage. And I also understand that women usually turn to sex-work either out of complete desperation, or because some pimp has gotten them hooked on drugs.

I think liberal feminism's embrace of sex-work is sort of a "live for today" answer to the problem of how can women make ends meet. I mean, I have to doubt that anyone wants their child, or their sister, or their mother, or their girlfriend, or whatever doing sex work. And if feminism is to advocate for women, I think it needs to consider the future of women as well as the current state of women. We need to build a good path for the women that will come after us... and I don't think anyone legitimately views sex-work as a good path for future girls.

And I know that women who have engaged in sex work often claim that it's done no damage to them.... but the facts speak a different story. I saw a doc about porn workers, and it mentioned that quite a few ex porn starts actually shoot themselves in the vagina to commit suicide (which broke my heart). So, I tried to google the stats on it.. and found out there is a category of porn dedicated to shooting women in the vagina.

I kind of hate people right now, and I feel damaged for knowing that's what gets some people off.

[–]RoundFork 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sort of like child labor. They’re in a bad situation and must make ends meet, but nobody actually believes they’re living the life they deserve.

There’s only a small minority of women who enjoy sex work, and they shouldn’t speak for the ones forced into it. Like the rich 1% shouldn’t have all the power in capitalism, but here we are.