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[–]anxietyaccount8[S] 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It's already hard enough to get people to understand that women don't exist to be subservient and do whatever men want. With the normalization of sex work, it would be practically impossible.

[–]BEB 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The idea that "sex work is work" needs to be fought as hard as the rest of the "woman's body as a marketplace" dogma, because it normalizes the idea that prostitution is a job like any other and will then force women to "work" as prostitutes, rather than get government benefits when other work is not available.

[–]TheOnyxGoddess 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is true, it's already bad enough being told to work and being shamed for not working. I'd rather not have family pressure me into prostitution or force me (luckily my family doesn't do that and is against the idea). Finding a job is hard these days, one that doesn't irritate my medical condition. Though I do believe if you're going to have casual sex anyway, don't make it free (those things should never be for free). I personly think the social attitude should be to accept there is prostitution, but discourage it, not advertise it as a career. I'd rather not sex be free, or stop people from having sex outside of loveless relationships (their body, their choice). That's my view on it.

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

Yeah I have personally known a bonkers, once trans sex worker and they were fucking insane. They were on drugs and they could barely hold an actual job. Sometimes they slept with someone for rent or whatnot but usually they just moved around and sometimes stripped.

Pretty fucking empowering huh?