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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

But people who go hard on uncritically shouting "sex work is work!"

Labor: Providing a good or service in exchange for currency. Dangerous work, work that threatens your well-being, and work that is degrading, humiliating, or even ILLEGAL, is still work.

tend to ignore how dangerous and deadly prostitution is.

QUESTION: If prostitution is so dangerous and deadly, why are so many trans women involved in it? Why not simply get a different job that is safer and pays more?

[–]homosomes 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Ah, you again. My friend, I'm not saying that "sex work" does not literally fall under the definition of labor. I'm saying that the people encouraging the "sex work" are directly promoting an industry where violence, abuse, sex trafficking, and literal slavery is the norm. It does not take a genius to understand statistics of why 9 in 10 sex workers surveyed want out. But there is so much propaganda pushed by pimps and madams that people just swallow the happy hooker fantasy wholesale. And people want to whitewash what really happens and silence those who've exited sex work exposing the realities. I really wish people uncritically shouting "just let people do sex work!" would use their brains.

Why does anyone get into sex work? They were coerced, they were groomed, they were trafficked, they were desperate and had no other source of income. I don't think anyone, trans or not, should have to be in such a degrading and dangerous line of work. If people really care about someone who is straining for money, the solution is to help them not put your genitals in their face.

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

they were desperate and had no other source of income.

WHY DO YOU THINK TRANS PEOPLE DONT HAVE ANOTHER SOURCE OF INCOME?

YOU ARE SO CLOSE