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Meanwhile you're probably perfectly OK with people selling their body to do labor I assume?
Are you really arguing that putting in a hard days work in a factory is the SAME as having sex with strangers for money? REALLY?
No. A hard days work at the factory is much more damaging.
sleep with this fat old ugly man who will possibly beat you or kill you or impregnate you or do deranged sadistic things to you-- or work in this assembly line making iphones! Gee what a equivalent choice! So the same!
Sex work done right people get to say no and it's safe. Meanwhile people who have to lift heavy stuff all day every day have their knees destroyed by 30. Yeah, not the same at all. One you destroy your body selling yourself to the company.
Yes, sex work done wrong can be harmful and dangerous, but the same is true for all work. People used to lose limbs constantly working in factories because protections weren't forced on them. We recognized they were being abused by the system and passed laws to protect the workers. We need the same thing for sex work. Since it doesn't exist in the US, yeah it's normally pretty bad for people. Porn stars seem to be fine (though they're often around people who abuse drugs and they can get into that, especially since most start young, but this can happen anywhere). Prostitutes are doing illegal work though and are scared to go to the police usually. They're also frequently not doing it totally on their own and may not have the ability to say no. That has to change. People likd you saying that it's bad, wrong, whatever ensure it doesn't change to become safe.
oh on that we can agree on. What i'm saying is I'd rather lose a limb in a factory than be forced to have sex with someone like, say, is attracted to children. Or someone who's kink involves violence, or someone who has politically caused genocide. etc.
Love is love, I don't think people should be deprived of it, I don't think people who want to involve themselves in 'work' that involves that shouldn't do it. but lets call a spade a spade. prostitution I believe (like you) should exist but in the safest of circumstances, like the client needs to be vetted etc. There needs to be a balance, just like factory work.
Yes, it needs to be safe, legal, and regulated. Work is work, and sex work is work, and all work needs regulation to prevent exploitation of and harm to workers. Again, we sell the long-term health of our bodies to companies for money all the time and no one has an issue with that. Sex work doesn't (innately) cause long-term harm, or at least not anymore than any other kind of work.
It shouldn't be illegal, and that's where a lot of the danger is created around it. Prudish people who mix up sex and love pass laws to make it illegal though, and end up manufacturing hazerdous situations, because they think sex workers should be endangered.
agreed, and also I think 'slap chop' guy from those infomercial ads influenced my opinion on this way long ago which is hilarious but also sort of depressing.
but yes, i agree we give our bodies to our jobs I just only allow mine to stay above the waist-line. (not that theres anything wrong with the opposite)