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They are not blessed; you don’t sell your body unless you need the money and you have no better options.
And fashion magazines have been digitally altering women and men for decades. Only now are fully synthetic models being protested against.
The weights published about celebrities have been fictional as far back as anyone looked.
mate I didn't say shit about selling their bodies, I was just thinking about a couple nice girls I knew a decade ago whose bodies defied gravity
Sex work etc is not selling the body as no organs etc are usually collected.
Also sex work has existed before money. It is a legitimate form of work, nurturing, care and a vital function of society, it's only 'bad' because of laws against it and cultural attitudes, people should have the right or not to choose to pursue it if that is what they wish, for whatever reason.
Also also, most people don't make that much money from it, so it's likely not always for that reason alone.
I agree that sex work is real work. I will even further agree that some people do it because they enjoy it but counter that some men shovel coal in mines because they enjoy how it makes their bodies feel (big, strong, etc) and just like sex workers they might not make much money doing so.
My point was more that we should not consider being able (or forced) to make a living a in a particular job a blessing but take a moment to reflect and extend empathy towards others.
How do you know? Did you ask? Or read their life stories at least? It's funny how in three little paragraphs you're angry that men put women down and then you do the same.
Do I know models, yes.
But let us make the example easier: A man playing in the NBA is not blessed. He is selling his body for the money because he has no better options.
Having the body he needs to keep that income stream requires constant work and investment. The same holds true for women.
It is not about putting them down but acknowledging that they are humans who are suffering too.