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Sex work != objectification; although the correlation ("in today's society") is really substantial. In other words, this is not inherently a trade where a human

Sex work != objectification; although the correlation ("in today's society") is really substantial. In other words, this is not inherently a trade where a human being has to sell themselves like a piece of meat; even if today, many/most people in this trade are being sold like a piece of meat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_prostitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_prostitution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2kJM9yQs9k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2kJM9yQs9k Arguably, this is an attitude problem on the demand side - people who want to buy other people like they're pieces of meat - rather than something about the supply, or the trade itself. Here's a related interesting phenomenon: https://www.google.com/search?q=professional+cuddling https://www.google.com/search?q=professional+cuddling To end with a question: Would you consider professional dominatrixes to be in the trade [of selling themselves like meat]?

JetSpiegel 9y ago
There is this funny practice if temporary marriages too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_mut%27ah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_mut%27ah
- RangerScience 9y ago
  That's fascinating. People gonna sex, and other people gonna sex 'em up, no matters what else. Where there's a will there's a way and all.
- Fnoord 9y ago
  > The iddah is intended to give paternal certainty to any child/ren should the wife become pregnant during the temporary marriage contract. Offtopic but damn this is clever (back in the days).
ksk 9y ago
>Arguably, this is an attitude problem on the demand side - people who want to buy other people like they're pieces of meat - rather than something about the supply, or the trade itself. Yes, which soliciting sex is also prohibited. >Would you consider professional dominatrixes to be in the trade [of selling themselves like meat]? I don't know. Are 40% of them former child prostitutes? Are they at a high risk of getting murdered? Do they get raped outside of work? Do the vast majority of them experience physical violence?

JetSpiegel 9y ago

There is this funny practice if temporary marriages too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_mut%27ah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_mut%27ah

RangerScience 9y ago
That's fascinating. People gonna sex, and other people gonna sex 'em up, no matters what else. Where there's a will there's a way and all.
Fnoord 9y ago
> The iddah is intended to give paternal certainty to any child/ren should the wife become pregnant during the temporary marriage contract. Offtopic but damn this is clever (back in the days).

ksk 9y ago

>Arguably, this is an attitude problem on the demand side - people who want to buy other people like they're pieces of meat - rather than something about the supply, or the trade itself. Yes, which soliciting sex is also prohibited. >Would you consider professional dominatrixes to be in the trade [of selling themselves like meat]? I don't know. Are 40% of them former child prostitutes? Are they at a high risk of getting murdered? Do they get raped outside of work? Do the vast majority of them experience physical violence?