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I feel like she's trying to set up a stawman here, arguing that sex is hard to commodify, when in fact it's not. It's the oldest commodity there is. If she spen
by jVinc 8y ago
I feel like she's trying to set up a stawman here, arguing that sex is hard to commodify, when in fact it's not. It's the oldest commodity there is. If she spent 10 minutes with a prosititue she would know the exact value of "2 blowjobs, 3 handjobs, 1 anal sex, and 4 penis-in-vagina sexes" and could directly translate what 20% of that works out to be and what the exact exchange rate to any other desired services would be. Quite frankly to me she comes off really foolish for going this angle rather than just argue against the idea on it's actual merits.
The incel sex redistribution madness in my opinion isn't silly because it tries to commodify sexual services, it's silly because it effectively becomes forced prostitution of the entire nation for the benefit of an extreme minority who are only heard by the public because their ideas are extreme enough to be funny to laymen so they get pushed by social media and in newspapers.
- cheez 8y agoI agree with your premise that the article was a complete strawman. I suspect most people here know someone who qualifies as an incel (the harmless kind) and so I don't think it's such an insignificant minority. I know I've had dry periods when I've gotten too busy with work or life. The difference is that I know how to get back on the horse. Incels absolutely have no clue what to do. Their growth is stunted. Too bad, it's a topic that should be discussed. Previously, societal shame forced people to get married and stay monogamous (or at least give that impression). Once this no longer existed, the incel was born. It's just evolution, IMO. But young men with no career/family prospects and no sex are quite possibly the most dangerous kinds.
- stared 8y agoShe explicitly talks about normalization of sex work as a sane, and desirable (no pun intended!) solution.