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This article strangely paints sex workers who use payment apps in a positive light while also painting Gaetz in a negative light for using those payment apps to
by CyberRabbi 6y ago
This article strangely paints sex workers who use payment apps in a positive light while also painting Gaetz in a negative light for using those payment apps to pay a sex worker. Is paying willing sex workers for sex morally acceptable or not?
- Pfhreak 6y agoAre they minors? If so, that's unacceptable. Are they adults who are consenting and not being exploited? Then that's different. (And, imho, we should decriminalize and regulate sex work.) Your framing ignores the fact that one of the participants was a child.
- CyberRabbi 6y agoThe child in question was 17 at the time of the payments. In many states the age of consent is 16. Do you think the age of consent should be made higher in those states? If so, what do you think is an acceptable minimum age?
- Pfhreak 6y agoThe age of consent in Florida is 18. And in many states 16 or 17 if both parties are of similar age and without significant power imbalance. Also, moving a minor across state lines for sex runs afoul of federal law, not just state laws. Are you suggesting what Gaetz did was somehow ok?
- CyberRabbi 6y agoCould you answer my question first? Do you think the age of consent should be made higher in those states? If so, what do you think is an acceptable minimum age? This is not a matter of current policy but your legal opinion.