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There are some real solutions to be had here... 1) Decriminalize sex work. 2) Implement a national healthcare system that fully covers mental health services,
by standardUser 6y ago
There are some real solutions to be had here...
1) Decriminalize sex work.
2) Implement a national healthcare system that fully covers mental health services, including regular therapy sessions.
3) Expand sex education to include more diverse types of sex and relationships, including non-monogamy.
These won't solve the problem. They will absolutely make the problem less severe.
- at_a_remove 6y agoWe have plenty of places decriminalizing sex work. What they are not decriminalizing, however, is purchasing sex work. Both are required for the first item on your list to do anything. And it that is going to require a lot of nuance, too. I recall seeing someone reacting to a post by a former sex worker who lamented how these men had been "raping her body." If that is considered a valid viewpoint, then even more work must be done at the decriminalization level, otherwise you will have seller's remorse hanging over someone with a very long statute of limitations.
- standardUser 6y agoRight, it must be decriminalized entirely, not just select aspects. It reminds me of when a lot of places decriminalized marijuana possession, while somehow forgetting that weed does not materialize out of thin air but must be grown and distributed. Meaning the thing they just "decriminalized" was still part and parcel of illegal acts. So far only those same cowardly half-measures have been used towards sex work in most of the US.