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> Imo, even legalization isn't enough. We need normalisation. Many of the FAANG companies are famous for their perks. One of those is having massage therapists

> Imo, even legalization isn't enough. We need normalisation. Many of the FAANG companies are famous for their perks. One of those is having massage therapists at the office. By normalization, do you mean you would you be ok them also having sex workers (well paid with benefits) as well. Just to be clear, I, and likely most people, would be against that, which shows that I don't think sex work is going to be completely normalized.

ljp_206 5y ago
I think one could easily imagine that sex work could be given a similar treatment like legal Marijuana. Obviously there are differences in these (for lack of a more useful word) 'vices,' but "normalization" for marijuana in the US does not mean free weed edibles as part of your comp package. It means it's shunned/controlled/a sort of deal breaker in professional settings, but more and more understood to be a choice people can make with their free time outside of work as long as it's safe, legal, etc...
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
  But you are talking about legalization, not normalization. At many companies, it is pretty normal for there to be alcohol, even at work related events. I doubt, even if marijuana were made legal, that you would see marijuana at work related events. There is a big difference between legalization and normalization. One way you can think of normalization is with regards to its status in a professional setting. If you mentioned around the water cooler that you went to a nail salon and had a pedicure, no one would care. If you mentioned that you went to legal sex worker, you would have an HR complaint filed against you. One is normalized, the other is not. I don't think sex in general will ever really be "normalized". It will always involve taboos of some sort.
dalbasal 5y ago
By normalization I mean a social/cultural change, not necessarily a legal one... though the two are linked. I mean a culture where being a sex worker is not something that most people hide or gasp at. Strippers are, in some places, semi-"normal." You can date an ex stripper, in some circles. Ex-prostitute is, generally, a no-go. >>I, and likely most people, would be against that Yes of course. That's what not being normalized currently means. Normalisation would be a change in these opinions. Homosexuality was also "most people against" very recently. Also, I didn't say that I think this change is coming. Quite the opposite. The current trend is in the puritanical direction.

ljp_206 5y ago

I think one could easily imagine that sex work could be given a similar treatment like legal Marijuana. Obviously there are differences in these (for lack of a more useful word) 'vices,' but "normalization" for marijuana in the US does not mean free weed edibles as part of your comp package. It means it's shunned/controlled/a sort of deal breaker in professional settings, but more and more understood to be a choice people can make with their free time outside of work as long as it's safe, legal, etc...

RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
But you are talking about legalization, not normalization. At many companies, it is pretty normal for there to be alcohol, even at work related events. I doubt, even if marijuana were made legal, that you would see marijuana at work related events. There is a big difference between legalization and normalization. One way you can think of normalization is with regards to its status in a professional setting. If you mentioned around the water cooler that you went to a nail salon and had a pedicure, no one would care. If you mentioned that you went to legal sex worker, you would have an HR complaint filed against you. One is normalized, the other is not. I don't think sex in general will ever really be "normalized". It will always involve taboos of some sort.

dalbasal 5y ago

By normalization I mean a social/cultural change, not necessarily a legal one... though the two are linked. I mean a culture where being a sex worker is not something that most people hide or gasp at. Strippers are, in some places, semi-"normal." You can date an ex stripper, in some circles. Ex-prostitute is, generally, a no-go. >>I, and likely most people, would be against that Yes of course. That's what not being normalized currently means. Normalisation would be a change in these opinions. Homosexuality was also "most people against" very recently. Also, I didn't say that I think this change is coming. Quite the opposite. The current trend is in the puritanical direction.