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>Thankfully I think this is a fringe viewpoint, you won't find too many people like this in the real world. The main problem is not SWERFs, it's that even sex-
by yanderekko 5y ago
>Thankfully I think this is a fringe viewpoint, you won't find too many people like this in the real world.
The main problem is not SWERFs, it's that even sex-positive feminists tend to want to "normalize sex work" only from the production angle but not the consumption angle. This means that the rebuttal to SWERFs is not "sex work isn't exploitative", but "capitalism is exploitative and sex work is often the best option given the circumstances." Which leads to passivity at best towards attempts to shame/punish men who patronize sex workers.
- mc32 5y agoThat’s a great point you bring up. (diff attitudes toward supply side vs demand side from advocates) I have not looked into the attitudes toward sex work on the other side of the iron curtain. That’s an interesting topic. Undoubtedly it existed, but in the absence of capitalism perhaps it could not be considered exploitative.
- DarkWiiPlayer 5y agoThat thought can really be generalised; the problem I tend to have with feminism is how it conveniently forgets to address the male side of many problems until it's specifically pointed out, only to be acknowledged briefly and then put on a shelf again.