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> All work is exploitative and the more so when the potential supply is larger than the demand. Look at the wages of office cleaners and supermarket shelf fille

by aikah 5y ago

> All work is exploitative and the more so when the potential supply is larger than the demand. Look at the wages of office cleaners and supermarket shelf fillers. There is a difference between doing blowjobs for a "living" and flipping burgers, if you can't tell then, I can understand how you would make such an absurd point.

handoflixue 5y ago
We already allow people to do blowjobs for a living, it just has to be pornography instead of prostitution. Why is it OK in one case, but not the other?
- aikah 5y ago
  > We already allow people to do blowjobs for a living, it just has to be pornography instead of prostitution. Why is it OK in one case, but not the other? Says you, who's we?
DarkWiiPlayer 5y ago
> There is a difference between doing blowjobs for a "living" and flipping burgers No, there really isn't. If one seems less appealing to you, just as it does to me, then that's fine because nobody is forcing us to do that kind of work. If, however, somebody else is completely fine with earning their money that way, why would we care or even tell them they aren't allowed to?
- dwaltrip 5y ago
  > If, however, somebody else is completely fine with earning their money that way, why would we care or even tell them they aren't allowed to? I'm pretty ignorant on this issue, so I may have this wrong. But my intuition is that sex work, on average and over the long term, is not positive for one's mental well being. Something about repeatably being so vulnerable and intimate with strangers who have little interest in your whole self. That said, even if I'm right, I'm not sure what the laws or policies should be.
  - DarkWiiPlayer 5y ago
    Here's a few jobs that are OK: - Shovelling shit all day - Listening to and dealing with other peoples traumatic experiences - Lying to people (this is really a whole lot of jobs) - Making sure locked-up people don't escape, using violence if "necessary" - Driving around with so few chances to take a break that one has to pee in a bottle - Working several shifts in a row saving life - Shooting people for a living - Bombing people for a living - Deciding who gets shot and/or bombed All of these are perfectly okay, according to society, yet getting laid is somehow "spychologically damaging" to the point where the decision cannot be even left to the individual? In what world does this make any sense? Let's ban sewers, therapy, all borderline-scammy business models, prisons, delivery drivers, hospitals, wars (3 times) first, then we can talk about telling people how bad it is for them to have sex for money.

by aikah 5y ago

handoflixue 5y ago

We already allow people to do blowjobs for a living, it just has to be pornography instead of prostitution. Why is it OK in one case, but not the other?

aikah 5y ago
> We already allow people to do blowjobs for a living, it just has to be pornography instead of prostitution. Why is it OK in one case, but not the other? Says you, who's we?

DarkWiiPlayer 5y ago

> There is a difference between doing blowjobs for a "living" and flipping burgers No, there really isn't. If one seems less appealing to you, just as it does to me, then that's fine because nobody is forcing us to do that kind of work. If, however, somebody else is completely fine with earning their money that way, why would we care or even tell them they aren't allowed to?

dwaltrip 5y ago
> If, however, somebody else is completely fine with earning their money that way, why would we care or even tell them they aren't allowed to? I'm pretty ignorant on this issue, so I may have this wrong. But my intuition is that sex work, on average and over the long term, is not positive for one's mental well being. Something about repeatably being so vulnerable and intimate with strangers who have little interest in your whole self. That said, even if I'm right, I'm not sure what the laws or policies should be.
- DarkWiiPlayer 5y ago
  Here's a few jobs that are OK: - Shovelling shit all day - Listening to and dealing with other peoples traumatic experiences - Lying to people (this is really a whole lot of jobs) - Making sure locked-up people don't escape, using violence if "necessary" - Driving around with so few chances to take a break that one has to pee in a bottle - Working several shifts in a row saving life - Shooting people for a living - Bombing people for a living - Deciding who gets shot and/or bombed All of these are perfectly okay, according to society, yet getting laid is somehow "spychologically damaging" to the point where the decision cannot be even left to the individual? In what world does this make any sense? Let's ban sewers, therapy, all borderline-scammy business models, prisons, delivery drivers, hospitals, wars (3 times) first, then we can talk about telling people how bad it is for them to have sex for money.