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Ostracizing sex work has become fully normalized, so unfortunately people read this and immediately think, "Why not pretend to be someone else?", "Why not just
by kodah 4y ago
Ostracizing sex work has become fully normalized, so unfortunately people read this and immediately think, "Why not pretend to be someone else?", "Why not just do other illegal things (like tax evasion)?"
- DiggyJohnson 4y ago> has become fully normalized I don’t think this is a new phenomenon at all. I would guess it’s the norm through much of history.
- UncleMeat 4y agoIn early modern venice, the state operated and promoted a special place for prostitutes to work (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_delle_Tette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_delle_Tette - "Titty Bridge") because they were afraid that men not getting enough sex would turn them gay! The history of sex work is fascinating and wildly diverse.
- giraffe_lady 4y agoYou would guess wrong then.
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- retrac 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_prostitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_prostitution