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Wouldn't encourage anybody to get into sex work, but it's no one's place to tell others what they can and can't do with their body. The industry should be regul
by throwaway743 4y ago
Wouldn't encourage anybody to get into sex work, but it's no one's place to tell others what they can and can't do with their body. The industry should be regulated for the safety of workers and to help root out exploitative/abusive scumbags.
- 71a54xd 4y agoSure, but then again regulating drugs for the safety of addicts whom we shouldn't tell what to do / not do with their bodies has gone great over the last two decades... I was stunned to travel to the Netherlands to find that even in a country where sex work is legal - Dutch citizens have done everything they can to close the red-light district in Amsterdam and see the industry as a source of crime and degeneracy. Those engaging are still largely ostracized, shamed and seen to have a net negative affect on Dutch society at large.
- throwaway743 4y agoWhere are you talking about? Definitely hasnt been done in the States. Portugal seems fine. Also, could careless about pearl clutchers and moral zealots shaming folks for what they choose to do with their own bodies. They're the real problem in society. Always have been.
- LargeTomato 4y agoWe should actually discourage people from pursuing sex work. Stigma and "whorephobia" (a term from the article) is a perfect way to do that.
- throwaway743 4y agoNo, we shouldn't shame anyone. Let them do what they want with their bodies and accept them as equals in society.
- Georgelemental 4y agoShame is a useful social technology, that evolved for good reason—to enforce important social norms necessary for society's survival.
- 71a54xd 4y agoI'm not religious, I find those ways of thinking idiotic - but his line of thinking is childish and arguably is what has lead to a lot of current societal decline.