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The idea that there exists a human right to purchase sex, i.e, to take advantage of your economic position in order to make use of other people's bodies for per
by cornholio 4y ago
The idea that there exists a human right to purchase sex, i.e, to take advantage of your economic position in order to make use of other people's bodies for personal gratification, and that that's something promoting health, is a probably a soft form of sociopathy.
- antonyt 4y ago"Human right" may be a bit extreme, but what about the myriad other ways we "take advantage of [our] economic position to make use of other people's bodies"? Am I a sociopath if I get a massage? A manicure? Hire movers to take my couch down the stairs? If not, what makes selling sex different?
- PretzelPirate 4y agoI think you read the comment the wrong way. No one should have the right to purchase any arbitrary person for sexual gratification. It should be my right to bodily autonomy, and I should be able to accept money for work that involves my body. As a carpenter, I can accept money and in exchange, do work that is tough on my body and will have long-term physical effects. I should be able to also accept money in exchange for using my own body for to sexually gratify someone (I'm certainly allowed to do it free). The right we should have is the right to decide how our body is used, not how we can use the body of someone else.
- ETH_start 4y agoIf someone wants to have sex with you, for any reason other than you defrauding them or threatening to violate their rights, and someone else uses the threat of violence to prevent them from having sex with you, that violates both of your human rights, according to any definition of human rights grounded in bodily autonomy and free association.