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I think that anyone who apologises for prostitution should be required to state in clear terms that they'd be perfectly happy with their spouse or child doing i
by throwaway22032 3y ago
I think that anyone who apologises for prostitution should be required to state in clear terms that they'd be perfectly happy with their spouse or child doing it.
Anything else is rank hypocrisy.
edit: Comparing unhealthy or dangerous jobs to degrading/immoral ones is not arguing in good faith, and I made no mention of legality.
- jamaicahest 3y agoSo because I think it is ok that smoking cigarettes is legal, therefore I am perfectly happy if my wife or child started smoking?
- Denote6737 3y agoThere are plenty of legal job I wouldn't want my spouse or child doing. Active military service for example. Doesn't mean I think it should be illegal.
- throwaway22032 3y agoFair enough. I'd personally be proud of them.
- goeiedaggoeie 3y agoThat is such a weird system of value. Obviously there are people who will do that. The reality is that sex work happens, bringing it out of the shadows protects the most vulnerable people, mores have very little to do with this. As a society we should be protecting these people where we can instead of moralizing.
- plagiarist 3y agoBelieving X should be legal => you must be happy if your spouse is an X. I would not be happy if my spouse were religious, therefore I must not believe religion should be legal.
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- financltravsty 3y agoSure, why not? I’m not the owner of my spouse and children. And if they believe becoming prostitutes is something they need to do, I’ll still support them.
- yieldcrv 3y agothe way I deter people I care about from working in fast food is by showing them other options and paths to thriving in those other options the similarity to sex work being the low socioeconomic status, and lack of influence, prevalence of labor trafficking, and generally not bragging about the role