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> If these videochat businesses are employing girls who would otherwise go into prostitution, surely that makes them a good thing? Are you being intentionally
by weland 13y ago
> If these videochat businesses are employing girls who would otherwise go into prostitution, surely that makes them a good thing?
Are you being intentionally thick? These businesses aren't employing girls who would otherwise go into prostitution. In the absence of proper regulations, they simply act as legit proxies and money laundering networks for prostitution, and this status quo is maintained using bribe money from pimps, many of whom are either officials or financers of officials.
- lmm 13y agoWell, clearly some girls are actually videochatting rather than just using it as cover for prostitution. Clearly some girls are being employed in jobs that didn't exist prior to these businesses. And the article shows that at least some of these businesses really are exactly what they claim to be (and really why wouldn't they be? It's profitable enough). "It can be used for money laundering" could be given as an argument against basically any possible business.
- weland 13y agoI'm sorry, the difference in cultural context is far too high for me to be able to properly explain this. You have a very optimistic view about how sexual exploitation actually works.