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[–] 147 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Seems like like this could be rephrased as: people driven into prostitution to avoid starvation.

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  • [–] 41 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    The way it's phrased is that they added an additional payment method, not that people are turning to prostitution to eat.

    Could just be that food is all the Johns have to pay with.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    The main reason why people don't want to be paid directly in food is because food is inconvenient or even costly to store and transport, and may not retain its value over time (potential loss to spoilage).

    But if your local currency is also inconvenient to store and transfer, and doesn't retain its value over time, maybe food is the better store of value.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Something like this could be rephrased as: economy is so bad that no one has money for sex.

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