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But, the children! We need to protect the children! (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And you think these issues are limited to sex work? You don't think office workers are used and abused by c-suite?

I have friends who do sex work, but you're free to lecture me all you like since you're the expert, allegedly.

Part of the massive issues in sex work is to do with poor rights and protections for sex workers, because it is stigmatised and not seen as real work. Obviously trafficking and child abuse are unacceptable but they are not inherent to the job, they are an issue in the same way child labour is in many other fields. There are simply more protections in place in other fields to prevent it from happening as much.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Ive never had my boss come into my office and ask me to get naked so he can sodomize me, no. Is that a common occurrence at most office jobs?

    Talk to cops and lawmakers. They dont want sex work legitimized because its connected to a ton of other crime that is also not legitimate. You cant say this part is legal and ok without creeping into those other areas too. Its all a negative effect on society just like legalizing drugs has an overall negative effect. Just because its difficult to stamp it out doesnt mean we need to legitimize it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    While I think prostitution is probably unsafe, I also think of it as a perfectly legal and fine line of work. Its like welding but your welding visor might be acrylic which kills your eyeballs via UV, or actual UV and impact protection. You can make prostitution sex encounters safer. To make them absolutely safe the person wanting to have sex would need a test right before and would need to be there until the tests results came in negative. There after they could play as much as they wanted. So its a technology limitation. Brutality and other violence issues could be prevented in many ways. Definitely the atmosphere should be such that the worker is safe in all respects, and vice versa for the client.

    I was originally thinking more in terms of the porn industry where all the actors do know each other and they should be allowed to say no to anything they don't want to do and yes to anything they want to do.

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