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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suppose it depends on how desperate someone is for money. I am in an industry where client relationships are important, but more money will not make my hard no a yes

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Indeed, as I clarified under another comment

Tbh I know little about the topic and was under the (maybe wrong) impression than many sex workers are poor people that need to do it to survive. But then I guess the issue I was pointing is more about our capitalist society than about sex work

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That I cannot say, and seeing as in the vast majority of the US it is illegal, all we have is supposition unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Labor as coerced selling of one’s body is an interesting view.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's literally all work in capitalism. You use your time and body to do things for other people in exchange for money. We're all prostitutes, only a few of us have sex for it.