Post #1052747

2026-04-10 21:54 UTC

I think you are really downplaying the risks here. I have friends who have done sex work. It’s incredibly dangerous. Men may hurt you. They may stalk you. They may give you a std. Maybe the woman agrees to a specific service and the man forces her to do something she said she didn’t want to go. It’s not like they can go to the police. Police will just say “well that’s what you get for being a whore”.

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@DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 2026-04-11 01:06

think you are really downplaying the risks here. I have friends who have done sex work. As do I. Friends and family both. And I have never heard a sex worker say any of the things you ascribe to them. Do sex work in your 20s instead of developing a career. Then when you are too old and 40 with no job prospects and no skills, and no one wants you. What then ? I’m wondering if you actually know that many people in the industry. Bcs I’m middle aged, everyone I know who does SW is close to my age, so they’re all 35+, mostly over 40, and doing fine. But if that weren’t the case, the same question can be asked of anyone doing manual labor, once your body breaks down (which happens a lot earlier for manual laborers), what do you do? To borrow an old quote: If you think that the prostitute sells her body and the coal miner does not, your view of labor is clouded by your puritanical view of sex.

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@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2026-04-10 21:57

Which is why every one of them supported making sex work legal so they have those protections.

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