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When I tried sex work for the first time, I braced for some sort of emotional blowback, like something bad would happen cause I'd heard people like Matt say this stuff before. But when I left, I didn't feel any of that. I felt incredible. And then I was mad people had lied to me.

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Matt Walsh

@MattWalshBlog

Dec 16, 2020

Sex work is not real work. It is the reduction of the self into an object to be used and discarded by strangers. A woman on OnlyFans invites the world to devalue and dehumanize her. Self-debasement for profit. Nothing noble or respectable about it.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Dec 18, 2020

"I can't believe I hadn't been doing this my entire life," I remember telling my friends. "This was fine. I don't feel bad at all. I was scared I'd feel gross, or dehumanized, but I don't. Why did they all tell me I would??"

Aella

@Aella_Girl

To be clear, some women do have difficulty handling it emotionally, and do feel gross/used. Prob those women shouldn't be doing sex work if they have other options that are better for them. Also, other jobs make ppl feel grossed and used, and you should condemn those too.

7:51 PM · Dec 18, 2020

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Would rather do sex work than retail work

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>other jobs make ppl feel grossed and used, and you should condemn those too Which ones?

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I think, many sex workers feel bad because of the way society treats them, not because of their work as such. they would certainly feel better if people treated them with respect.

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do you get to be picky and choose good looking attractive ones to offer your services to? or you feel good the same, doesn't matter the looks of the person? when i imagine myself doing sex work that a problem i have: i think i would need to REALLY like the person to be able to.

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That probably often good advice. But regarding the case of more ‘ordinary’ jobs that make people feel uncomfortable: some people simply have standards too high for what the world is able to give them. I don’t think there’s a good general solution.

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