it's kinda ironic that there's such a vibrant movement to let women have control over their own sexuality, yet we still have laws that would jail me for having sex if I happened to get money for it.
We only mean "control over your own body" if it's socially approved control.
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Serious question though: what do we do about the rampant abuse and sex trafficking? And all those who don't actually want to have sex, they just really need the money, no matter how much it damages them psychologically? I let myself just ignore them for far too long...
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Working in a factory damaged me psychologically way more than sex work
Also sex trafficking numbers are intensely unreliable if you look at the sources
Decriminalizing sex work would let workers actually go get police help if they needed it.
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But there *are* negative externalities associated with sex work. Banning the whole thing is a pretty blunt, ineffectual way to go about it - but society has a legit interest in monitoring/limiting the activity.
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Can you say more about this? What are the externalities? What is the legitimate interest?
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White knighting and savior complexes fuck things up for everyone.
There's nothing worse than assuming everyone needs protection from themselves, or is unable to make decisions that will not harm themselves.
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Society has always paid more lip service to bodily autonomy than actually respecting it. Maybe one day that will change
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I live in a country where my work is legal yet not at all close to being socially approved.
