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I'm just so sad. Sex work rescued me from a soul crushing life, it gave me an escape - and my story is a common one! The moralistic pressure against porn as inherently exploitative is extraordinarily damaging, particularly to the underprivileged. 1/

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Aug 20, 2021

I grew up in an oppressive religious atmosphere that viewed deviant sexuality as harmful. It would 'corrupt my soul', it would emotionally drain me, it would make me a vacant-eyed wreck. But no, it fucking didn't. They were wrong, I was fine. And they still don't believe me.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

I'm mad at every person who irresponsibly talked about how porn is damaging, how we need to protect kids, without also reminding us that we have a duty to protect the rights and freedoms of consenting adults to behave how they wish.

10:41 PM · Aug 20, 2021

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These people just can't imagine that maybe human beings can *be different from them*. They think hey, I'd feel horrible if I engaged in sex work, so other people must feel horrible too! Such an egregious typical mind fallacy.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Aug 20, 2021

No, me and many other people like me *are different from you*. We have different relationships to sex, actually, genuinely, and our sex work feels good and vibrant and healthy. We're not in denial, we're not a threat, we're just different from you, why can't you understand that?