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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I suspect there's high mental illness in sex work not because sex work causes mental illness, but because sex work is more likely to be performed by people who are willing to go 'against the grain' for money - common in poverty, poor support networks, or general life difficulty.
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AmIonStickam
@AmIonStickam
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@Aella_Girl
Interesting. What about social workers who forsake societal expectations of making great sums of money in order to help the less fortunate? They certainly go against the grain.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@AmIonStickam
not really. Society loves charity shit and to some extent hates 'richness' (e.g., the wall street protests). What society loves and hates isn't strictly about wealth, but about violating 'moral' norms
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@truthovertact
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@Aella_Girl
I feel it might also be that it takes a specific personality to perform the mental reset necessary to do some jobs every day. It could be because you enjoy it, it could also be due to a form of sociopathy or unhealthy coping habits.