1/OK, so, @noahpinion, being a complete jerk, offloaded the job of responding to this Robin Hanson post about sex redistribution onto Yours Truly.
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/04/two-types-of-envy.html …
So here we go...
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2/Basically Hanson asks "If you want to redistribute money, why not redistribute sex too?" Here is the quotey-quote:pic.twitter.com/Ky538VikAk
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3/So, most people's reaction to this is probably going to be "FUCK YOU ROBIN HANSON WOMEN DON'T OWE YOU SEX!!!" And that's a good and legitimate reaction.
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4/It's worth remembering that Hanson is an extremely creepy guy, who once asked what's so bad about "gentle, silent rape": http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/11/gentlesilentrape.html … Yes, Hanson does seem to think of women as objects, so I guess it makes sense that he'd want to redistribute them. That's bad.
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5/But just because a question is motivated by EVIL doesn't mean it's STUPID. And Hanson's question, though seemingly motivated by evil, is an interesting one. Why *don't* we care about equality of sex?
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Senate-confirmed Noah Retweeted Will Wilkinson 🌐
6/One easy-sounding answer is: "Duh! Just legalize prostitution and then redistribute money!" --> https://twitter.com/willwilkinson/status/990036941545582592 … It's the neoliberal, complete-markets sort of answer. And OK, sure, sure.
Senate-confirmed Noah added,
Will Wilkinson 🌐Verified account @willwilkinsonReplying to @robinhansonWomen's consent isn't something that can be redistributed. Legalize and destigmatize sex work, and destigmatize paying for sex. Then, if there's still a distributional issue, you can just redistribute money. It's pretty simple.1 reply 5 retweets 36 likesShow this thread -
7/But there's a big problem with that simple answer. Most of the things we associate with the word "sex" aren't actually things that could be bought from a prostitute. Or in any market.
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This is the key. No incel will be satiated by prostitute sex. It's actually more likely to cause backlash if anything since they'll never find the intimate connection they want there.
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