My opinion is that sex work should be legal. It would enable involuntary virgins to get a good sex experience for payment; they will be guaranteed a good sex experience with a sex worker: no harassment, good education, and a fun time.

Sex work gets shamed by people puritans because of payment for sex and it’s “sinful”; yet these same persons puritans get and have sex for free out of “passion” or marriage; they also discriminate against minorities in sec.

EDIT: Apparently there is an implied difference between sex work and prostitution. I mean sex work.

EDIT 2: I messed up the writing of my post. My real opinion is located in this comment:

Oof. I didn’t realize there was way more exploitation than just sex traffickers. It totally makes sense though; sex trades are a product of capitalist exploitation and the existence of private property. (Naturally under communism, the prevalence of sex trades would be heavily reduced.)

It seems like I couldn’t communicate my ideas properly beforehand. I don’t want people in the sex trade to be criminalized; I want pimps and johns to be criminalized.

Only a few hours ago: I wanted to support a sex trade industry that didn’t involve rapes or rely on economic coercion. I just wanted disabled people, who keep getting discriminated out of sex,[1][2][3] to be able to feel better about their lives; a lack of sex can cause mental health issues in some people (even though this shouldn’t happen). (However, having sex probably won’t fix the issue, it will just hide the problems until later). Now I feel like shit…

  1. Sexual Ableism ↩︎

  2. Dating With Disability: How to Rise Above Sexual Ableism ↩︎

  3. Dating with Disability: Choose Your Dreams Over Sexual Ableism ↩︎

    • MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml
      5·
      3 years ago

      How much would you charge a man to have sex with you so you could pay for rent/food? Are you aware that sex work comes with damn near zero legal protections, no insurance benefits, no job security, tons of health risks and so on?

      Just because the guy working at Wal-Mart has been working there for a decade, that does not at all mean he enjoys his job. The same goes with sex workers who have to go through all kinds of physical, mental and emotional abuse in their line of work that go beyond what the guy at Wal-Mart has to deal with.

    • Catraism-Stalinism@lemmy.ml
      31·
      3 years ago

      if you want it from someone, you at least have to pay quite a lot for such a service. They deserve respect and lots of cash.

        • MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml
          3·
          3 years ago

          Funny, I’m pretty sure the going rate for a SW in the USA is $300/hour. But sure, keep on sharing your painfully ignorant views.

            • MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml
              4·
              3 years ago

              I gotta ask, does leftism in your opinion not include the ability to seriously discuss issues like sex work? Because right now you just sound like a manchild who just can’t help but make lame ass jokes.

              Seems to me SWs can charge a lot, and your ignorant ass just can’t wrap your head around what exactly sex work involves. People like you honestly creep me out-- seemingly incapable of having an adult conversation but still desperately wanting to be a part of it.