I feel like the sex trade issue is one of the most divisive issues out there. I find people so candidly talking about it, from jokes about pimping people out being regular, to others admitting that they distribute pornogrophy on multiple platforms as a hobby. I dont remember people being routinely candid about this until the past year or so. I mean that could be prosecuted in some countries I think. Maybe im unlucky?

I feel like questioning when it comes up it is as divisive as conversations about China/Russia human rights, or religion. And I hear this from anyone, from my coworkers who are entreched in the gig economy to gender studies phd students in the ivory tower. There is no greater can of worms than saying maybe distributing porn is a net loss for humanity, or paying for porn doesn’t make things more ethical, yet it seems so painfully obvious to me that it would not even need to be said.

I get that this is mostly just the liberal take im seeing its just strange that there is such a lively consensus. People are so bold and just assume others believe the same as them. And the irony is unbearable, a fun time of dunking on libertarians routinely preceeds glorifying the sex trade. Do other people see this where they live or is it just me? I feel like my partner and I, and a few maoists I know are the only ones I know that are sex trade abolitionists.

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    2 years ago

    I think that the few people (adults) who actually choose to do sex work – meaning that everything they do is their own decision, as far as it’s possible to make your own decisions under capitalism – should be free to do so, through OnlyFans and the like (although the capitalists who actually own OnlyFans are obviously exploiting their workers, so it would be much better with a co-op arrangement). That also includes erotic artwork, but I think that needs separate regulation to prevent the really disgusting and potentially scarring works – e.g. depictions of pedophilia absolutely shouldn’t be legal just because the person depicted isn’t real, in my opinion

    (basically, I more or less agree with my fellow rodent)