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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,^[Sexual Ableism]^[Dating With Disability: How to Rise Above Sexual Ableism]^[Dating with Disability: Choose Your Dreams Over Sexual Ableism] 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...

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[โ€“] Amicchan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Wait, is there a difference between sex work and prostitution?

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[โ€“] Oatsteak@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

If you have to pay someone to have sex with you, they don't actually want to have sex with you. If you're still willing to take advantage, you're a rapist. Simple as that.

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[โ€“] arthur@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Sex work is work. Not only should sex work be legal but sex workers need to build a strong union. By claiming that "paying for sex is rape" you are completely disregarding the needs and wants of sex workers. This mentality often leads to laws that often make sex work much less safe for the workers and their clients.

[โ€“] leslieriver@fapsi.be 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Amicchan@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (15 children)

I was thinking of consensual sex work (sex work that is not done by neccessity, but by people who want to do sex work); but I agree with you that sex trafficking is rape.

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[โ€“] Catradora_Stalinism@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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