countries where prostitution is legal have higher rates of human trafficking. that’s like an actual fact. not an opinion or anything. so tbh it seems a bit ‘swerfy’ to completely ignore that
speaking, uh, as a formerly-trafficked sex worker, it’s extremely difficult to come forward as a trafficking victim in countries where sex work is criminalized; you just… get criminalized under those same anti-prostitution laws. of course reported trafficking would increase when the sole fact of coming forward as a sex worker at all no longer endangers you.
This line of argument is the same one that you see with conservatives who point to the increase in divorce rates as proof that making divorce safer is endangering marriage, while ignoring the massive drops in domestic abuse, murder, and suicide.
It’s a shot argument with them, and it’s a shot argument here.
In WWI, when they introduced helmets, they saw a sudden spike in head injuries.
What the casual observer may miss was that they were seeing the increase because of a dramatic decrease in deaths from head wounds.
Tag: sex work
seeing a disturbing number of people promoting the idea that incels and red-pillers should go see sex workers or “just get an escort” and similar things…might i remind everyone that sex workers are not lesser beings we can just foist society’s problems off on, and that they are definitely not on the hook to absolve an entire culture of its legacy of violent misogyny. we should absolutely not be flippantly suggesting that these often-violent misogynists and woman-haters spend more time alone with women who don’t have the legal or institutional means to defend themselves, and who are already facing increased risks of sexual violence and physical abuse from their regular clientele.
Sex workers are not a sponge to soak up the worst men.
What kind of clientele are sex workers taking on in the first place? 🤔
Hello friend, as a retired sex worker I can literally tell you.
About 20% of my clientelle had some very specific reason to seek my services such as actual medical issues including but not limited to erectile dysfunction, vaginismus, delayed ejaculation, paralysis/special needs, etc. And other issues that can cause difficulty finding a partner such as autism, severe anxiety, and even severe speech impediments.
About 30% of my clients were there because they had issues in their relationships that they were unwilling to/unable to/ unprepared to deal with such as their wife being unable to/unwilling to/ unprepared to assist them with their sexual proclivities (which could be as tame as just receiving a gd blowjob) and they didn’t want to have an affair. This, while ethically interesting, had no bearing on how they treated me and how safe i felt with them.
About 10% of clients partners were AWARE that they were with me and were comfortable with it.
Another 30% of my clients were in professions that did not make dating possible (incredibly busy, high profile/celebrities).
Maybe 5% I thought were sociopaths and an additional 5% were nervous virgins who wanted to learn how to have basic vanilla sex so they’d be more comfortable in an encounter with someone they really liked.
There are many reasons people may choose to purchase sex! And I know for damn sure based on that shitty line you just used implying that all people who purchase sex are like incells and that sex workers deserve to deal with men like that, that I have had clients who respect sex workers more than you ever could!
Also you know damn well incels would resent paying for sex. they believe they’re *entitled* to sex.
they literally live in a world where sex work is a thing.
if going to a sex worker would solve the problem then the problem would already be solved
they don’t think they should have to *do* anything to “get” sex
*that’s* the problem, not the lack of sex itself
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