All Along The Watchtower
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« on: July 13, 2016, 04:15:29 PM » |
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« edited: July 13, 2016, 04:22:55 PM by PR »
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To add to what KingSweden said earlier in this thread re: normalizing sexuality (read: not feeling guilty about or disgusted by sex between consenting adults) in American society, I would also say that I have a fairly similar stance on pornography as I have on prostitution: regulate it (or in the latter case, legalize and regulate it) and protect people who work in both fields from exploitation and abuse (which unfortunately does happen at a disturbingly high rate). Furthermore, if more young women - particularly from disadvantaged/low socioeconomic backgrounds - had more opportunities for becoming economically independent and achieving social mobility and security, then perhaps there would be less women who turn to these lines of work out of desperation (as opposed to it being a voluntary career path, which certainly happens and to which I am by no means opposed).
No need to ban sex-related work, just protect the safety and dignity of the people who work in it (and FFS, stop shaming people - or rather, stop shaming women, because let's be real...they receive the brunt of the shaming and condemnation from others - who do sex-related work).
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