Ok...what does porn have to do with Human Track flicking? And who even pays for porn these days? And what are these 13 states anyway?
Taking clients to a strip club is considered human trafficking by my current employer.
...yeah I don't think I need to explain how ridiculous that is. And I actually think internet porn is more of an issue than strip clubs.
Why? Because there's no human element to it, and it's so ubiquitous and easy to obtain. You can't go to a strip club with a few clicks, and even if you do, even if you are going just to look at people dancing naked, you'll still have a personal connection, maybe even some good conversations and become a friend. I know that I did, many times. Plus strip clubs hardly ever employ trafficking victims and there's not much need since the easy money ensures so many local women will do it. Regardless of the results of that economic situation, it's a fact. Going to a strip club is a beneficial activity with a human connection. Watching hordes of internet porn isn't.
Yeah, I feel you. And this is coming from the "liberal" defense contractor that started recognizing gay relationships in 2003. But yeah. In my time when I was adrift professionally, I spent a good deal of time at strip clubs. Learned a thing or two about how some people live and all kinds of interesting life hacks. Not to mention that they are where you go to find pot in the redder of states. It is definitely a bridge to unique stories and for every story that is as funny as it is sad, you hear real stories of courage.
Sex work in general is definitely one of those issues where you have a lot of very interesting middle-class people enjoying and expressing themselves and what they do and then this might all be happening alongside what more or less is rape. This is an issue where every simple solution is the wrong solution.
