protect sex workers – tora42's nonsensne

jumpingjacktrash:

marxferatu:

here are my sex work views: yes it’s exploitative and misogynist and coercion but you cannot pass laws that drive it further underground and make it even more dangerous and give the state more control to abuse sex workers and if we got society to a point where poverty was basically eradicated/everyone’s needs were met that would be the closest to abolishing it

my hot take: it’s exploitative because of the power imbalance caused by criminalization.

when sex workers are free to openly unionize, set their own fees and hours and working conditions, and can rely on the police to the same extent as other citizens, they will no longer be any more exploited than any other industry.

sex workers should be treated the same as any other skilled physical service worker, such as massage therapists and fitness trainers.