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Here is a list of resources to learn about sex worker from actual sex workers who are engaged in the struggle for worker's rights:
- https://www.nswp.org/resources/types/nswp-briefing-papers-248
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/white-mans-burden-revisited/
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/from-brothel-to-sweatshop-questions-on-labour-trafficking-in-camb/
- https://titsandsass.com/the-massage-parlor-means-survival-here-red-canary-song-on-robert-kraft/
- https://medium.com/purplerose0666/the-af3irm-agenda-b5ec31216904
- https://medium.com/@katezenjoy/dear-esperanza-5aa7db4d501a
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/decriminalising-sex-work-in-new-zealand-its-history-and-impact/
- https://www.mayamorena.com/anti-equality-model-campaign/2021/5/22/pscegcnr680fh4oazlmwe8i5527o9j
Bigger repo of theory / resources:
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oWxx3yodCJJGxTmqgCeB6csVAeRkllSQq_VUe78MJA4/view
Books to check out:
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36224357-sex-lies-statistics
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if their work weren't criminalized they wouldn't be as subject to coercion lmao
Amazon isn't criminalized and their workers pee in bottles and die in hurricanes.
yeah, that's what "sex work is work" means. work sucks. it's capitalism. you already know that, and you know i know that.
certainly they're abused, but they won't get imprisoned or deported if caught doing their job, and they have recourse to some labor protections (albeit constantly eroding ones).
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yea i would agree with that. but my conclusion is always gonna be "decriminalize, destigmatize."
i'm poppin off in these comments i still haven't watched the video lol
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Just like how black market marijuana completely disappeared immediately after legalisation?
that's a pretty bad argument for criminalizing drugs too
Where did I argue that marijuana should be criminalised? I merely stated that the black market doesn't necessarily disappear with the appearance of a "white" market.
and i didn't say they did, but they're significantly reduced and made less dangerous for people working within them
Apologies, I misread your comment, please disregard what I said.
kind of a common trope about people talking about sex work being abusive making a rape joke. on the internet.
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It is a dismissive joke. It's trotting out atrocity for shock.
I roll my eyes at this.
Lmao, 6 days old account. I roll my eyes at that.
Yes, the shit stirrer telling you to take serious subjects seriously.
This.
That what theory predicts (or just observation of the world tbh), it doesn’t preclude sex work in itself.
It will be legalized, exploited and then they’ll be worse off than they started (in global north*). again not saying it’s not a work or whatever tho, if some say they like it I believe them :shrug-outta-hecks: also it’s not an act of abuse if two adults are consenting of their own free will. If you say they won’t eat if they don’t - congratulations, but that’s exact same for everyone. (I’m excluding abusive leeches on top here, who will coerce them otherwise)