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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
How would sex work function outside of capitalism?
Stripping and porn are basically performance arts but with eroticism. People will still have passions for performance and it’ll look different for different people.
I imagine prostitution would be less popular since there’s no need to sell one’s body, but if someone likes having sex as a service then they’ll do that with more safety in mind because they don’t have to worry about economic coercion or being arrested.
And there are people that will voluntarily provide sex as a service with all their needs otherwise met?
I don’t see why not. “Sex therapy” is a relatively niche field at the moment. They have strict boundaries with the clients and only have sex under certain circumstances. Some people also just really like sex but don’t want the relationship. It’s like a one night stand, but your name and personal ‘brand’ is known. I imagine dominatrixes will still be popular post-capitalism (even if they’re not strictly related to intercourse)
Content creators but NsFw
I realize this is vague, but the same way as any other work. It's a service people have always needed. I can dig around and see if I can find some specific writings on this.
People don't need sex.
Ehhhh... That's a kinda bad take. Sex and intimacy can be important to some people and their sense of wellbeing. "Need" may be a bit of a conflicted term here (does need mean "will die without it"? Or does it include things like my allergy meds, which I won't die without, but which massively increase my quality of life?), but a charitable reading of the post you're responding to seems to be reasonable - sex work has existed throughout history for a reason, after all.
So, hunter gatherer societies had sex workers?
Really? That is what you're gonna focus on?
Recorded history, then.
So, after the development of agriculture leading to food surplus creating a population of more specified laborers and around the same time we developped debt slavery?
Yes, prior to the existence of professions, the world's oldest profession didn't exist. I'm not going to play stupid games about things that aren't relevant. Spare me the bad faith nonsense.
So that just means one of the first things someone did with their grain surplus was use it to get laid. I don't see this as a positive.
Very likely, yes. Sex work has been a trade for thousands of years.
Either going union rate or private negotiations? :shrug-outta-hecks:
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Unions are good thing in specialized spheres of production as well, like I don’t know average preparation time of a worker for job, or usual time in business before retirement, and I don’t think it’s ideal to offload this onto government in idealized society.
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Sex Worker Unions are very much a thing and they're awesome.