Even if sex work or the porn industry is across the board illegal in China and before pulling out the accusations of concervativism or trying to do analysis based on western developed nations sex worker expeience, we should understand that in the collective memory of nations that were brutaly colonized and feudal a couple of generations ago "sex work" and the related industries mean and evoke completely different things and social/historical traumas.
After the Chinese Revolution what was "sex work" to the Chinese masses minds but the basicaly sex slavery of tens of millions of peasant women to the rich landlord class and to the westerners in the big cities. What was prostitution but the humiliation and rape of millions of "comfort women" to the Japanese colonialists. What else was to be done for the liberation of women based on their lived experiences and emotions but try to abolish prostitution and sex related exploitation.
Even if it has to be readjusted somewhat with the times and regulated into more sustainable ways their stances on this and similarly on drugs (for similar historical reasons and experiences) are very understandable and legit
The "comfort women" thing has a way of staying in the news because Japanese politicians like denying it.
this could be about abolishing sex trafficking.
Copying part of my comment from elsewhere: I don’t think being conservative (in the sense of reserved) should be mistaken for being reactionary. Pornography, as it exists in the world today, is a huge market for nominally illegal forms of porn, particularly involving minors and non-consenting parties of various kinds (intoxication, voyeurism, revenge porn, trafficking, etc.). These things are difficult to account for and may require systems more sophisticated than China currently has.
Does that mean the specific policies they have now are completely correct and rational? Probably not, just more points to consider.
Even if sex work or the porn industry is across the board illegal in China and before pulling out the accusations of concervativism or trying to do analysis based on western developed nations sex worker expeience, we should understand that in the collective memory of nations that were brutaly colonized and feudal a couple of generations ago "sex work" and the related industries mean and evoke completely different things and social/historical traumas.
After the Chinese Revolution what was "sex work" to the Chinese masses minds but the basicaly sex slavery of tens of millions of peasant women to the rich landlord class and to the westerners in the big cities. What was prostitution but the humiliation and rape of millions of "comfort women" to the Japanese colonialists. What else was to be done for the liberation of women based on their lived experiences and emotions but try to abolish prostitution and sex related exploitation.
Even if it has to be readjusted somewhat with the times and regulated into more sustainable ways their stances on this and similarly on drugs (for similar historical reasons and experiences) are very understandable and legit
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The "comfort women" thing has a way of staying in the news because Japanese politicians like denying it.
Copying part of my comment from elsewhere: I don’t think being conservative (in the sense of reserved) should be mistaken for being reactionary. Pornography, as it exists in the world today, is a huge market for nominally illegal forms of porn, particularly involving minors and non-consenting parties of various kinds (intoxication, voyeurism, revenge porn, trafficking, etc.). These things are difficult to account for and may require systems more sophisticated than China currently has.
Does that mean the specific policies they have now are completely correct and rational? Probably not, just more points to consider.
I like this comment. Providing context without necessarily condoning.
Said it better than I could. Thank you.