This issue of language that you are encountering is a problem with pro-john rhetoric (like that of our comrade's here) that drives me crazy. They treat "prostitute" like a slur and correct it to "sex worker" when "sex worker" is orders of magnitude broader, encompassing work that goes across the entire legal spectrum and varying wildly in things like safety. "Prostitute" is not a slur, and in fact is quite a necessary word unless you want to resort to absurdities like "lady of the night" to refer to it.
Anyway, your argument is fair but I think it would be easier to use migrant labor as an example so that you don't get bad-faith objections about "infantilizing women" by comparing it to child labor.
Anyway, your argument is fair but I think it would be easier to use migrant labor as an example so that you don't get bad-faith objections about "infantilizing women" by comparing it to child labor.
Good point, that is a much better example. As a guy (who believe it or not doesn't even watch porn) I try my best to stay out of this sort of discussion as much as possible, because it almost couldn't be further from something that affects me. So I haven't thoroughly thought through my arguments.
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This issue of language that you are encountering is a problem with pro-john rhetoric (like that of our comrade's here) that drives me crazy. They treat "prostitute" like a slur and correct it to "sex worker" when "sex worker" is orders of magnitude broader, encompassing work that goes across the entire legal spectrum and varying wildly in things like safety. "Prostitute" is not a slur, and in fact is quite a necessary word unless you want to resort to absurdities like "lady of the night" to refer to it.
Anyway, your argument is fair but I think it would be easier to use migrant labor as an example so that you don't get bad-faith objections about "infantilizing women" by comparing it to child labor.
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Good point, that is a much better example. As a guy (who believe it or not doesn't even watch porn) I try my best to stay out of this sort of discussion as much as possible, because it almost couldn't be further from something that affects me. So I haven't thoroughly thought through my arguments.