Sex work is cool and all but it's also cool to be able to support your friends without it requiring them to give you pictures of their buttholes in exchange for money. I can't help but feel like this particular phenomenon is a product of a uniquely American capitalist hellscape and that maybe this sort of thing wouldn't need to be a normal occurrence in a semi-functioning society. What do you guys think?

    • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I guess? Idk friendship occurs in a lot of places lol.

      I don't think I would have a problem being a friend with someone I paid for sex, specifically if they are a sex worker and we are all on the same page there, but I have never paid for sex nor am I a sex worker so it's moot.

      I don't see how it's necessarily a conflict of interests though.

        • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Thats not the context though. The context is being friends with someone you know is a sex worker and you contacting them for that reason.

            • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              I mean that's sex work in a nutshell, so I'm not necessarily for it. Especially under capitalism.

                • Bedulge [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  Ehh, it doesn't seem unbelievable that some people would prefer selling nudes for extra cash over... I dunno, cleaning the bathrooms in a train station, or working in a daycare, or whatever other kinds of work might be available as part of a federal jobs guarantee program.

                • ComradeBongwater [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  Survive, yes...just not as prolific when the only people who do it are people who specifically want to do it.