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.

                  • Bedulge [he/him]
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                    4 years ago

                    I'm not sure about that. I think, with increasing automation, we are very quickly reaching a point where we don't need everyone working in order to have a fully functioning society (if we aren't there already).

                    I mean, some people are still gonna have to work for quite awhile into the future, and I specifically mentioned cleaning and daycares because those are jobs that I imagine won't be automated for quite some time. But my cautiously-optimistic vision of a non-dystopian, near-future is one in which a large portion of jobs have been automated or eliminated, basic needs (food, housing, healthcare) are provided automatically, and working is something that people do largely voluntarily, for extra money or some other kind of incentive.

                    Ie, you'd have an apartment, food, and healthcare, so you don't need to work if you can't, or even if you just don't want to (society won't really have enough jobs available for everyone, esp if the economy isn't fully oriented towards capitalist growth as it is now). But if you, like, want to get a Playstation 9 or whatever, you'd probably have to do some work, because we'll still need some people working to do some of the basic stuff that isn't easy to automate.

                    In a society like this, prostitution and selling nudes will likely still exist, but, unlike now, people won't be forced into it because its the only way to make sure the utility company doesn't turn their heat off.

              • 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.