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by chillwaves 3360 days ago
The aspect of victimization that comes with sex work is really embedded into capitalist society. If people were not compelled to work (basics like housing, food and medical taken care of) then sex work would truly become a choice and not an expression of oppression.

Not to say it's never a choice, but we have to acknowledge the underlying struggle that often comes with it (homelessness, drug abuse, broken homes, no viable source of income).

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... but we have to acknowledge the underlying struggle that often comes with it (homelessness, drug abuse, broken homes, no viable source of income).

Being a woman.

(I wasn't actually joking. Men typically make vastly more than women and housing is crazy expensive...etc. Anyone care to explain the downvote? Poverty has been well documented as being an overwhelmingly female issue.)

Thank you for helping me understand. I did not think from that perspective.