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by _bfhp 1759 days ago
In which other industry is a massive subset of workers r-ped each day?

There were children working in Industrial Revolution factories that ended up perfectly healthy. You and I recognize the practice as immoral (I assume?) because the exceptions don't matter

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Forced labor and violent abuse are common in many industries eg [1][2]. That said, abuse in the sex industry is more widespread and horrible than I realized. Knowing what I know now I would've responded differently.

[1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jessicagarrison/the-new...

[2] https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/policy-areas...