[quelsolaar]

I'm saying that hiring people to do a job that is extremely dangerous, and likely to cause the worker harm, especially for your own enjoyment is exploitative.

Most of the jobs you list are FAR safer then prostitution. But yes I would argue there are lots of other jobs that i would outlaw for the same reason. Like Bumfighting, a lot of dodgy construction, self harm, jobs without proper safety equipment, gladiators, and a lot of military recruitment. You are exploiting, or are very likely to be exploiting people in dire situations.

[free_bip]

Thanks for clarifying. And yes, you're right that objectively sex work (as in, having sex with someone, not the revisionist definition including onlyfans) is high up on the most dangerous professions list.

However, that doesn't mean it has to be that way. My personal belief is that it should be treated a similar way to alcohol:

- there are only specific, licensed places where you can get it

- you must be over a certain age

- you cannot enjoy it in public

- establishments have a right to refuse service if you seem intoxicated or belligerent

Plus, adding on security to check for weapons and intervene in the rare case of violence.

In my opinion, if you combine all those regulations, sex work would be more than safe enough for it to not be considered a "dangerous" profession.

[quelsolaar]

Yes, Sex work can be made more safe. However none of these protects against the psychological harm that may sex workers are experiencing. There is plenty of evidence how harmful prostitution can be to mental wealth.

You list things that regulated to protect the user of drugs, tobacco and alcohol, but with prostitution, the product is a human being that needs to be protected too.

The Nordic model, does not outlaw selling sex, but criminalizes buying. In my opinion, selling sex may be harmfull, but i see no ethical reason against it. However there is no ethical way to buy sex, because its impossible for a buyer to be sure that you are not causing serious harm to the person you are buying from.

[frozenseven]

Here's an idea, adults can regulate their own lives. You don't get to dictate how other people live based on some flimsy notion of "psychological harm".

[quelsolaar]

Yeah thats an old idea, that have proven again and again to cause misery. Its not flimsy at all. Its peer reviewed science.

[synecdoche]

There’s no psychological harm in the other extreme?

[frozenseven]

>peer reviewed science

Ok, troll.