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by do_not_redeem 330 days ago
Not every job is glamorous. Would you be proud of your child for becoming a garbage man? "You'd make such a good garbage man!", we could say encouragingly to a new grad considering between sanitization engineering and Stanford.

Probably not, yet society depends on garbagemen to function smoothly. And we should be happy that in the modern era people can pursue unglamorous careers, and be accepted by society, and not suffer from the abuse and degredation of times past. Society is improving. It's only a dwindling number of bigots who look down on people because of their career choices.

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Garbage collection is similar to other male trades - they tend to be stable, respectable (although not the level of law/med to be sure but certainly among blue collar work), often well paid for the entry reqs.

Did humans stop abusing one another and I missed it, and all the harms of being used sexually by the world are gone now?

>It's only a dwindling number of bigots who look down on people because of their career choices.

Women have some of the strongest opinions against sw, so you have the floor if you want to attack that half.

https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-a-quarter-of-w...

Garbage collectors sell their body to a much greater degree than many sex workers. Male-centered fields that sell their body are celebrated, but female-centered ones are degraded. It is, indeed, misogyny.

I would be much safer making porn than being in the army, or even working in a warehouse. It would be less taxing on my body.

> A quarter of women think sex work should be stigmatised, says poll

Aren't we lucky that 25% of women have a strong man like you to protect them from the other 75% of women.