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No it's not, it might be acceptable in a few societies but in a vast majority of societies across the globe sex work is both frowned upon and illegal. You are
by mrphoebs 4y ago
No it's not, it might be acceptable in a few societies but in a vast majority of societies across the globe sex work is both frowned upon and illegal.
You are naive if you think all prostitutes are willing participants that chose this as a career. Across the world forced prostitution/sex work is fuelled by human trafficking of women and minors.
In an ideal world human beings should be free to make their own choices based on their context and society free to judge them based on it's context. One can't have it both ways. One cannot have absolute individual freedom within a social substrate and be an accepted member of said society without adhering to the norms of the social contract, what ever that might be.
- justinclift 4y agoSimultaneously, it takes some balls (sic) to claim that sex work in all countries is definitely the result of human trafficking (etc). How about: "In some countries, sex work seems to be illegal and problematic. But in other countries, it's regulated and successful.".
- mrphoebs 4y agoI didn't claim sex work in all countries is a result of human trafficking. I said forced prostitution is fuelled by human trafficking. >"In some countries, sex work seems to be illegal and problematic. But in other countries, it's regulated and successful." My take is similar to yours, I'm just communicating to the original commentor that the societies where sex work is legitimate, regulated and safe is a minority compared to the societies where it isn't.
- justinclift 4y ago> I said forced prostitution is fuelled by human trafficking. Thinking about it, that's a good point. "Unforced" (eg voluntary or better term) prostitution seems like it wouldn't have anything to do with "human trafficking", as they'd be kind of anathema to each other.
- cscurmudgeon 4y agoWait I thought “ It's only controversial in the US”. Now, it is “some countries”?
- justinclift 4y agoYeah, I reckon that's a silly statement too. It's clearly "controversial" (in various ways) across a large range of countries.
- Beaver117 4y agoIn terms of legality, well drugs are illegal too and they're still widely used and somewhat frowned upon in the US. Morally, it's up to you but the human trafficking numbers are larely exaggerated and most participants are willing.