US Politics on Yik Yak | My most conservative take is that I don’t think sex work is a beneficial thing to society and shouldn’t be embraced. I understand this take is also hypocritical because I consume sexual content but overall I don’t see the positives for society as a whole.

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My most conservative take is that I don’t think sex work is a beneficial thing to society and shouldn’t be embraced. I understand this take is also hypocritical because I consume sexual content but overall I don’t see the positives for society as a whole.

Anonymous 3w

NOW, should people who create sexual content be criminalized, absolutely not. But I don’t think it should be a normal thing that is seen as a valid career path.

Anonymous 3w

I dunno about that. Sex isn’t really moral or immoral in any way, it’s an enjoyable physical activity that’s for adults, without coming with as many risks as, say, drinking. (If you do it right, but you can also say that about like. Bungee jumping.) The stigma around sex is cultural, so sex work gets seen as negative. I think it’s pretty neutral actually. Who cares if someone makes money on onlyfans or whatever?

Anonymous 3w

I’m open to having my mind changed though

Anonymous 3w

I ultimately see people turning to sex work as a symptom of our exploitative hypercapitalistic system

Anonymous 3w

I think that this notion typically comes from the idea that casual sex is inherently immoral or taboo, which can be a pitfall when creating policy. Whether or not you think it should be normal or a valid career, there are those willing to create demand and those willing to create supply, so there will be a market legal or otherwise. Legalizing and regulating the industry only serves to provide the workers with the safety they don’t get while the industry is criminalized.

Anonymous 3w

puritanical thinking is far more harmful to society than sex work. the problem of exploitation is a structural issue, not an issue specific to the industry. in a world where people's needs were all met and there was virtually no labor exploitation there would likely still be a booming sex work industry - possibly even more robust and widespread. the stigma is a major factor in why sex work is so exploitative; little to no labor rights, protections or regulations = ripe for exploitation

Anonymous

#2 3w

i think the issue isn’t morality. personally i support sex workers but never sex work, because the industry as a whole is exploitative and abusive as a whole. women in sex work regularly get injured on the job, often as part of the job

Anonymous

#3 3w

I mean, that’s true for a lot of jobs under capitalism- it’s unfortunately not something specific to sex work. What solves that is good regulation and ensuring the jobs are legal and respected. Sex work is like any other kind of work and should be treated as such.

Anonymous

#2 3w

My issue with sex work is it’s a similar business to drugs/ alcohol with how the mind is affected, if it was like the old days of porn where you’d have to go to a scuzzy store or buy a nudie mag, that’d be fine, it’s generally inaccessible. But now with the internet, it’s become way too widespread, unregulated and exploitative.

Anonymous

OP 3w

If it was like the same way we view alcohol or smoking like yes it’s pleasurable but could be dangerous / addicting, we’d be in a lot better of a place.

Anonymous

#4 3w

I’m more for legalization and regulation than I am a complete ban, like I mentioned in another comment, treating SW like we do alcohol and smoking would be the best path IMO

Anonymous

#5 3w

unironically your thinking is part of the problem, and you're a consumer too so what even is your aim here? "i want to consume the fruits of their labor but they should be stigmatized, relegated to legal grey areas, and denied the rights and normalization other laborers get" ?

Anonymous

#5 3w

funnily enough all the predatory producers probably agree with you. they also don't want it to be normalized cuz the current situation gives them endless access to talent pools of vulnerable people who operate in legal grey areas

Anonymous

#5 3w

I wish I wasn’t a consumer, I really do. If you check my other comments i think I explained my thoughts a little better

Anonymous

OP 3w

i read them. my points stand