Non SW Leftists CANNOT be "critical" of the SW industry
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Here is a list of resources to learn about sex worker from actual sex workers who are engaged in the struggle for worker's rights:

  • https://www.nswp.org/resources/types/nswp-briefing-papers-248
  • https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/white-mans-burden-revisited/
  • https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/from-brothel-to-sweatshop-questions-on-labour-trafficking-in-camb/
  • https://titsandsass.com/the-massage-parlor-means-survival-here-red-canary-song-on-robert-kraft/
  • https://medium.com/purplerose0666/the-af3irm-agenda-b5ec31216904
  • https://medium.com/@katezenjoy/dear-esperanza-5aa7db4d501a
  • https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/decriminalising-sex-work-in-new-zealand-its-history-and-impact/
  • https://www.mayamorena.com/anti-equality-model-campaign/2021/5/22/pscegcnr680fh4oazlmwe8i5527o9j

Bigger repo of theory / resources:

  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oWxx3yodCJJGxTmqgCeB6csVAeRkllSQq_VUe78MJA4/view

Books to check out:

  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36224357-sex-lies-statistics
  • HodgePodge [love/loves]
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    3 years ago

    I realize this is vague, but the same way as any other work. It's a service people have always needed. I can dig around and see if I can find some specific writings on this.

      • KollontaiWasRight [she/her,they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Ehhhh... That's a kinda bad take. Sex and intimacy can be important to some people and their sense of wellbeing. "Need" may be a bit of a conflicted term here (does need mean "will die without it"? Or does it include things like my allergy meds, which I won't die without, but which massively increase my quality of life?), but a charitable reading of the post you're responding to seems to be reasonable - sex work has existed throughout history for a reason, after all.

          • HodgePodge [love/loves]
            ·
            3 years ago

            Very likely, yes. Sex work has been a trade for thousands of years.

            • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              So, after the development of agriculture leading to food surplus creating a population of more specified laborers and around the same time we developped debt slavery?

              • KollontaiWasRight [she/her,they/them]
                ·
                3 years ago

                Yes, prior to the existence of professions, the world's oldest profession didn't exist. I'm not going to play stupid games about things that aren't relevant. Spare me the bad faith nonsense.

                • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
                  ·
                  3 years ago

                  So that just means one of the first things someone did with their grain surplus was use it to get laid. I don't see this as a positive.