Wage Slavery

[Freeky]

EV'RY DAY I'M SHUFFLING.

[Cain]

I agree, for the most part.

I think porn and prostitution is degrading and wrong, but I don't they should be illegal for the same reason I don't think pot smoking should be illegal...That is to say, I don't get to tell you what to do.

(Note that the above is not an invitation to turn this into drug thread #3459.  It was just a comparison.  So shut up.)

Like using pot, hiring a prostitute makes me more creative and in touch with my Higher Self, man.

[LMNO]

This thread is now about LMNO.


SHAKE THAT

[Freeky]

Holy shit, that's a cowboy hat, not a cat ears hood. 

I am disappoint.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

No real understanding of the reality of sex work?

There are a metric boatload of blogs and testimonies from ex-prostitutes and porn stars, they aren't that hard to find.

I just think you don't WANT to see the reality of the situation.

How easy is it to see the parts of porn that are alright when you are viewing it through a "metric boatload of blogs and testimonies from ex-prostitutes and porn stars"? Ever read a "I dabbled in porn and it didn't leave me irrevocably damaged" blog? How about the "I worked in a strip club to pay for college" blog? Because the now successful lawyers and moms want to highlight this information in a world that would stigmatize them if they were to find out about this part of their lives?

As I mentioned before, in apparently yet another portion of the thread you couldn't be bothered to read, I don't need to read such a blog, particularly, because I did that myself. And dated a stripper. And know people in sex work. Furthermore I am extremely sex-positive, as are most of my friends who have worked/still work in the sex industry. I'm not exactly a "Virtuous Woman™", although I am a woman of many virtues.

So wait, what was your point?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

One word I think is really significant when we're talking about the sex industry is the word "industry".

If people make a video for their own exhibitionist pleasure and post it online, if it's not about profit, there's no industry. Just exhibitionism. When I get bored taking the train downtown I send upskirt shots to my boy du jour. Not industry. Just sex. Not relevant to this conversation, any more than a woman making love to her husband in the privacy of their bedroom is relevant to this conversation.

I'm just hoping that nobody else will bring up that particular red herring AGAIN.

[LMNO]

Holy shit, that's a cowboy hat, not a cat ears hood. 

I am disappoint.

GANGNAM STYLE!

[Don Coyote]

Holy shit, that's a cowboy hat, not a cat ears hood. 

I am disappoint.

THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE BETTERER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Not to nitpick, but I doubt we have any real understanding of reality of the sex work situation.

Hey, who are you speaking for, friend? Certainly not me.

He's speaking to Theoretical Internet People, who are all just like him and lack the diversity of background and life experiences that make up the actual people who participate on this board.

[LMNO]

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

"I try not to let it affect me, but it does.  It affects my personal relationships.  When I'm stripping for a living, my first instinct is to get you to like me, because you liking me means you'll give me more stuff.  So I end up having ulterior motives for making friends and getting to know people.  And it sucks, and I know it's a shitty thing to be thinking, but I can't help it."

I responded to this, but lost the post because I'm still not quite used to the "hey, some people have posted since you started writing this so might want to check it out before this goes through" functionality. This ties in well, with Fidel's point above and the psychology of it.

I'm going to have to give this some more thought.

Holy shit, what is this?

Thinking about things and perhaps reconsidering your position?

ON THE INTERNET?



WHERE IS THE GODDAMN HEAD-EXPLODE EMOTE

[Phox]

"I try not to let it affect me, but it does.  It affects my personal relationships.  When I'm stripping for a living, my first instinct is to get you to like me, because you liking me means you'll give me more stuff.  So I end up having ulterior motives for making friends and getting to know people.  And it sucks, and I know it's a shitty thing to be thinking, but I can't help it."

I responded to this, but lost the post because I'm still not quite used to the "hey, some people have posted since you started writing this so might want to check it out before this goes through" functionality. This ties in well, with Fidel's point above and the psychology of it.

I'm going to have to give this some more thought.

Holy shit, what is this?

Thinking about things and perhaps reconsidering your position?

ON THE INTERNET?



WHERE IS THE GODDAMN HEAD-EXPLODE EMOTE

IKNORITE?

Also, we need back.

[Cain]

As a theoretical internet prostitute who specializes in translator roleplays, I am offended.

[LMNO]

[The Good Reverend Roger]

One word I think is really significant when we're talking about the sex industry is the word "industry".

It's also the horrible part.