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rrneck

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5. It's more of a labor issue than a gender issue.

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 03:36 PM

Jun 2012

If someone wants to be a sex worker, that's fine. If they have to be a sex worker because they need the money or do a kind or volume of sex work just to survive, the injustice of that added to the social stigma and the emotional difficulty of "paid faux intimacy" can be horrible and horribly unfair.

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"Entitlement" to sexual activity in the "patriarchy". [View all] ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2012 OP

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I've met at least a couple of women who were former professionals libodem Jun 2012 #4

It's more of a labor issue than a gender issue. rrneck Jun 2012 #5

it comes down to a business relationship loli phabay Jul 2012 #9

No entitlement issues with my GF and me. Clames Jun 2012 #6

Your right caseymoz Jun 2012 #7

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Their arguments don't make a lot of sense until you realize 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #10

I feel everyone is entitled to sexual activity, as long as its consensual between adults loli phabay Jul 2012 #11