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Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet letter?

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Re: Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet letter?

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All this time, and technology hasn't solved this issue? Wasn't bitcoin supposed to be applicable here - anonymous transactions? Wasn't the internet supposed to enable humans to interact at will without censorship?

Typically technical solutions don't solve social problems

Re: Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet letter?

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Again with the denigrating of sex work. It's a pervasive and ancient part of human society, but it should not be studied, because? We study bookmaking and banking and families and art, but not this because, it's naughty? it's taboo? it makes some uncomfortable?

All that is a clear sign to me, that we need more such scholars.

Re: Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet letter?

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All this time, and technology hasn't solved this issue? Wasn't bitcoin supposed to be applicable here - anonymous transactions? Wasn't the internet supposed to enable humans to interact at will without censorship?

You can do the same with just cash.

It won't go in the floppy slot somehow...

Re: Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet letter?

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Again with the denigrating of sex work. It's a pervasive and ancient part of human society, but it should not be studied, because? We study bookmaking and banking and families and art, but not this because, it's naughty? it's taboo? it makes some uncomfortable? All that is a clear sign to me, that we need more such scholars.

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Re: Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet letter?

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Regardless of your stance, yes, this is a serious article and has been actively debated for several decades now. And it has also lead to a huge amount of cognitive dissonance.

America seems to be more backwards on anything sex-related than Victorian England.

Re: Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet letter?

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All this time, and technology hasn't solved this issue? Wasn't bitcoin supposed to be applicable here - anonymous transactions? Wasn't the internet supposed to enable humans to interact at will without censorship?

They do, but not if you use a commercial platform.

Host your own infrastructure (ftp/email/www/etc.) and use Btc, and you will have a lot more liberty but not "reach"... so you can't have your cake and eat it too.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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