India’s sex workers turn to WhatsApp, Instagram to find clients safely

Post by qingcharles » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 9:04 PM UTC

willcipriano wrote: post #15

mise_en_place wrote: post #3

> She could not meet her clients outside due to movement restrictions in her city Sangli, nor bring them home as she didn’t want her daughter to know she was a sex worker. It must be wild to have a sex worker as a parent. Maybe I’m getting older but there’s no way that’s a good environment to be raising a kid in. Like that adam22 guy, no way his daughter will turn out normal. Especially when they were using her for c…

I'm fairly certain what you describe in the last sentence there is a crime. A very serious crime.

Post by rngname22 » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 9:08 PM UTC

mise_en_place wrote: post #3

> She could not meet her clients outside due to movement restrictions in her city Sangli, nor bring them home as she didn’t want her daughter to know she was a sex worker. It must be wild to have a sex worker as a parent. Maybe I’m getting older but there’s no way that’s a good environment to be raising a kid in. Like that adam22 guy, no way his daughter will turn out normal. Especially when they were using her for c…

Post by rurp » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 9:09 PM UTC

skilled wrote: post #13

throwawayadvsec wrote: post #6

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It's just a job. If you're independent, mentally sane, and not blowing your money on drugs, you could actually give a better to life to your kids that 99% of people. I knew someone who invested enough of the money she made that way so that her daughter would never have to work a single day of her life, and she was like 40yo.

It’s a job, sure… but it certainly isn’t straightforward or without its problems. And above all, sex isn’t exactly “I tried these gloves and I didn’t like them so I will get the other ones” type of deal. Love is great because it’s innocent and exploratory, I find it hard to believe these sex workers deal only with clients who are in it for romantic aspects, which means a lot of the time these women will be taking on…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 9:11 PM UTC

qingcharles wrote: post #21

willcipriano wrote: post #15

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I'm fairly certain what you describe in the last sentence there is a crime. A very serious crime.

What dystopian country are you in that makes a video of breastfeeding an actual crime?

Post by _a_a_a_ » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 9:13 PM UTC

pixl97 wrote: post #26

dijit wrote: post #20

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I would go further and say that some people who are against sex work are against the propensity for other crime to occur (including trafficking, drug use etc) or for violence to be perpetrated against sex workers. Ironically, if we didn't have puritan attitudes, the majority of those issues would be mitigated quite drastically.

In a strange twist, I wonder if the puritan attitudes increase the retail 'price' of sex work? Said attitude/laws increase risk, which lowers the number of workers in the market, which increases potential earnings of those willing to participate in the market.