At least a woman can take the easy way out and become a prostitute. A man has no such "luxury". Society does not pity weak men the way it pities weak women.
It's the apex of capitalist dehumanization to suggest that having few marketable services makes a person "weak" or that being having sex with people you don't love for money to eat food is a "luxury."
sadly the comments here reflect the overwhelming male capitalist bias of the HN community.
- A transactional view of life and relationships.
- Quick dismissal of concern for sex worker exploitation because "all jobs are exploitation", which simultaneously (a) minimizes the particularly bad nature of sexual exploitation, (b) speciously defines all work as exploitative, effectively neutering the word "exploitation" and (c) essentially saying exploitation is normal.
- There's almost a palpable giddiness in the comments overall. You can sense the immense confirmation bias. A post by a sex worker who portrays it in very businesslike and mostly positive ways, speaking positively about most of her customers, essentially providing validation for men who want to buy sex, who don't want to feel any guilt, or think about whether they are being exploitative / taking advantage of an imbalance of power.
- Few showing any awareness that Aella's is far from the typical experience, that most sex work is done in desperation, that our society doesn't give everyone even close to a level playing field.
- A harsh reaction against anyone being a party pooper by raising negative issues.
- Some comments showing veiled resentment that they have to pay a woman for sex, that women have it easier, that men are the unlucky ones, the oppressed ones.
- Compare the reaction here to posts about sexism in the tech industry.
> - A transactional view of life and relationships.
Is the irony not lost on you making such a statement on post about prostitution?
A "sex worker" is just a euphemism for a whore. You know what they say about lipsticks and pigs.
> that most sex work is done in desperation, that our society doesn't give everyone even close to a level playing field.
Cry me a river. That is such a lame copout. Not all of these prostitutes are desperate, and even the ones that are make a better living than some software engineers. You are telling me that a person can't find any job other than selling their own body??? What would you tell all the other women making minimum wage? Should they all become whores too?
My whole point was that desperate men don't even have the same luxury of such a fallback "job", so your statement is rather ironic.
> - Some comments showing veiled resentment that they have to pay a woman for sex, that women have it easier, that men are the unlucky ones, the oppressed ones.
Well, is it not true? In the sexual marketplace getting sex for women is effortless, and for men it takes all the effort in the world.
