> no tech, there's no engineering impact, and it's a dangerous topic
Those are not the criteria for whether something belongs on Hacker News. The criterion is simply that a story be intellectually interesting.
This one is complex in that it has intellectually interesting aspects as well as other aspects. But that's not uncommon.
I flinched when saw this headline, then cringed when I realized it wasn't just a terribly inappropriate reference to the "gig economy".
I wish we could restrict discussion about sex work to those who have been involved in it, or at least ensure their voices are included.
But I know this doesn't belong on hacker news. There's no tech, there's no engineering impact, and it's a dangerous topic given the delicacy of gender issues in a startup culture context.