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Re:Bangkok plans to ban all street food by year′s end by Oxitendwe on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @02:31AM (#14145916)
>Many sex workers have little choice

But some do, why would you take away their ability to make money? Do you think they'll thank you for taking away their livelihood?

> It also legitimises sex as a labour asset, increasing gender inequality

The vast majority of sex workers are female, meaning there is a much smaller market for males and so it is more difficult for them to make money. Is that what you meant by inequality? In any case, why shouldn't sex be a labor asset? This goes back to my original comment - what DO you have against female autonomy?

Re:Bangkok plans to ban all street food by year′s end by Chris2048 on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @06:35AM (#14146765)
> Why would you take away their ability to make money?

And why should anyone pay tax? Or obey the law?

> Is that what you meant by inequality?

In part, yes. And that hard-labor for men isn't at all similar.

> why shouldn't sex be a labor asset?

Why shouldn't having a vagina imply the burden of having to use it? Please stop talking about 'female autonomy', it's a BS framing of the issue.

Re:Bangkok plans to ban all street food by year′s end by Chris2048 on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @12:41PM (#14149125)
To be clear:

1) In the case of someone who chooses to be a prostitute freely, (without desperation): that's fine, but then the issue is entirely different; namely that the populace determinate what should be permitted within its borders, and it's economy, e.g. I can make more money if I didn't pay tax, but that's doesn't mean it's an option; likewise, some women may freely pursue sex work, but not in a country that bars that economy.

2) specifically in the case of free, un-coerced choice; why should a female student be able to fund their studies through sex when most male students can't? Why would society encourage the explicit monetisation of sex?

3) My opinion is that having a vagina shouldn't imply the burden of having to use it, and I'm saying that's what it means to consider sex/genitalia a 'labour asset'.