Re:The Internet Is for Porn
by witherk on Sunday December 20, 2020 @03:03PM
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I think you're right if you're only putting 1 sex worker and 1 porn addict on the scale, but I would imagine that for every sex worker there could be 100 porn addicts watching them, the math gets more tricky.
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This is an interesting point. The problem, I think, is that as individuals, we only have feelings based on our own experiences.
So, perhaps in an aggregate sense, there is more suffering of all the men men who are slightly stigmatized because they watch too much porn. But, none of them feel this as acutely as the single single sex worker who can 1) probably never get a more "legitimate" job again 2) may not be there of her own free will (yes, even if she is getting paid) 3) may not have any support network because her family has cut her off because of what she does (this is common).
Re:The Internet Is for Porn
by mbrodersen on Monday December 21, 2020 @06:20AM
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If I understand it correctly, porn actors are adults, working under signed, legal contracts that specify, in extreme explicit details, exactly what they will be doing during a shoot. If they were actually forced to do it, then it would be a criminal act of rape, something that would very quickly bring down producers responsible for it. Do you have any evidence that porn actors in general are forced to work?
Re:The Internet Is for Porn
by lanternfish on Monday December 21, 2020 @08:01AM
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Check out Doe vs. Girlsdoporncom.
The decision finds that the company used manipulation and intimidation to force young women into signing contracts they weren't supposed to understand which were contrary to spoken agreements.
This company was big (maybe still is) and isn't an outlier in the space.
Re:The Internet Is for Porn
by vladTheInhaler on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @05:46AM
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Actually that company is now dead, and one of the owners is an international fugitive.
Re:The Internet Is for Porn
by mbrodersen on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @09:55PM
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A single example is not evidence for it happening in general. There are plenty examples of factories dangerously mistreating their workers. That doesn’t mean that they all do it or that it is common practice.