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Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by meheleventyone on Monday March 08, 2021 @02:02AM (#26382957)
No ones bought it up but to me it seems an issue of of coercion and consent. Even if prostitution was 100% legal it should absolutely be up to the prostitute on a case by case basis when, where, who and how they had paid sex. On that basis your boss who inherently has power over you being able to ask for sex is to close to exploitation and easy to see how it can be abused. We should note this abuse is already all too common in non-sex roles.

I also think this applies to full time sex worker positions if there was an “and you’ve got to fuck your boss” contract clause.

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Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by necovek on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:21AM (#26383684)
That's a very good point: basically, it's easy to support sexual work as "contractor work", where the "working party" can choose who they work with, without any long-term commitment (or at least, simple way to break off the contract).

An employment contract is significantly different in that employer gets to decide who the work is done for by the employee.

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Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by meheleventyone on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:15AM (#26384097)
The same protections should be extended to full time employment as well. In the same way your boss cannot compel you to do something dangerous and there are standards around safety and workplace rules.
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Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by throwawayhehe on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:51AM (#26384343)
Not so fast. Can a landlord refuse to rent to someone because they are black, because they have children, because of their political affiliation?

Once sex work becomes legal, then it has to abide by the same rules as everyone else.

They are going to get a lot of customers that many of them would probably not want to touch if they were not getting paid to do so.

... and in many cases that will be exactly why they are getting paid to do so.

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