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Re:Inside Pornhub by goblin89 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:10AM (#30451097)
Imagine you are compelled by a few seasoned guys to enter a contract when you are at the youngest age that is allowed by law (which is how they like it). You are half intimidated, half curious and you don’t have a lawyer you can ask for legal advice on this matter.

The power asymmetry, physiological and emotional factors at play, the irreversibility of the action (the guys working you know that once they have a tape, you are quite easily manipulated), their gain and your potential damage exceed those in any legal industry.

Yeah, you are paid a hundred bucks and “money makes it legal”.

Re:Inside Pornhub by esyir on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:18AM (#30453452)
Hey, are you talking about the military?

Here's the thing though, we do set a line after which you're legally given as much rope as you want to hang yourself with. I don't see how you fix the adverse outcomes without causing even worse failure in other areas.

Re:Inside Pornhub by goblin89 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @07:41AM (#30453979)
Let’s be stark: to equate military to this is to treat military service as exploitation for someone’s financial gain and pleasure. It could be a valid position, but not necessarily the one I would consider mainstream.

Addendum: ah, and vastly different implications. Service in most countries is not associated with a stigma, is much more transparent, etc.