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Re:Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet le... by jrm4 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @09:15AM (#33007508)
Real talk. As someone who was raised Catholic, I just sort of assumed that sexual repression was a by-product of strong religious beliefs, and now I'm both fascinated and dismayed to discover that religion is in no way a requirement for this.

America has managed to reinstate sexual repression, and it's odd how there's no clear "source" for it beyond "habitual capitalism" or something like that.

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Re:Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet le... by alistairSH on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @09:33AM (#33007711)
religion is in no way a requirement for this

What makes you say this? Roe was tossed aside by a largely reactionary Catholic bench[1]. State-level anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, and anything else dealing with sexuality is largely pushed by Evangelicals or other fundamentalist Christian politicians.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Supreme_Co...

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Re:Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet le... by jrm4 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:43AM (#33009300)
I now no longer believe it's a primary driver -- rather a reflection-slash-convenient reason for some underlying social force of repression.

Point is, repression can still exist and manifest without it. See e.g. "thirst traps."

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Re:Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet le... by alistairSH on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:48PM (#33010130)
That's probably true, but as somebody on the other end of the political spectrum, I'm not sure it matters that much if the reason is actually "because Jesus" or really "Jesus is just an excuse". Either way, voters and the politicians they elect self-identify as conservative Christian while ramming through policies that are largely not the will of the people (at a national level).
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Re:Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet le... by Der_Einzige on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:37PM (#33009989)
What's funny is that Latinos are turning away from the pope and toward protestant evangelism due to Catholicism being precieved as being too liberal.

Also, because white identification from Latinos is skyrocketing.

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Re:Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet le... by ladyattis on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:17AM (#33008235)
The irony is that Saint Augustine said prostitution was a necessary evil. So it just seems like modern moralists have refused to operate within the real world where some things we find repugnant are legal and protected.
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Re:Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet le... by circlefavshape on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:53AM (#33008673)
It'd be really interesting to study sexual repression in chimps or bonobos. Might have some underlying game-theoretic roots, and not actually be unique to humans
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Re:Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet le... by lazide on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @09:34AM (#33007730)
Hardly a uniquely American thing.
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