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Re: Sex Work Culture
« on: April 30, 2018, 08:01:28 am »
Of course they can be "stigmatized".  I wouldn't date a hooker for various reasons.  Isn't that stigmatizing?   We make value judgements on people all the time, and should continue to do so. 

The legal issue is completely separate.
Of course you make value judgments. Your values are socially constructed though and as such can change over time. The argument is that the stigma around sex work is one of those values that needs to change. If you wouldn't date a sex worker, that's fine. When the general culture is to treat them as sub-human that's the problem, not your personal dating preferences. Take polyamourism for example. You wouldn't date someone who's polyamourous, if that's not something that you're open with. However, you shouldn't be trashing people or treating them as immoral garbage for choosing to have open relationships that are honest and truthful with their partners. When the general pattern of behaviour is that most people in society treat them like ****, it's a problem. In sex work, this has led to violence and abuse that is not regulated by police because the workers' profession is stigmatized. Their abuse is not taken seriously as a result.
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