Men on Twitter kept comparing it to boxers or MMA fighters, which strikes me as pretty insulting to boxers and MMA fighters... Like, these guys are highly trained athletes who *want* to fight and enjoy their sport.
They only relevant point they have in that context is that historically boxers specifically (not sure about the MMA) were those with far less economic opportunities thus more willing to get their ass kicked for money (I only know this bc my cousin did it after he got out of prison until he got his life together.) HOWEVER, that is still ridiculous considering the reality of our society that regardless of how woke or accepting someone claims to be there will always be a stigma associated with sex work due to the inherent biological and sexual differences of men and women. Those who argue against that may want to consider how many prostitutes and porn stars do they interact with regularly and not in a form of virtue signaling or to further exploit them? If these academics and activists truly believed there was no stigma they would be clinking glasses with them at charity events on behalf of their cause-showing everyone how they are totally fine and definitely not suffering from the exploitation they chose to promote.
Men on Twitter kept comparing it to boxers or MMA fighters, which strikes me as pretty insulting to boxers and MMA fighters... Like, these guys are highly trained athletes who *want* to fight and enjoy their sport.
They only relevant point they have in that context is that historically boxers specifically (not sure about the MMA) were those with far less economic opportunities thus more willing to get their ass kicked for money (I only know this bc my cousin did it after he got out of prison until he got his life together.) HOWEVER, that is still ridiculous considering the reality of our society that regardless of how woke or accepting someone claims to be there will always be a stigma associated with sex work due to the inherent biological and sexual differences of men and women. Those who argue against that may want to consider how many prostitutes and porn stars do they interact with regularly and not in a form of virtue signaling or to further exploit them? If these academics and activists truly believed there was no stigma they would be clinking glasses with them at charity events on behalf of their cause-showing everyone how they are totally fine and definitely not suffering from the exploitation they chose to promote.