I think both can be true. I always like to imagine: If we had luxury-space-communism, would these sex-workers still be doing sex-work?
Some absolutely would be, some absolutely would not be. Based on vibes, I think most wouldn’t, and that’s a problem.
But I think the same can be said for accountants, or wait-staff, or most other professions. The problem is the “need to earn a living” that is pushed on people by society.
Doesn’t really matter what entirely different conditions would theoretically produce. These ones produce coercion, and not just typical wage slave coercion. The sex industry is rife with it, it’s inseparable from it as of today.
Though even if we did look past that, there’s some rhetoric that has been used by basically every communist ex-sex worker I’ve met. It goes like this: under capitalism wage labor is wage slavery, there is a strong coercive component. Then what is coerced sex? And sex for a wage? The answer would trigger the content filter.
I think both can be true. I always like to imagine: If we had luxury-space-communism, would these sex-workers still be doing sex-work?
Some absolutely would be, some absolutely would not be. Based on vibes, I think most wouldn’t, and that’s a problem.
But I think the same can be said for accountants, or wait-staff, or most other professions. The problem is the “need to earn a living” that is pushed on people by society.
Doesn’t really matter what entirely different conditions would theoretically produce. These ones produce coercion, and not just typical wage slave coercion. The sex industry is rife with it, it’s inseparable from it as of today.
Though even if we did look past that, there’s some rhetoric that has been used by basically every communist ex-sex worker I’ve met. It goes like this: under capitalism wage labor is wage slavery, there is a strong coercive component. Then what is coerced sex? And sex for a wage? The answer would trigger the content filter.
Here is an article that touches on that phrasing and also directly answers your statements. Content warning: sexual abuse. https://thistlefarms.org/blogs/learn/articles?srsltid=AfmBOopWRF4cNLXjqrjwQuknMCh5H-TKVxDpv2c7E0RP_d_nd5xUH9Kw