| coolbeans said: I follow you on the mental-emotional complexities; however, the base of both occupations comes back to said workers still having agency over their bodies* and deciding to agree to the transaction. A trade of x value for y value. A man forcing himself onto another man/woman without their consent is absolutely vile and doesn't share this key aspect with prostitution. *(to emphasize again: this is disregarding the uglier stories of sex trafficking to focus on the principle of this argument) |
You're not getting it. My point in comparing prostitution and rape is that, once the transaction is made, the one party, for all intents and purposes, LOSES their free will, their bodily autonomy, and they DON'T typically enjoy it! I have but proposed that such a surrender should not be an option. That's not the same thing as taking away a woman's self-determination, but more like assuring it by removing the commercial factor. That's how I view it.
