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(11-06-2015, 04:18 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: However, as I pointed out in a previous post, I know other people in the industry, at least one of whom is also a phone sex operator, and she honestly found the entire thing laughable when I spoke to her about it. Â So why should I put Umi's opinion on the subject above that of my friend of over a decade?
Because that says your assessment of the argument is based on longevity and how much you like the person making it. We're all prone to that, but we at least maintain the polite fiction that we view things based more on evidence than anecdote.
As for who represents the industry, that's the bugger of it - it's hard to represent the industry because the industry is silenced for fear of retribution from legal authority.
Assessing the material conditions and attitudes of sex workers* is more sociology than my own field, but if you would like a larger picture of the issue, then I will find what I can.
*Making a distinction here between sex workers and victims of sex trafficking because trafficking is a complicated and weird term, and even in the world of labor trafficking, sex workers are often blamed as somehow complicit. Why this doesn't happen to agricultural laborers for trafficked farm workers is beyond me.
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