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(11-06-2015, 04:31 AM)Calliope Cloverbloom Wrote:(11-06-2015, 04:26 AM)McBeefâ„¢ Wrote: To play devil's advocate for a moment, Barista's don't get murdered, trafficked, and raped at much higher rates than the populace at large.
I don't agree with parts of the 'Crusade' either, but your comparison is disingenuous.
...and if they did, I bet you a lot less people would decide to undertake a career as a barista, wouldn't they?
Sorrynotsorry, but I can't be sympathetic to the consequences of a life someone is choosing to live. Unless we're talking literal sex slavery, this is a choice to undertake those risks as a part of the job. In every country in Western Civilization (and a majority of countries elsewhere in the world) humans are able to choose what to do for a living. Yes, there has to be demand for workers in a given field in a given region. We're also capable of relocating to other places where there's more demand for work of a type that we want to do and which has a risk level we're willing to tolerate.
Yeah, people deserved to be beaten/raped/slandered/murdered for their harmless choices just because other people disagree with them, you're right. That makes total sense. Let's exclude the offenders of any blame and put it all on the victims instead.
Is the sarcasm here palpable? I really hope it is.
Yes, prostitution is a dangerous field of work. (Though, funny enough, that's largely because it's illegal in most states in the US so it can't be properly regulated, and removing the negative stigma could help make it be legalized, as well as help erase the mindset that sexworkers somehow "deserve" violence against them because they're doing something "bad.") I would not recommend anyone go into it. They're putting themselves at risk. However why the fuck should anyone just accept that and not try to change it? Why should we just accept that as something that's okay? It's not. It's not at all. Just because you've put yourself at risk for something, while it may be a poor choice on your part, doesn't mean you "deserve" anything harmful or illegal to happen to you.
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