[lbo-talk] Re: alt-porn & explicit content

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 4 17:03:38 PDT 2005


Leigh Meyers wrote:


>No one here is using the "E" word in regard to the topic... Exploitation.
>
>Bad form for marxists...

Whenever the topic of sex work comes up, a lot of people can only focus on the "sex" part, and not the "work" part. If it's work under capitalism, it's exploitative, and those of us on the side of the workers want to make life better for the workers. Whether they're file clerks or strippers.


>But in my humble opinion, the kind of person interested in personal happiness
>uber-alles probably doesn't care very much about what's detrimental to anyone
>besides their own circle of acquaintance.

Who said anything about uber alles? Can't anyone make an argument without resorting to caricature?

Doug



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