> Yes, exactly. Its all very well to argue that people should be free
> to sell sex to earn a living and certainly it is no worse than the
> ordinary labourer selling labour-power. But that doesn't mean it is
> wrong to feel revulsion at the idea of having to sell sex. That is
> indeed how we should feel, just as we should also feel revulsion at
> the idea of having to sell our labour.
>
> The idea that we should accept prostitution as OK is getting the
> whole thing backwards.
>
> The same as abortion. It is entirely reasonable to rail against
> economic and social pressure to terminate a pregnancy. Let's not kid
> ourselves about this. Its a symptom of our oppression, not a form of
> emancipation. It is scary that people see it as some kind of symbol
> of emancipation, such people are so deeply enslaved that they can't
> even conceive of freedom.
Ah, I get it. Hate the sin, not the sinner and all that....
Less cheekily:
The problem I see in the position you describe here is that when you frame it as not being against the sex work or abortion per se, but against the oppression that causes people to choose these things, you've already singled these things out in a way which can only be described as moralistic. The problem is that your position suggests to me that you'll *always* find some "oppression" angle to reinforce what is effectively your distaste for both.
Before sending my reply I finished reading the thread. I see you proved me right by drawing an analogy between sex work and slavery. Nice.
Matt
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