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View submission: What's the current feminist take on OnlyFans?
On sex work generally, the two opposing stances in feminism are:
-it is inherently exploitative and buying sex should be illegal, but selling sex decriminalized (Sweden model)
-it is as legitimate of work as other work in capitalism. To protect the workers it should be legalized and regulated (Germany, Netherlands).
Sex work may be more dangerous in the former model, but it is normalized in the latter model resulting in prostitution rates which are extremely high (in Germany 20% of men attend a brothel DAILY). In Germany most women continue to be trafficked from Eastern Europe and coerced into work despite the work being legal.
Can you please link me the podcast. I am reading that book now.
Comment by MildlyCoherent at 03/11/2020 at 02:47 UTC
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I wrote at length about this in my undergrad and it's a point that can't be overstated, so to reiterate: there is evidence that suggests that sex trafficking occurs at much higher rates in countries where sex work is legal. I'm not suggesting that this means that it shouldn't be legalized (one could easily argue that this is a problem with regulations in those countries where it is legalized, not with legalization itself,) but it's something that should not be overlooked.
Comment by cxeq at 03/11/2020 at 12:07 UTC
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Gonna call bullajit on 20% of German men (8 million persons)
Comment by maddog367 at 03/11/2020 at 02:42 UTC
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I meant the more ontological stance opposed to the practical political ones. Like does partaking in sex work harm the ontology of being a “woman” specifically through increasing overall fungibility/objectification