Thanks for the clarification, which I fully agree with- buying sex is not some “revolutionary” or “liberating” act.
That said, as for the second thing, I think I’d have to disagree, ultimately. Societal ills exist- hell, they continue to exist even in every AES that has risen up so far, and will always be a work in progress until a truly complete socialism is built (and even then, truth is humans are humans… fingers crossed, but people are complicated beings and I don’t see that going away). Until we have some perfectly utopian society- if that is possible- (a better society that is always improving however, is undeniably possible- hence why we’re both communists) there’s good reason to believe sex work will exist in some increasingly minuscule form even under AES- and the truth is, it will not be the failings of the individual (sex worker, that is)- but it will be the failings of the socialist society thus far (of course, as no system is “perfect”- but communism presents the path forwards, and of course I believe that) which will need to be attended to, that lead to this inevitability.
The act of purchasing sex should not be normalized; sure. But the truth is, the societal consequences and stigma have almost always been brunt by the “industry’s” victims, the sex workers themselves- and these stigmas play a significant role in keeping many of them within the work to begin with, or forcing them into more dangerous, disenfranchised, maligned circumstances.
It’s not a matter of prudishness as I see it- but a matter of human decency, that the stigmas against sex workers should be combated. Perhaps “normalization” is not the most effective way to go about this- hell if I know- but I definitely think that any disdain and othering of sex workers- and all other lumpenproletariat- is a reactionary cultural belief in and of itself that should be worked against and ultimately purged. I suppose to be specific, I think that the “normalization” of sex workers is absolutely necessary; as for sex work itself and the sex “industry”- that’s another matter, though at some point it becomes hard to cleanly divide the two when it comes to normalization.
Maybe I should avoid the language of “normalization” as you say. The end goal however is simple- sex workers and all lumpenproletariat should be destigmatized and integrated into society- (perhaps the words destigmatization and integration would work better)- both for decency’s sake, but also because these stigmas and marginalization play a large role in why they remain in such circumstances.
Thanks for the clarification, which I fully agree with- buying sex is not some “revolutionary” or “liberating” act.
That said, as for the second thing, I think I’d have to disagree, ultimately. Societal ills exist- hell, they continue to exist even in every AES that has risen up so far, and will always be a work in progress until a truly complete socialism is built (and even then, truth is humans are humans… fingers crossed, but people are complicated beings and I don’t see that going away). Until we have some perfectly utopian society- if that is possible- (a better society that is always improving however, is undeniably possible- hence why we’re both communists) there’s good reason to believe sex work will exist in some increasingly minuscule form even under AES- and the truth is, it will not be the failings of the individual (sex worker, that is)- but it will be the failings of the socialist society thus far (of course, as no system is “perfect”- but communism presents the path forwards, and of course I believe that) which will need to be attended to, that lead to this inevitability.
The act of purchasing sex should not be normalized; sure. But the truth is, the societal consequences and stigma have almost always been brunt by the “industry’s” victims, the sex workers themselves- and these stigmas play a significant role in keeping many of them within the work to begin with, or forcing them into more dangerous, disenfranchised, maligned circumstances.
It’s not a matter of prudishness as I see it- but a matter of human decency, that the stigmas against sex workers should be combated. Perhaps “normalization” is not the most effective way to go about this- hell if I know- but I definitely think that any disdain and othering of sex workers- and all other lumpenproletariat- is a reactionary cultural belief in and of itself that should be worked against and ultimately purged. I suppose to be specific, I think that the “normalization” of sex workers is absolutely necessary; as for sex work itself and the sex “industry”- that’s another matter, though at some point it becomes hard to cleanly divide the two when it comes to normalization.
Maybe I should avoid the language of “normalization” as you say. The end goal however is simple- sex workers and all lumpenproletariat should be destigmatized and integrated into society- (perhaps the words destigmatization and integration would work better)- both for decency’s sake, but also because these stigmas and marginalization play a large role in why they remain in such circumstances.