Edit to add my opinion so I’m not just replying “I agree” to 90% of comments. I think it should be legal, properly regulated, taxed and viewed as a profession. I haven’t personally engaged in it but I have no moral objection to it. I do hate the common sentiment that it was the individual’s “only option” though.

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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    21 hours ago

    Its an acutely exploitative labor relation that should be heavily regulated within a capitalist system in order to reduce the amount of abuse the people engaging in it experience. Ideally I want a system where no one feels a need to sell their body for a living. No one should be coerced into sexual relations.

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      15 hours ago

      This is the one.

      The only issue with prostitution is how easy and likely it is to be exploitative. And STDs, I guess.

      My worry about legalizing it is that we generally suck at regulating things. But at least if it were legal, that would give women an avenue to report and prosecute abusers.