Edit:
Here is a list of resources to learn about sex worker from actual sex workers who are engaged in the struggle for worker’s rights:
- https://www.nswp.org/resources/types/nswp-briefing-papers-248
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/white-mans-burden-revisited/
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/from-brothel-to-sweatshop-questions-on-labour-trafficking-in-camb/
- https://titsandsass.com/the-massage-parlor-means-survival-here-red-canary-song-on-robert-kraft/
- https://medium.com/purplerose0666/the-af3irm-agenda-b5ec31216904
- https://medium.com/@katezenjoy/dear-esperanza-5aa7db4d501a
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/decriminalising-sex-work-in-new-zealand-its-history-and-impact/
- https://www.mayamorena.com/anti-equality-model-campaign/2021/5/22/pscegcnr680fh4oazlmwe8i5527o9j
Bigger repo of theory / resources:
Books to check out:
Great, yeah, I agree that theory is important and also that’s not what this is about.
You know what makes sure the working class doesn’t read theory? Using it to tear them down and belittle them.
if workers succumb to the liberal impulse of hyper-individualism, i.e. “I will always know what’s best for me.”
A woman asserting her right to bodily autonomy and owning the full value of her labor is not hyper-individualism.
“listen to x people” is always a stupid as fuck non-argument because there’s a wide diversity of opinions in any fucking group you can come up with. you just take the one you agree with and tokenize them so that their mere existence is your argument. casting the topic aside for a second, this a deeply frustrating thread and general (non-)argumenative line for that reason. one should learn to argue your points, and if you’re right you’re right, but until then you’re just being a rude condescending asshole that doesn’t even show an understanding of a given subject
“listen to x people” is always a stupid as fuck non-argument because there’s a wide diversity of opinions in any fucking group you can come up with
It is absolutely not a stupid as fuck opinion when it comes to theory and politics directly related to x people.
“Listen to trans people about trans liberation” is an obvious take. “Listen to women about women’s liberation” is an obvious take. “Listen to the workers of a union about what the those workers need” is an obvious take. “Listen to sex workers about sex work” is an obvious take.
This video is a response from a woman who has been talked down to and ignored when she tried to “be polite”.
you just take the one you agree with and tokenize them so that their mere existence is your argument
I am not tokenizing a woman for posting her own video articulating a very real problem in leftist circles, based on her lived experiences. This is sexist and demeaning.
It’s interesting that instead of actually discussing the concept, you are resorting to attacking how the idea is presented and that it doesn’t cater enough to SWERFs.
