Ok I don’t read the Daily Mail I have a degree in psychology and I’ve done a counselling course and I’m not small minded, we all have different opinions. Of course not everyone who’s been sexually abused goes into porn/sex work, but as that survey says and Dr Drew has said a large majority of people in porn and sex work have been sexually abused and that’s just the ones who were asked or sort therapy.
Yes of course women can do whatever they want with there bodies and I’m sure some work for themselves and control what kind of clients they have, but the vast majority don’t. It’s a sad way to make a living when you’re risking your life, being beaten up and controlled by pimps, plus the way women are treated in porn is horrendous, very few women in porn are in control. The idea that sex work is empowering to women, well maybe if it’s your own business and you’re a dominatrix and choose if they have sex and with whom, otherwise not many I think. Most prostitutes have no choice in who they have sex with, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to make a living, therefore they have to do things they don’t want to, how the fuck is that empowering. Some of these women are victims of sex trafficking and even if they’re not they have no idea who these people really are they have sex with. Constantly having sex for money or even constantly having one night stands is not a healthy thing to do to your body and having to deal with STDs all the time, how could that ever be emotionally healthy. I understand that some people have a sex addiction and btw that can ruin people’s lives.
I also saw the film Husters recently and thought it was a great film and I loved how the women turned the tables on those scumbag men, but as you can see in the film it’s a hard horrible world to work in, rife with drugs and exploitation and the main characters did not have the best childhoods and it’s based on real life events. Most people who work in that industry want to make their money and get out, unless they have a sex addiction, then maybe it’s easier to make a living from that. I’m not wanting to demonise women who do sex work btw, I think the men in this industry like the pimps and the ones who exploit and harm these women are the worse kind of scum not the women. I just think it’s a sad world to work in and therefore not empowering.