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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

The thing is we can't know because it's illegal in most places.

There's some who only take clients they're attracted to anyways and manage to pull in a lot of money.

There's some that if they dont make X amount of money a night, they'll get beat.

Anyone that claims to know how much are in each group are pulling numbers out of their ass. And people that act like they're all the same are usually using the services of people who are forced into it.

Not all sex work is equal ethically.

But generally speaking, the less legal it is, the worse they're treated. Because they have no legal recourse if they're mistreated

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also like, people work dangerous jobs where they DIE because they need to money to pay rent and buy food, so only caring about sex workers is kind of fucked up.

[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sex work is the most dangerous job in the world. They have a higher number of victims of violence and PTSD than any other profession. For PTSD only war veterans have similar results.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure truck driver is the most dangerous job in the world.

[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Perhaps you shouldn't just guess but actually look it up.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Data is tough to come by. Truck driver is the most dangerous LEGAL job, 2-3 times as dangerous as the next most dangerous job. But getting data on illegal jobs is very difficult for obvious reasons.

In other words, I did look it up.

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