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this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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I am always surprised at the fairly progressive people I see online that are anti- porn and anti-sex work. Especially from young men and woman. It's simple body autonomy issues and people are only against it from years of religious based shame. Controlling something so fundamental of course is powerful since that frustration and shame can be directed elsewhere.
Look at the attacks against queer and sex positive from the right they seem like jealousy. Always talking about urges and getting into graphic details like they wish they could do that. They want to have what others have unlocked and attack them for it. The same with capitalists who attack masterbation and sex. It's free to do and joyful which of course means they can't profit from it.
Emulating leftist rhetoric to push right-wing ideas is a common tactic.
I've seen people try to push "abortion bad because men force women to get them" and similar bad-faith arguments for years, by anti-choicers who think they're a lot t more clever than they are.
It's very easy to see how "sex work primarily caters to straight males at the expense of women's health and safety, so sex work bad" would resonate with people.