I've been thinking about this all morning. Although I wouldn't recommend prostitution as a career choice in any form, if someone actually wanted to choose it, I would seriously have to wonder whether it was any of my business to tell them otherwise.
The problem the feminist movement has here is that by censuring any woman who wanted to work in a five-star brothel, (and, by extension, any brothel,) they would essentially be saying "sisters, you should be free to do whatever you want, except for the following list of proscribed activities." Which is, unfortunately, patently ridiculous, and could be seen as just a milder form of the restictions that feminism is supposed to be fighting. Where would you stop? Is burlesque, for example, an empowering celebration of the female form or just another form of exploitation? How far along that road are you prepared to go
( ... )
Essentially I think it's the use of the word 'ethical' that really fucking bugs me. I don't see how making everything all posh and like hotel makes its "Ethical". If push comes to shove I guess I am in favour of legallising prostitution to make it safer for those involved and that the only women/ men that became prostitutes did so because they made an entirely free choice to do so. But of course that's a completely unrealistic situation.
I found a couple of articles about whether stripping/ sex work can be a feminist act to read laters, but I think I'll still come down on the side of even if you make a free choice to do it, you are still enforcing the patriarchal idea that men can buy a women's body for their own pleasure and that women should accept this.
Feminists stand pretty divided on the issue I'd expect.....
I don't see the problem with the brothel, prostitution is never going to go away and surely it's better that women be safe? I think there are many more occupations that are more soul-destroying and pay less to boot.
Comments 7
Reply
I've been thinking about this all morning. Although I wouldn't recommend prostitution as a career choice in any form, if someone actually wanted to choose it, I would seriously have to wonder whether it was any of my business to tell them otherwise.
The problem the feminist movement has here is that by censuring any woman who wanted to work in a five-star brothel, (and, by extension, any brothel,) they would essentially be saying "sisters, you should be free to do whatever you want, except for the following list of proscribed activities." Which is, unfortunately, patently ridiculous, and could be seen as just a milder form of the restictions that feminism is supposed to be fighting. Where would you stop? Is burlesque, for example, an empowering celebration of the female form or just another form of exploitation? How far along that road are you prepared to go ( ... )
Reply
Reply
Reply
I found a couple of articles about whether stripping/ sex work can be a feminist act to read laters, but I think I'll still come down on the side of even if you make a free choice to do it, you are still enforcing the patriarchal idea that men can buy a women's body for their own pleasure and that women should accept this.
Reply
I don't see the problem with the brothel, prostitution is never going to go away and surely it's better that women be safe? I think there are many more occupations that are more soul-destroying and pay less to boot.
Reply
Leave a comment