Thank you for helping me understand how it works, I was trying to follow the little lines next to the posts but there are too man comments (which I think is a good thing) to see it all on my tablet.
When I say I think it's hypocritical I'm referring to two specific condition coinciding: The use of adult entertainment AND the mocking, derision, etc by the consumers of the product.
At the risk of using another imperfect analogy (sort of a reverse one but it may work) let me venture this: A man comes home and when frustrated kicks, beats or otherwise abuses his dog AND he volunteers or works for an entity that crusades for animal rights (being kind to animals). This would be hypocritical as well. Either condition on it's own just is what it is (beating = bad, helping = good) but when one engages in both there is hypocrisy. Anyway, I feel I've made that point as well as I can, so I'll let it be (for now).
I see that many of you are attempting to explain why it's looked down on. That's all well and good but not really what I was looking for. Believe me, I know the reasons I've heard them all many times. But what struck me about your reason is that, while I have heard it many times, it simply isn't true. Doing pornographic films or working as a prostitute are excruciatingly difficult vocations. That people don't see it that way is part of the problem. I'm not some ultra-feminist that wants these things banned, quite the contrary, I'm trying to foster understanding and create an environment for those involved in sex work to have better working conditions. Again, I ask you to take my word for it when I tell you it's far from easy, it, like some other professions, leads to many emotional problems.
Is it normal that sex workers are looked down on?
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Thank you for helping me understand how it works, I was trying to follow the little lines next to the posts but there are too man comments (which I think is a good thing) to see it all on my tablet.
When I say I think it's hypocritical I'm referring to two specific condition coinciding: The use of adult entertainment AND the mocking, derision, etc by the consumers of the product.
At the risk of using another imperfect analogy (sort of a reverse one but it may work) let me venture this: A man comes home and when frustrated kicks, beats or otherwise abuses his dog AND he volunteers or works for an entity that crusades for animal rights (being kind to animals). This would be hypocritical as well. Either condition on it's own just is what it is (beating = bad, helping = good) but when one engages in both there is hypocrisy. Anyway, I feel I've made that point as well as I can, so I'll let it be (for now).
I see that many of you are attempting to explain why it's looked down on. That's all well and good but not really what I was looking for. Believe me, I know the reasons I've heard them all many times. But what struck me about your reason is that, while I have heard it many times, it simply isn't true. Doing pornographic films or working as a prostitute are excruciatingly difficult vocations. That people don't see it that way is part of the problem. I'm not some ultra-feminist that wants these things banned, quite the contrary, I'm trying to foster understanding and create an environment for those involved in sex work to have better working conditions. Again, I ask you to take my word for it when I tell you it's far from easy, it, like some other professions, leads to many emotional problems.