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In reply to the discussion: I have the right to perform a sexual service in exchange for money. [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Which is sad, really, when you think about it. The idea is a sound one and one which I would think would be part and parcel for progressives.
The problem comes in when people see every action you take as affecting everyone else, or having the chance to affect everyone else. It reminds me in some ways of the Borg - a collective of individuals but all interlinked to the point where their individuality is lost in favor of the collective and people are just absorbed. Which also reminds me of how some churches operate.
It gets silly after awhile. You had fast food for lunch, could affect your health, which means seeing the doctor and raising health care costs, which might cost me a few bucks more down the line, so let's remove fast food and your choice to have it. Shame people - from smokers to those who don't eat what we think they should eat. Once we completely control all choices we can make society better for all (we can stop people from sinning and upsetting baby Jeebus).
I see some brought up wages - so...if you have sex for someone just because you want to does that mean you are 'working' for free and we need to stop all sexual encounters unless we can prove they are for pro-creation? Should we make sure anyone having sex is paid a fair amount even if they just want to have sex? And what about volunteers who use their bodies to fill sand bags, work in volunteer fire departments, etc?
And while we are on the subject of forcing people to do things, if you force someone to pay child support they have to use their bodies to work for 18 years whether they want to or not, which is a lot longer than nine months, so that once personal choice on reproductive choices now can be shown to affect others - but I am guessing in that case people will stand by the whole 'your body/your choice' mantra because the choices they want to make should be protected, but not the choices other people want.