Hi all.

Was just reading an article on the British Independent online, titled "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Like Generations before us We make excuses for the clear Injustices of our Age." A lot of it touches on a range of moral and ethical issues stretching across the spectrum of social injustices that exist in the world, but there was one paragraph in it that struck me, as it was about prostitution. Here's the paragraph copy/pasted in full:


But the idea that there is no problem as long as there is consent is flawed for several reasons. First, people sometimes have to choose terrible things because in practical terms they have no choice. Prostitution is a good example. There are some, maybe many, Belle de Jours for whom sex work is not a last resort but a deliberate career move, but in many cases women are driven to prostitution out of desperation. Any man who thinks prostitution is never exploitative just as long as the woman isn't being physically forced into the job is surely deluded.

Here's the link to the full article for those who might want to read the whole thing:

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Like Generations Before Us, We Make Excuses for the Clear Injustices of Our Age | CommonDreams.org


Any thoughts on this folks? Would like to see the ladies weigh-in on this (and of course the gents as well).