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However, I'm getting quite tired of people constantly saying " Oh I went into sex work because it's the only way I have to make money". NO. It's not the only fucking way, it's the one you chose.
My stepmom was able to raise her 4 siblings in a slum when they were orphaned without getting involved in drugs/guns/prostitution. In many places, there are plenty of options that don't required paid sex.
If you want to go into sex work, that's fine. If you enjoy it, much better. Just don't try to "justify it" with some cliched sob story.
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as much as i am not into the idea of selling one's virginity, it is entirely this girl's right to. why she's doing this doesn't matter. it's her body, she has the right do do whatever she wants to it.
i just feel like this article is one huge value judgment that seems counter-intuitive to the concept that a woman has a right to choose to do what she wants with her body, a concept that i thought most jezebels were down with here.
i dunno, i'm probably not articulating myself properly, but what i'm trying to say is DURR I DISAGREE DURR.
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Nobody here is talking about passing a law to keep her from selling her virginity. In fact, nobody here has any power over this woman whatsoever. But I think questioning what is becoming a disturbing trend is a good, and productive thing to do. Women, like men, make dumb, destructive, and occasionally even evil choices. Saying that any choice a woman makes is great is not empowering or feminist.
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Unfortunately for me, I am what the locals refer to as "well, you're not homely or anything", so this plan may not work quite as well.
That said, this is unsettling. I mean... no offense, but this doesn't seem like a well-thought-out decision. And it does seem a little like sex trafficking. Let's hope it's not. :(
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Though, I would've liked $75000 for my virginity. All I got was subway fare.
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For real.
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My gyno can tell that I haven't had sex in approximately forever.
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Except then it turns out she never graduated from high school - due, I'm sure in no small part, to the willingness of some of her former teachers to give interviews that she's a slut who has slept around a lot.
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It reminds me of stories from prostitutes and strippers, how men love it if they think the woman is only doing it to pay for school/is in love with them/otherwise isn't THAT kind of girl but is forced by circumstance into stripping or prostitution.