To be upset a brothel has opened next door to my child's school

I am convinced they do not. I am not pro-sex work per se but do have a very close friend and acquaintances who are currently / former FSSW who would reject people insisting to them that they are rape victims who just don’t realise that yet.

I also have an old friend who, while not a sex worker directly, had “benefactors” and was very clear she would not think of having sex with a man who was not financing her life (this was when she was criticising me for thinking differently.)

I just don’t get why some people here think they should he the sole arbiters of the “correct” contexts in which people may have sex.

Oh FGS! So all actors are no more traumatised by their work than sex workers are? What?

So how can consent be bought then if you can't withdraw consent?

Tell me what would happen in my scenario under your "consent can be bought" philosophy.

We don't employ people in highly dangerous occupations even if they agree to it. Factories were made safer by act of parliament not because the workers wouldn't go to work. Same with the risk of trauma by prostituted women.

Sex work is not intrinsically highly dangerous, though. Sex is a natural activity that takes place across the animal kingdom. Our closest relatives bonobos have sex constantly to bond and resolve disputes.

Of course there are tangential factors that may be harmful in relation to sex factors. That is why it should take place in a regulated manner, rather than underground.

So how can consent be bought then if you can't withdraw consent?

Tell me what would happen in my scenario under your "consent can be bought" philosophy.

We don't employ people in highly dangerous occupations even if they agree to it. Factories were made safer by act of parliament not because the workers wouldn't go to work. Same with the risk of trauma by prostituted women.

Id love to own a brothel and hope to go to the porn awards one day.
Just like your post op a load of lies.

That has nothing to do with anything I wrote.

Oh FGS! So all actors are no more traumatised by their work than sex workers are? What?

What I said is a sex worker - or prostitute if you will - isn't selling her body but providing a service. She's using her body to provide that service, much like an actor or masseuse uses their body.

I said nothing about sex work being work or being like working in Tesco. I didn't even comment on the ethics of sex work. All I did was correct the disingenuous, and deliberately inflammatory, language.

There are several untrue phrases which keep coming up any time sex work is discussed:

"Selling her body" - untrue. She's selling a service. She's no more selling her body than an actor sells theirs.

"Consent cannot be bought" - wrong again. If that were true all labour would be slavery. You really think the barista wants to make your coffee?

"Poverty is akin to coercion" - once again, if that were true, the majority of workers would be classed as slaves. Would any menial worker choose to work at their job if they would have better options?

"Punters feel entitled to sex" - paying for something is the opposite of entitlement. People who are entitled take without permission. Theft. Rape. That's entitlement.

You are seriously equating acting with prostitution? I think most actors would have something to say about that. Ditto actual messers providing a therapeutic service.

Sexual Consent as described by the Crown Prosecution service:

Someone consents to vaginal, anal or oral penetration only if s/he agrees by choice to that penetration and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice.

What I said is a sex worker - or prostitute if you will - isn't selling her body but providing a service. She's using her body to provide that service, much like an actor or masseuse uses their body.

I said nothing about sex work being work or being like working in Tesco. I didn't even comment on the ethics of sex work. All I did was correct the disingenuous, and deliberately inflammatory, language.

There are several untrue phrases which keep coming up any time sex work is discussed:

"Selling her body" - untrue. She's selling a service. She's no more selling her body than an actor sells theirs.

"Consent cannot be bought" - wrong again. If that were true all labour would be slavery. You really think the barista wants to make your coffee?

"Poverty is akin to coercion" - once again, if that were true, the majority of workers would be classed as slaves. Would any menial worker choose to work at their job if they would have better options?

"Punters feel entitled to sex" - paying for something is the opposite of entitlement. People who are entitled take without permission. Theft. Rape. That's entitlement.

So, in your magic world, a prostituted woman has a revolting man come and pay for sex and she realises half way through he's hurting her and she says Stop.
But she has consented by taking his money.
So she has to carry on because consent has been bought?
And if you think she doesn't have to carry on - what do you realistically think is going to happen if she tries to stop him? He's going to say "oh sorry love, I'll stop now"?

They're both "providing a service" according to you. That one can put your life in danger seems to have passed you by.

I'm pretty sure that's not what I said. It seems comprehension is a lost skill.

I'm pretty sure that's not what I said. It seems comprehension is a lost skill.

So getting a dick shoved inside you by an old fat perv is exactly the same working in Tesco's is it?

What 'it feels like' is irrelevant. The simple fact is they're not selling their actual bodies but a service.

Really? Society does make all sorts of rules which people have to follow. Wearing seat belts, not speeding, not smoking in public places, not carrying guns in the UK, not jay-walking in the US, not selling body parts, not soliciting for sex on the streets.......in fact selling sex is legal in the UK but brothels are not.

I'm not asking for your story, (nor do I care tbh). I want to know how you could possibly know what it feels like to be a sex worker. Do all sex workers see it as "not selling their body, but a service"?

Not relevant. I don't owe you my story.

Are you or have you ever been a sex worker?

Perhaps because you're not actually selling your body but a service. In this regard it's no different than any other service that has to be done with the body, eg acting or massaging.

There's no comparison with selling an actual body part.

And how do you know it's between consenting adults? Why shouldn't we be able to sell body parts if we can sell our bodies for sex? What's the difference?