[-] [email protected] -3 points 5 days ago

I was more thinking any and all forms if sex work, however you want to transpose their equivalents in a post-scarcity society.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I hope you're right, because tools like these are going to be used whether we like it or not ha.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 6 days ago

I don't agree, I think it's possible to compartmentalize certain sexual activities as not romantic and also not obligation-based, while still being fulfilling and work-related in a post-scarcity society. Like helping clients overcome sexual insecurity or barriers with sex surrogacy, for instance.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago

Taxes exist to provide common goods, I think preventing mass food insecurity is a common good lol. Healthier population of your country is good for everyone in it, not just the people getting the food.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago

Other commenter is right, I was thinking more things like creating pornography or sex surrogacy, things that people would find fulfilling and choose to do irrespective of what incentives may or may not be on offer, and would qualify as more traditional "work".

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

There are absolutely individuals who shame those who buy these things (think those who make fun of OF subscribers), but overall I would say you're right.

I think a lot of that is the fact that sex workers are more public-facing than their clients, making them targets for stigma.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

This is absolutely true, I just think that it would be less stigmatized. I don't think it's possible to completely eradicate the stigma, it's just too difficult to compartmentalize these things for some.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago

There are more forms of sex work than just prostitution, though. Porn, sex surrogacy, etc. People can find those rewarding outside monetary incentive.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Post-scarcity is more accurate for what I was imagining, yes.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It does if they formally define it as their career path and treat it as such.

Sex work is more than just having sex with people for fun. There's layers, specializations, and skill to it. Not all of it is strictly physical. Someone might want to just go on a date after their spouse passed away, for instance. Handling that situation requires a lot of emotional maturity and your skill in those situations improves with experience.

Edit: better examples would be sex surrogacy or porn creation.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There can be other forms of compensation in currencyless societies, so not necessarily. There's also just the personal fulfillment aspect, which is supposed to be the main thing motivating people to work in this hypothetical.

Edit: Other forms of compensation would re-introduce ethical questions, so that's probably a bad suggestion. It would have to be a post-scarcity society, as others have pointed out.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

To be fair, when you're touch-starved and attracted to women sometimes it really feels like they're the most important thing in life lol.

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