jmk816

Oh man, I completely get this. I'm a receptionist and whenever I'm at my desk, I have to be nice and polite and incredibly accomdating regardless of how people treat me. There are a lot of times where I don't have all the information I need and still I need to figure out what I'm supposed to do.

So when I'm at lunch that is time where I don't want to make small talk. I just want to listen to my podcasts and be by myself.

Though if you tell them you're recording and they keep talking that implies consent.

The biggest issue is one that you mentioned- stigma. Even in European countries where it has been legalize, there is still a stimga against sex workers. The fact that prositution is illegal isn't keeping people from being sex workers, so the demand is high, but very few people are willing to take that job. So, to fill in the demand, people will bring in sex slaves.

The kind of changes that would have to happen would have to be about global inequity, human sexuality, women's sexuality and how women are valued and how they are portrayed in media and advertisements in general and a lot of cultural elements that would require a huge cultural shift.

A parallel example, which shows this issue well, is teachers being fired because they were porn stars or strippers or had naked photos online. All of those persuits are completely legal, and yet they are still fired from their jobs. Legality doesn't decrease stigma on its own.

Also trafficked individuals are children as well, and that is a market that will never be dealt with through legalization.

I am curious about your research methodology. How did you find the research subjects in your books? Did you talk to them in person or was it done through other means? How long did it take you to complete? If you had to go through the process again would you do anything differently?

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