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In reply to the discussion: What are the main reasons men pay for sex? [View all]johnlucas
(1,250 posts)Every interaction between people is an exchange of some kind.
Whether monetary or not.
You hang with people because you get something you value from them.
Even if it's just companionship, even if it's just belonging, even if it's just adventure.
This applies to friendships, family relations, co-workers, even strangers on the street.
You scratch my back, I scratch yours. The old monkey maxim.
If you went to a friend's house & she was stingy with giving a soft drink while you kept her company, you would feel like this is not a friend & not someone you would want to be around.
Friendship means sharing your stuff & reciprocating.
It might not be measured out exactly but there is an exchange going on the whole time.
I listen to your latest blowup with your boyfriend or husband, you let me eat that juicy orange in your fruit basket.
Making exchanges for sex is not even a big deal.
It's just one more of the many items humans make deals with amongst each other.
Mama ain't gonna want son around if he ain't helping to contribute to the household in some way.
He gotta at least clean his room or take out the trash or get good grades on his report card which should ensure that he has the education to move out on his own when he becomes an adult.
At the very least affection & appreciation. Something. It's always something.
Sex trafficking? I'm right with you on that one.
It's disgusting & needs to be eradicated.
No one should be forced into prostitution against their will.
That's a violation of human rights.
But if a woman DECIDES on her own will to become one, that is her choice & no one should have anything to say about it.
We're ALL prostitutes of some sort selling our bodies for trinkets.
Your arms, legs, & back lifting that heavy stuff in that warehouse & needing Icy Hot to get through the day.
Your brain, wrists, & fingers typing on that computer in that cubicle & getting carpal tunnel.
Like the rapper Ice-T once said There are only Pimps & Hoes. If you ain't a Pimp, you're a Ho.
You can call this Boss & Worker. Employer & Employee. King & Subject. Master & Slave.
Same difference.
If you ain't in control, you're the Worker, you're the Employee, you're the Subject, you're the Slave, you're the Ho.
When people make a big deal about prostitution, they're only quibbling on the body part that prostitute sells.
Not realizing the whole time that the quibblers prostitute themselves just the same only with different body parts.
Selling your hide for some money.
Isn't that what we ALL do?
Salary, Wage, Commission, Whatever.
Always an exchange going on in every single thing we do.
John Lucas