+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
hot take about things
feminism had good ideas which got invalidated by other societal and technical developments (like many other movements).
take "let's protect sex workers!" for example. probably a great idea, protecting the weak is what a society is about. only now it's a flood of barely legals (of any gender..) who should really do different things than shoving big objects into every orifice of their body, streaming live to a smartphone in your vicinity, for validation and tOkEnZ.
instead of saying "hey, great that you explore your sexuality in this way!11" we should put a fucking stop to this stuff. i'm 100% sure it would be better for everyone. it's not about "exploring sexuality" or "rights of sex workers" _at all_. the hippies did explore their sexuality and often noticed that it's probably not about quantity in the end. the difference was that there was nothing to gain but the experience (maybe it's an interesting parallel that todays drugs of choice are downers/uppers, not psychedelics). now we have silicon valley big tech making money off the insecurities of young people. if anything it is anti-emancipatory to encourage the selling out of ones sexuality on livestream.
rescuing exploited women and making sure every woman has an alternative to survival sex is one thing, but enabling a sick vice that erodes society is quite another. (i was struck speechless earlier this year when my partner told me whoring is straight-up legal here). nordic model is pretty okay i think
> maybe it's an interesting parallel that todays drugs of choice are downers/uppers, not psychedelics
YES.
i read in a drug forum a while back, some dude was griping about Kids Today and told a younger poster sth like "man you aren't supposed to be snortin dope, that's for when you're old and bitter and life sucks. your youth is for havin fun, tripping balls on acid and molly and you're wastin it bucko"
popularity of various drugs says a lot about an era
> if anything it is anti-emancipatory to encourage the selling out of ones sexuality on livestream.
i do wish we could get past this "emancipation" "empowering" "freedom" "liberation" type of language, it's always used to manipulate people
> rescuing exploited women and making sure every woman has an alternative to survival sex is one thing, but enabling a sick vice that erodes society is quite another. (i was struck speechless earlier this year when my partner told me whoring is straight-up legal here). nordic model is pretty okay i think
i'm sure we'll never get rid of it. the nordic model is the best way to deal with it as far as i know.
> i do wish we could get past this "emancipation" "empowering" "freedom" "liberation" type of language, it's always used to manipulate people
i selected that word (amongst others in my post) because i felt that it was the least bullshitty one i can use, while still getting the point across to people who might use more "modern" terms.
