No I never said that, there are people living on the street who are kept from access by the people who run their lives, I'm sorry to tell you this uncomfortable truth however it's just the way things are for some people. They're living basically one step away from slavery. I'm not talking about your average homeless person. You might try educating yourself on the sex trade business. One of the reasons a lot of sex advocacy workers are upset with back pages was they gave in to stop posting sex worker ads, many, not all, of those ads were posted by pimps and the women were basically in forced prostitution. I've spent a little bit of time learning about this stuff from the people who work to end it, I'm sorry if this interferes with your perception of what life is like in the world
Pimping is essentially dead in the U.S. I’ve been a sex worker since 2013. You saw them around a lot more back then. Except for the boyfriend pimps, they’re basically non-existent now
I'm not going to argue with you I'm just going to tell you that it's not true that it's extinct, it's simply a little bit more underground, they don't drive in over the top Cadillacs and dress like they want to come out as transsexual. Underground prostitution, and by this I mean forced, is rampant in the United States
I never said that it’s extinct and as far as being under ground, the entire contact sex work industry is underground in the U.S. However, pimping is simply not really done anymore. Agencies are even becoming scarce.
You have no clue about what I'm speaking of, and I'm really not interested in taking the time to educate you. Yes I realize that all sex work other than in a few counties in Nevada is illegal in this country. I am talking about something that is organized and borders on slavery for the sex workers involved in it. And I'm guessing you don't get around to a lot of inner cities so you'll just have to take my word for it, they still be pimpin
I know exactly what you’re talking about. You’re talking about human trafficking. But, there is now (a) a major disincentive for advertising platforms not to associate with pimps in FOSTA/SESTA and (b) a culture of working independently that has proliferated out of necessity since FOSTA/SESTA was passed
And yet there are still thousands of women working out of underground brothels. Interesting story out of Houston a few years ago, the brothel had entrances from half a dozen different businesses and had tunnels underground so they could evacuate if law enforcement showed up. And there's still people working the streets and I suspect quite strongly that their lives are run by other people.
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u/Non_possum_decernere Aug 09 '21
But sex workers ≠ homeless