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1. Kei Kebreau (kkebreau@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Jul-2016 20:21:59 UTC Kei Kebreau
   "Selling myself" sounds like some sick form of prostitution. *shudders*
   Can we find a better euphemism for wage labor?
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) repeated this.
   • dis.k (disk@loadaverage.org)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jul-2016 11:33:39 UTC dis.k

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     Just chiming in because it's an interesting discussion, not meaning to criticise. IMO, logically it makes much more sense to think of sex work like a sub-domain of wage labour (like manual labour, creative labour etc). Wage labour is not a voluntary choice in a capitalist economy, and sometimes it can even be forced by direct violence (that especially happened in early capitalism, but I'd argue modern 'workfare' schemes are similar), not just indirect structural violence (by not owning the things that make new value, you have to work for someone who does own them, so you get a cut of the value).
     
     So is sex work shameful? I'd say only as shameful as any other job in a market economy.
     Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) repeated this.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jul-2016 12:01:25 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     • dis.k
     @disk @kkebreau Some prostitution involves sex. Other prostitution just involves pretending the boss is right. No shame in either.