This can be a consistent position if you can do two things: 1. Propose what to replace sex work with for those engaging in it voluntarily or as a way to make ends meet (i.e. the same duress that we accept as normal in capitalism) and 2. draw a distinction between "sex work" renting out your body and a bunch of other jobs that share characteristics:
- actors (non-porn, but sex scenes, full or partial nudity, kissing etc)
- gastronomy (hooters as an extreme example, hostesses at conferences/buffets less so, the emotional and physical expectations placed on normal waitresses)
- modeling
- construction, truck driving, health care and other "will wreck your body and possibly mental health" professions
- butchers, executioners, soldiers and other jobs which are "voluntarily" doing things which in current norms are not acceptable to do in public or regularly
I'm personally not convinced we should target sex work per se if we want to save people being forced into it by circumstances or people, but we should target the circumstances or people that cause the duress. If people still want to do sex work then, hey, it's a free country.
- actors (non-porn, but sex scenes, full or partial nudity, kissing etc)
- gastronomy (hooters as an extreme example, hostesses at conferences/buffets less so, the emotional and physical expectations placed on normal waitresses)
- modeling
- construction, truck driving, health care and other "will wreck your body and possibly mental health" professions
- butchers, executioners, soldiers and other jobs which are "voluntarily" doing things which in current norms are not acceptable to do in public or regularly
I'm personally not convinced we should target sex work per se if we want to save people being forced into it by circumstances or people, but we should target the circumstances or people that cause the duress. If people still want to do sex work then, hey, it's a free country.