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Well at least he's listening to what we're saying

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Bestoffuture posted...

I dont see the contraction. Now that its a liberal platform to have porn (the other two are liberal stuff yes).

here is a true hypocrisy check: the seediest strip clubs are always in red states, according to people who live in red states

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DogOfPeace posted...

I dont see the contraction. Now that its a liberal platform to have porn (the other two are liberal stuff yes).

here is a true hypocrisy check: the seediest strip clubs are always in red states, according to people who live in red states

While porn isn't a leftist platform itself, generally being pro sex worker is. You could probably tack on something like "prostitution decriminalized" instead

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Abortion on demand: when a single woman faces significant hardship from this decision stemming from medical or significant economic reasons, i.e. a medical condition that makes stillbirth or death for the mother highly likely, or if having the baby would result in losing her job, postponing or outright cancelling her studies and resulting in a significantly diminished standard of life for both mother and child - this is an option that, while scarring and traumatic, is available. No-one is arguing it doesn't come with a high cost, but it is a necessary medical procedure that safeguards and saves lives in the long run, and its abolition and the commodification of anti-abortion laws is objectively more predatory towards women than having the option available to them in the first place.

Free contraception - prevents STDs, significantly reduces the chances of women getting pregnant and subsequently needing abortions, which saves a lot of heartache and trauma for everyone. Incentivising the use of contraception by lowering prices or making it free means that more people have access to it, which means less sexually transmitted diseases and less unwanted children for both men and women.

Porn: as an industry, porn has a lot of problems. But both porn and other forms of sex work can be ethical and safe with the right amount of regulation and oversight. On-demand subscription services in the vein of Patreon was a move in the right direction, both for consumers of pornography and for content producers. I've seen porn stars network over Twitter, set up times and places, record pornographic material for both of their subscription services and come away from it stoked to have worked with each other and with more money going towards the both of them. There is abuse and predation in the porn industry - this online-centric model where adult talent can produce content on their own terms is a step towards eliminating that by cutting out the industry altogether, or making it auxillary to safer and more popular models like the subscription model.

And while sex work can be called degrading and unfeminist, the fact is that sex work is skilled labor, and sex workers deserve fair compensation and whatever protections they can be afforded. Prostitution is legal in Australia, both in an amateur and professional sense, and the people who engage in physical sex work have the right to set their own terms and their own prices, kick out anyone who doesn't meet those standards - and almost certainly not have to refund them if sexual contact has been made, or even without that being the case as money has traded hands - and go to the police in the event of violence or other forms of malicious conduct being levied against them. I could go into detail about how COPPA laws shutting down online classifieds caused a surge in sexual violence, but that's a topic for another time and it requires a lot more nuance than just "COPPA bad!".

I'm sure the reason this comic was posted is because of how stupid it is, but I wanted to break down just how stupid it was. Because it does bear mentioning how abortion, contraception and sex work affect women, and how they protect some of the most vulnerable women in our society - the ones who engage in sex work, and the ones who get pregnant.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Well at least he's listening to what we're saying

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Not seeing the contradiction, but then I don't expect conservatives to use their brains either.
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Women are respected in porn.

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