No one knows the worth of selling their body like they do.
How it started: I wonder if I can afford to live here?
How it went: Housing is free after a solicitation conviction.
The trick is to not be named John so they can’t convict you.
Well, I got dragged below, so here it is:
This is offensive because what is an “average prostitute”? Is it the $200/hr craigslist/backpage girl? Is it the drug addicted gay prostitude who is just gay for pay? Then you have to figure in all the high class girls and who knows how much they demand a night? $10k? I sure don’t know. How do you determine the average?
One thing about all of these people is that their work isn’t measured by how long they are “in the saddle”. There’s a lot of prep. Whether you’re out on the street for four hours walking or maintaining your OF page or cultivating that high-end ambiance… it takes time. Is that averaged in?
Then there’s the presupposition that sex work should be the “mean” wage. Shouldn’t it be higher? I know I’d want more money to suck a dick than frame a wall. It seems demeaning to think that a specialized trade like sex work is valued the same as the specialized trade of rough carpentry.
So, “average prostitute” is demeaning, thinking that work like sex work is the same value as working retail, and not recognizing that a lot of sex work is preparation and not the actual sex act makes me think the people arguing against me are just dickheads.
Go and fuck your hats.
Again, you’ve taken a shower thought way too literally.
There’s many careers that one builds the cost of prep into the final product. Do you think wedding photographers are only charging for their time on site? No, they build their time editing the photos and paying for equipment and marketing into the cost. Same as sex workers.
No one actually thinks this is a valid way of figuring out cost of living in an area. It’s a shower thought.
I don’t even know how to find out what prostitutes charge in my own area.
Googling it would be much easier.
Oh that is easy, find a sketchy street near cheap hotels and drive down it slowly swiveling your head back side to side while looking nervous.
A local brick house momma should reach out to you shortly.
Idk dude I’ve seen prostitutes on soft white underbelly say they charge 20-40 bucks for a " date" in Los Angeles. Granted, others say hundreds so Lil a Lil b I guess.
Dont they say $26 an hour is updated minimum wage? Sounds like a variance in living expenses.
Also I try not to let specialists inflate the average
Where do you live that minimum wage isn’t insulting?
What?
But also I live somewhere that hasn’t updated minimum wage since 2008. But I dont think there is many places it isn’t insulting.
Holy shit that’s offensive.
How? Everyone sells their body and they know how much they need to live and hopefully are setting their own prices.
So why mention prostitutes in particular? Why not fry cooks or line workers?
And “easy”?! There’s nothing “easy” about collecting data on sex workers by visiting different areas and polling them! It’s definitely SO much easier to just Google “Cost of living index”
If it’s not easy and it’s not specific to prostitutes, it means the statement is false. WHY ARE WE LAUGHING AT A LIE?!
Answer: BECAUSE IT’S A JOKE. It’s a joke about sex work. It’s a joke about how only a desperate person would sell their body for money, therefore offering customers a discount based on their location.
So, yeah, it’s a bit in bad taste. As are many jokes. In fact, I feel a bit depressed now. No worries, it’s nothing a night out on the town with a couple of teenage hookers won’t cure! :)
Most those jobs do not set their own rate and are at market whims not their own. Plus it is interesting to see what the regional specific cost of living would be. They have a job that is very direct cash in and out.
This is very antagonistic and reactionary from the profession. Its a job that I have friends that do.
Your response leaves me feeling more afraid of you than thinking you have a legitimate concern here.
If you don’t know, you probably won’t accept any response.
Thats an insane way to blame someone else for not explaining. Like an assumption to make it ok to not put in any effort, after starting the conversation, is wild. Mostly it seems to let you look down at others automatically?
Just… Wow.
Never change bro.
I mean, I know you won’t, just know I think you won’t either
Homeboy FULL of terrible takes
How so? If you can explain in a reasonable way I’ll rethink.
OK, I’ll rephrase it.
How much to hold you down and fuck you? We can set that as the livable wage.
The sex worker is still the one setting the prices and what services she offers in this comparison.
The example isn’t that a rapist is setting the cost of raping a victim.
You a sex worker, Velma? What’s the rate?
It depends lol
Then we cannot set a livable wage in your city at this point, I guess.
Would you consider your work to be more or less valueble than that of a plumber. Either service or new work, please specify.
Are you a plumber?
You’re taking a shower thought way too literally.
So when I said, if you can explain that in a reasonable way, you thought thats what I meant. Ya bad.
What if they want to pay for the opposite of that? People pay for a massive variety of things when it comes to sex work.
Which one of your accounts do you want a response?
Lmao cope, we aren’t the same person you’re just shitty. Unable to articulate your stance, boooo.