If you look at literary accounts of prostitutes throughout history, a common theme amongst them is that they have to prostitute themselves out of necessity. If you look at the Yorkshire Ripper episode in the 70’s, a lot of prostitutes still worked the streets when a serial killer was on the loose because they had no other options. The 70’s wasn’t even that long ago. Less than 40 years ago, and before that of course, the types of jobs available to women were limited, and competition for the very limited number of positions was fierce.

Also, single motherhood isn’t a new concept. There were women who for whatever reason, had to support their families with only their income all throughout history. Back when women weren’t allowed to work, and social programs weren’t even a concept, they had to turn to prostitution (or other illicit means) to feed their children. Since then, women have made great strides towards equality, and no longer have to resort to prostitution as they can now work in any profession/field.

That brings me to today. The year is 2021. Laws are in place to ensure that employers treat people of all genders, races, and religions equally in the hiring process. Of course, as humans, some of us are still prejudiced. Thankfully though, they are the minority (ironically enough they probably hate minorities). But anyways, women now have the same opportunities as men when it comes to education, and consequently employment. In fact, education is occupied predominantly by women. In spite of this, we now see millions of women flocking to sites like OnlyFans to make their living, even with an array of different options available to them.

I’m sure many people will argue that they are the minority, or that they don’t represent the entire gender, but they are only part of the problem in my eyes. The bigger problem is women in masses encouraging and “normalizing” this behaviour. The sex-positive movement has taken a left turn. It’s not empowering to be a sex worker. “People have to make living” isn’t a good enough argument when you have every option available to you, and you chose the easy way out. Start taking accountability.

EDIT: Ok, my view has been changed by a couple good arguments (no not the monkey one), so I’ll stop responding to comments now. I’ll leave the post up as it might be a good resource for someone with the same question in the future. You can stop PMing me too.