Edit to add my opinion so I’m not just replying “I agree” to 90% of comments. I think it should be legal, properly regulated, taxed and viewed as a profession. I haven’t personally engaged in it but I have no moral objection to it. I do hate the common sentiment that it was the individual’s “only option” though.

  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    And unionized, and the employer pays for (without touching employee pay):

    • PPE (including gloves, dental dams, and male and female condoms, which are mandatory for any and all physical contact that includes genitals, mucous membranes, feet, or non-intact skin).
    • regular STD testing
    • vaccinations
    • optional pharmacologic prophylaxis
    • building security
    • both bedside and wearable panic alarms
    • identity monitoring and protection / assistance removing their personal information from publicly accessible records.

    Every room should be required to have a poster listing employee rights.

    Aside from pricing differently for specific services (handjob vs blowjob etc) tipping is illegal.

    No employee (particularly owners or supervisors) are allowed to receive service at their own location or any owned by a same parent company.

    The owner and any shift supervisors are required to take a class on these regulations and sit for and pass a licensure exam.

    Independent workers can receive a special, less restrictive license (that includes basic sex ed but mostly focuses on informing them of their rights and that independent means independent not “your boss just doesn’t want to get a license” and keeping people with intellectual disabilities or low educational level from being misinformed of their rights as a sex worker).

    They worker will never face charges for not having a license but their boss or any John (Jane?) / client who can’t prove the sex worker or company was licensed (or that they were significantly or intentionally misled) can.