4 hours ago, Annie said:And here's what's really confusing to me, why tax sex workers specifically? Well, I can't draw many conclusions about you but the OP doesn't paint a good picture here at all. I mean take a look at the implications there, the post hints at the notion that sex work isn't real work and that it's somehow a reprehensible economic venture, not to mention the implication that women working in the sex industry have no other marketable skills or talents and the fact that all of this is thinly veiled behind a frankly pathetic "Onlyfans is a bubble" excuse. Most of the rhetoric I read against sex work and sex workers seems to be pretty deeply rooted in this misogynistic attitude against any form of female sexual expression. Call me paranoid but I'm suspicious of the premise of this thread on that basis alone.
The way I interpret it, he's not even talking about all sex workers, only the streamer types which he thinks are going into a job that will become barren in a few years because of oversaturation(i.e. more showgirls than guys willing to pay for something that is mostly free today?), and that imposing taxation now will prevent enough from going into the business so they don't get hurt when the well dries or when the IRS and congress start making up laws to protect and regulate them ( a la what happened a few months ago with an underaged girl being kidnapped from her home and used as a verified showgirl on pornhub against her will) which might increase the cost of running a showgirl business.
I don't really have an opinion about this. He could be right, or he could be full of shit, no way for me to know.
Quotenot to mention the implication that women working in the sex industry have no other marketable skills or talents
That's why I'm saying that for most ppl this is an added income job and not a full time job.
And I'll add that this is why many of them don't show their face, in hope of avoiding the stigma that comes as part of the work.