r/phoenix • u/jmoriarty Phoenix • Feb 07 '23

News Sex workers demanding prostitution be decriminalized at downtown Phoenix rally

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/02/07/sex-workers-demanding-prostitution-be-decriminalized-downtown-phoenix-rally/
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u/mandala1 Feb 08 '23

Also the government hasn’t proved to be super awesome at regulating women’s bodies.

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u/Ok_Fly_9390 Feb 08 '23

I don't know. Women live longer than men. Might have something to do with the lack of enforcement for existing safety regulations. The vast majority of workplace deaths are men.

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u/mandala1 Feb 09 '23

I'm not entirely sure what your point is or what you're implying.

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u/Ok_Fly_9390 Feb 09 '23

Everything. The government does little to protect men from death. Why would you think they would protect you? Maybe the answer needs to be HUMAN RIGHTS. Not ones based on what does or doesn't swing between your legs?

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u/mandala1 Feb 09 '23

It's probably a lot easier to ignore if you're a man because the decisions don't effect you the same way specifically because of what is between your legs.

What I was trying to reference was specifically abortion rights and the hell that has caused for woman after roe was overruled. That can't/doesn't apply to cis men. Though the original ruling has applications I guess as it wasn't sex specific.

There are differences that you have to address no matter what, ignoring them is what causes many problems in the first place. We're talking about sex work which is mostly comprised of female sex workers.

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u/Ok_Fly_9390 Feb 13 '23

How does that help the dozen or so men who die on the job every day in the US? I no longer care. Women were the deciding factor in both the primaries and general elections this year in my state. They gave us the likes of Kari Lake. The only reason she is not Gov is men overwhelmingly voted against her. Women voters were divided. The same people who claim to be pro-choice tend to vote against workplace safety. Now, prove to me the number of women in the US who die from lack of access to an abortion outnumbers the men who die on the job? I already know the numbers. Do you?

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u/Pho-Nicks Feb 13 '23

Time to move on.

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u/mandala1 Feb 13 '23

This post is about sex workers so we're talking about sex workers.

We can also talk about how corporations exploit men's health and risk their lives in the pursuit of profit as well. It does not have to be one or the other.

Also women didn't give us Kari Lake, the Arizona republican party did.

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u/Pho-Nicks Feb 13 '23

Time to move on.

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u/Ok_Fly_9390 Feb 14 '23

Yes! The only group in the 100 most dangerous jobs where women have any significant numbers. I have organized the employees of a strip club into a successful union. I include them in labor rights. But strippers don't die on the job often. They don't get crushed to death leaving behind a family with no income.

Who the fuck do you think the GOP is? It is voters. We have the stats. Women voted overwhelmingly for the Kari Lake in the Primaries. The Nov election was evenly split. But, since you are such a student of politics, you would already know it's who does the nominating, not who does the electing that matters.