“Jesus christ”

Yes this is a real strip club ad for a place named The Mouse’s Ear.

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    There’s a Linux package manager joke to be made here, unfortunately I’m too sleepy to come up with it.

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    They shouldn’t have done this, it’s in horrible taste. That being said, “Bend and SNAP for $500” would have been much more cleverer.

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      My kid’s school is doing Legally Blonde Jr, the Musical, and I was shocked that Bend and Snap is going to be part of the show. Like, I’m not a pearl-clutching prude, but how are you going to make that appropriate for 12 year old girls?

      Anyway, yes your pun was better, but it reminded me that this is going to be weird.

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      I know it’s a joke, but it bears repeating that sex work is valid work AND still often exploited.

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        completely agree… i’ve just seen the two conflated a lot
        ….
        i mean, what percentage of exotic dancers do it because they’re desperate and see it as their only way to make money (like the ad) vs. ones who enjoy their job and would choose it over other opportunities to make comparable money?
        i’ve definitely seen broke women feel some pressure to “just make an only fns” not because they’re an exhibitionist but because of the myth that it’s super easy for anyone to make a lot of money that way….
        but then it’s a myth, they don’t make a ton of money, severely damaging family relationships, future employment, friendships and such… their kids’ bullies finding and shit….
        i think it’s more often involving exploitation than not….
        (then of course there’s the other direction of exploiting lonely customers and having “fantasy” romantic relationships with them for $ but whatever, that’s fine)

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          what percentage of exotic dancers do it because they’re desperate and see it as their only way to make money

          What percentage of people work other risky jobs for the same reason? Sex work gets a lot of coverage from sea lions asking these types of questions without offering the same support for other hard labor like construction or oil rig work.

          The issue here is that people are being forced into unwinnable situations where they feel they are forced to take jobs they despise, regardless of profession. Sex work is work, and so is hard labor. The people doing the exploitation are at fault, not the industry as a whole.

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            at what point does it become forced labor?
            isn’t limiting choices the same as forcing someone to make a particular choice?

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          but then it’s a myth, they don’t make a ton of money,

          It’s not a myth - it’s just not universally true. All the sex workers I personally knew out-earned me and my “professional” career by several orders of magnitude - but they are, of course, a minority.

          There are people in my (ex) line of work that also got wealthy doing it - bit I daresay that your chances of earning a decent living doing sex work is better than your chances of joining that exclusive little club.

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      What is a part of your life that you’re disappointed with that you don’t tell people about?

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      Switch the theme over to a military recruiting poster and it would still hit about the same with me.