Views on the morality of child sex work (e.g. prostitution, pornography)

[Jim Burton]

https://newrepublic.com/article/128028/ ... eat-police

Maybe at some point, we should address the topic of underage sex work from a youth rights perspective? Boy prostitution in particular continued as a subculture right up to the point the KP panic began, and gay men started to furcate themselves from pederasts. Multiple recent reports suggest the prostitution of adolescent girls in English towns is almost indistinguishable from, and continuous with the adult sex trade.

[Harlan]

I can only imagine this as sharing their own content on sites like Onlyfans or on free resources like Chatroulette, Omegle, etc. As long as privacy and anonymity are maintained, it is quite safe. Classic offline options pose a high risk of abuse.

[MAP romance God]

I almost went with option three because of my personal bias against prostitution. In my experience, prostitutes tend to be the product of dysfunctional families and most do it for the money and not because they enjoy it. Also, I personally don't like the idea of having sex with a prostitute.

But I ended up choosing option two. Being honest, I don't think I can assume those things to always be the case and even if they are, well, many people work jobs they hate out of need anyway. The world isn't a perfect place and sometimes it can be pragmatically better that some teenager or even kid is able to afford themselves a better life quality through giving someone a handjob than it'd be for them to starve or have their childhoods robbed from them through having to perform menial work the entire day for a meager salary.

It's definitely not an ideal situation, but it can be pragmatically valid as long as long as the minor's parents or some other relative are around and the kid's consent and physical limitations aren't disrespected.

As for pornography, softcore is harmless IMO and as for hardcore, the same that goes for prostitution applies.

[Xuxa Nuit]

The only good thing about child sex work is that it must be incredibly lucrative.
Done properly a child could support their entire family for many years.
Properly? you cannot put the 3 words together Proper Sex Work. sex isn't work. work is slavery unless you love what you do. sex without love, isn't that rape, kinda?
Sex work meaning, dressing up cute and dancing in videos for publicity and fame & wealth from those who might be gratified by it? alright then.
no touching, no nudity required.
For example, let's say a group of kids can make exercise movies or videos for good money, and it turns out that these activities are geared toward people sexual gratified by such a thing. Imagine publishing parenting magazines purchased mostly by MAPs, considered as evidence in the hands of admitted pedophiles, so therefore what we have going on here is sex work.
So what? so long as it's not abusive to the employees.

[thecrimsonarchives]

In my opinion child sex work is acceptable as long as there is no coercion and complete consent on behalf of the child.

[TheOtherKindofPride]

aeterna91 has the closest thing to the same opinion as me.
Any work can be coercive, but being coerced into it (such as not being able to afford something you want if you don't) doesn't necessarily mean it's unacceptable. It depends on various factors, like what are they expected to do, how much are they being paid for it and how well regulated is it? I would not find it acceptable to send anyone into a coal mine without proper protection against black lung, but if the workers are well taken care of and proper precautions against harm are put in place, then it could be acceptable even for children to work in coal mines.
While i would prefer that no one have to work unless its actually very important, so no 'BS jobs', as they're called, or miserable jobs that don't need to be done, but so long as work is going to be done, even by children, they should have as many of the same opportunities that adults do, save for any consideration unique to children.
This pertains mostly to the age of the child in question. And speaking of sex work specifically, considerations such as what their body and mind can safely handle are important considerations. I would argue that adults are better equipped for very difficult and psychologically demanding work, such as military work and being a dictor, and hardcore sexual acts, such as extreme BDSM and very rough psychological treatment. Living long enough to become jaded by the world can help protect you against the psychological effects of these types of strenuous jobs and abusive sexual behaviors (not that I'm against BDSM and such as long as it's between psychologically healthy and consenting people). But as one user pointed out, even something a slight as being a clothing model for children's clothing can be used by pedophiles to achieve some sort of sexual gratification, so if they can (and should) get paid to model for kids clothing, they should be able to get paid for doing the equivalent with the direct intention of pleasing adults sexually. Though I would say anything up to the point of rather hardcore acts, like BDSM, should be fully allowed so long as proper precautions and protections are put in place for them. Any worker's safety should be top priority, this should not change because you are talking about a child, aside from any unique protections and considerations they might require.

So in short, sex work is work, and if children can work, and we as a society deem it acceptable for them to do so, then some equivalent degree of sex work should also be allowed. No significantly dangerous work, and no significant harmful sexual acts unless their safety can be meaningfully guaranteed.
That being said, it would be nice being able to see girls under 18 being able to do what they want to do, and what they sometimes do anyways, without having to worry they're going to end up in some huge debacle over it. How society handles it now is basically the pornography equivalent of abstinence only culture, which is ridiculous, unnecessary and harmful. I mean, it's illegal for a 15 year old girl to sext her 15 boyfriend because of laws identical to ones against child sex work. it just doesn't make sense...

[Fragment]

Considering how kids can be exploited by parents in non-sex work (child stars) I lean skeptical.

I also think that in the current world there are some situations where child sex work provides them with a better quality of life overall than the alternative.

On a purely theoretical level I don't know that I can find any strong reason to object. I support legalized AMSC. I support legalized sex work. I (mostly) support minors having the right to earn their own income.

But things aren't always just the product of their parts. Bleach and ammonia and both harmless cleaning products on their own. Mixed? They become something more damaging.

I voted for the third option, though I wish I still believed in a world where I could vote for the first option.