I was more thinking any and all forms if sex work, however you want to transpose their equivalents in a post-scarcity society.

The more you read into the themes of Rowling’s work, the more you realize she just has very poor media literacy in general.

I don’t agree, I think it’s possible to compartmentalize certain sexual activities as not romantic and also not obligation-based, while still being fulfilling and work-related in a post-scarcity society. Like helping clients overcome sexual insecurity or barriers with sex surrogacy, for instance.

Taxes exist to provide common goods, I think preventing mass food insecurity is a common good lol. Healthier population of your country is good for everyone in it, not just the people getting the food.

Other commenter is right, I was thinking more things like creating pornography or sex surrogacy, things that people would find fulfilling and choose to do irrespective of what incentives may or may not be on offer, and would qualify as more traditional “work”.

There are absolutely individuals who shame those who buy these things (think those who make fun of OF subscribers), but overall I would say you’re right.

I think a lot of that is the fact that sex workers are more public-facing than their clients, making them targets for stigma.

This is absolutely true, I just think that it would be less stigmatized. I don’t think it’s possible to completely eradicate the stigma, it’s just too difficult to compartmentalize these things for some.

There are more forms of sex work than just prostitution, though. Porn, sex surrogacy, etc. People can find those rewarding outside monetary incentive.

True, but there are more aspects to sex work than just exchanging sex for something else. Creating pornography, for instance, is something some people already choose do just for fun, even without economic incentive.

Maybe you’re right, but I also think that depends on the idea that other aspects of sex work beyond just sex for money wouldn’t be fulfilling to anyone without incentive. Creating pornography, for instance. Maybe that’s true in an “all work is degrading” type of way. Maybe it’s just semantics around the word “work”.

True, it would have to be post-scarcity to be ethical then.

Post-scarcity is more accurate for what I was imagining, yes.

It does if they formally define it as their career path and treat it as such.

Sex work is more than just having sex with people for fun. There’s layers, specializations, and skill to it. Not all of it is strictly physical. Someone might want to just go on a date after their spouse passed away, for instance. Handling that situation requires a lot of emotional maturity and your skill in those situations improves with experience.

Edit: better examples would be sex surrogacy or porn creation.

There can be other forms of compensation in currencyless societies, so not necessarily. There’s also just the personal fulfillment aspect, which is supposed to be the main thing motivating people to work in this hypothetical.

Edit: Other forms of compensation would re-introduce ethical questions, so that’s probably a bad suggestion. It would have to be a post-scarcity society, as others have pointed out.

Take valid social commentary about capitalism’s commodification of intimate relationships and the impact that has on our ideas of dating

Turn it into ridiculous, hyperbolic, misogynistic, victim complex nonsense

Oh yeah, we’re greentexting today.

To be fair, when you’re touch-starved and attracted to women sometimes it really feels like they’re the most important thing in life lol.

I think Mickey just serves as a stand-in for Disney in general

The answer to questions like these is always money.

The refusal of the religious right to acknowledge how material conditions affect humans is astounding and weird.

Columbo vs anime characters is the best genre of murder mystery