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    Taxes and Soft Prostitution

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    Posted · Edited by kerdios (see edit history)

    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.

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    not 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.

    Taxes and Soft Prostitution

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    Posted · Edited by kerdios (see edit history)

    22 hours ago, Annie said:

    Doesn't mean 10-15% isn't harsh. Especially if you're only making around 1k-1.5k a month which is honestly par for the course for a smaller OF creator. That's more than enough to put you below the poverty line.

    I don't see how it is , 150 out of 1500 isn't a big cut , especially since this kind of work should really be more of an added revenue than a full time job for these men and women who can't get a big enough following to put them over the monthly 10k revenue. (also keep in mind this line of business is on par as being an athelte in regards to where most peek at the middle 20s and from there they start losing the thing that makes them "good" at their sport)

    basically imo it's like a potter or cobbler who's product isn't too good (his pots are shoddy or his shoes and sandals are worse than the ones made by factories) and therefore should be thinking about a cerreer or location change.

    'No' Thread

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    1 hour ago, BTGBullseye said:

    There's a distinct lack of Hitchhiker's Guide references for page 42...

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    “I have detected disturbances in the wash.'

    'The wash?'

    'The space-time wash.'

    'Are we talking about some sort of Vogon laundromat, or what are we talking about?'

    'Eddies in the space-time continuum.'

    'Ah... he is. Is he.'

    'What?'

    'Er, who is Eddy, then, exactly?”

     

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