mattnewport comments on More art, less stink: Taking the PU out of PUA - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 11 September 2010 05:11:39PM 6 points [-]

Why is it then that the most vocal critics of pornography and prostitution are generally women?

Because both industries are full of abuse that is mostly directed at women, which fact has been turned into general condemnation of sex work instead of specific address of the factors that directly precipitate said abuse. "Horn effect" (opposite of halo effect) probably bears some responsibility for the extension of this criticism to harmless subtypes of porn/sex work, such as animated pornography which plausibly never leads to abuse of its (voice) actors.

Comment author: mattnewport 11 September 2010 05:23:15PM 5 points [-]

Because both industries are full of abuse that is mostly directed at women, which fact has been turned into general condemnation of sex work instead of specific address of the factors that directly precipitate said abuse.

It seems to me that when people advocate further criminalizing sex work on this basis they are either dissembling (in the way advocates for professional licensing dissemble that it is about 'protecting consumers' because it is more effective than admitting they are trying to protect their own interests) or simply horribly misguided in how best to address the (genuine) problems you describe.