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-i haven't commodified myself yet.




Are you sure?


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- identifying yourself as a product is degrading.




Is it equally degrading for mainstream actors, models, and athletes?


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-yeast-infections are degrading. we're the most-evolved species on the planet so being a human bread-machine is gay.




Yeast infections aren't degrading... they're embarassing. But only if you're the kind of person who's overly concerned with how unenlightened people see you (which I'm quite sure Hillary is not). And humans aren't any more evolved than any other species. And if you meant to say "complex", I'd refer you to the human genome project.




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-identifying yourself as a consumer is empowering. go to a lexus dealership and take over three test drives and be really annoying about asking questions and realize people are degrading themselves by humoring you long after they should have if you weren't a consumer.

-i haven't set a price on who i'd have sex with or whether you get to see me do it. at some level, if i asked for 3.5 million for my first softcore solo scene, isn't that saying i'm more valuable than someone who'll do it for $400?

-the most-visible hookers have bad teeth and stand in traffic without warm clothing when all the good tv is on. you're kind of a hooker if sex is your job.

-unless you're a savage or in a communal prison shower, you're not naked in front of strangers all the time.

-it means you're not homeless if nobody sees you having sex. you've got a place to go other than a park filled with hobos.

-i don't masturbate in public. creepy people do. you're associated with creepy people by doing it.

-if i had an std, i could still go to work for someone other than brandon's employers.

-privacy is a luxury worth 20-million in the hamptons so that you're not seen in a bathing suit. it's worth a million for a celeb not to let people see them naked in photos. spread your asshole for 500? that's like saying you're the burger king of humans.

it's good to feel good and looking down on others makes you feel good.





All in all, valid points. But most are based on a subjective set of moral standards that can't really be applied uniformly... or as you said, are "relative to experience and societal norms". It's fair enough to say "Well, most people would perceive it this way" but that doesn't offer an objective rationale for why they should. That perception is merely a byproduct of cultural biases in a country that continues to view female expressions of sexuality as something shameful. And that points to the central question, which is: why are the female performers, specifically, singled out for condemnation?

I know the Cage isn't the place for this kinda debate. But since it was brought up here -via Willie's c&p of my email- I'm responding here.


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