Young men aren’t having sex!

Nearly a third of men under 30 have not had sex. And a higher percent do not have as much sex as they’d like – not exactly surprising, but this kind of statistic is a sign of much deeper problems. Our society criminalizes sex & sweeps it under the rug. The consequences are straightforward - there is more violence. Since platforms like Craigslist were banned from advertising sex, serious violent crimes against all women – not just sex workers – has increased by nearly 1/5.

Okay, here’s my take.

Girls and women face a lot of sexualization, objectification, and exploitation of their bodies. Sex work creates an avenue to flip that power structure on its head. There’s a call to decriminalize sex work, but not to legalize because SWers bodies aren’t government property. Misinformed clients calling for legalization of sex work sounds like further objectification & exploitation to the benefit of the client, not the worker.

The migrant detention camps at our border & our inhumane treatment of immigrants comes from a long trajectory in the history of the United States of repeatedly oppressing & traumatizing native and minority communities for the purpose of control and land acquisition. Thread (1/11) In order to do better, we must choose to be different from our past.

U.S. History of internment/detainment/detention camps from most recent to oldest: (2/11)