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Liberal feminists be capitulationists, yo. I think that the industry around that is inherently unhealthy (because of how it treats women), so simply letting women "choose" to participate in it (some certainly do not consider it a chance, especially if they are poor).
Hmm, I thought it was more of a hard ban with strict laws relating to it, but maybe not. Do you think China's way of handling it is the right way?
exactly. i would go so far as to say that the vast majority of the participants in the sex industry do not feel like they have a choice in the matter. the most successful, you might call them the "sex industry bourgeoisie," are the most notable and the most famous, and consequently the most likely to praise the industry for how feminist it is. the millions of people captured in the industry with no way to exit it (either implicitly through material interests or explicitly through sex trafficking) are rarely heard from.
i'm not sure! i imagine it's the way best suited to china's own material conditions, but i think the west is a little different in the sense that we've had more time to economically develop and therefore have developed more as it relates to patriarchy and capitalist patriarchy. i'm not entirely sure how that would affect laws or their implementation, though. i do think a hard ban on pornography production/distribution is primarily to the benefit of those who would otherwise be caught up in the industry, so making sure not to criminalize victims of the industry is important. victims should be given any possible opportunities to exit the industry. we also have a huge pornography industry already, so a hard ban right away would probably not be the best idea, but rather doing it in stages. those are just a few of my ideas, i'd have to think about it for longer to have a more complete answer for you.