How it started: I wonder if I can afford to live here?

How it went: Housing is free after a solicitation conviction.

I don't even know how to find out what prostitutes charge in my own area.

Googling it would be much easier.

Well, I got dragged below, so here it is:

This is offensive because what is an "average prostitute"? Is it the $200/hr craigslist/backpage girl? Is it the drug addicted gay prostitude who is just gay for pay? Then you have to figure in all the high class girls and who knows how much they demand a night? $10k? I sure don't know. How do you determine the average?

One thing about all of these people is that their work isn't measured by how long they are "in the saddle". There's a lot of prep. Whether you're out on the street for four hours walking or maintaining your OF page or cultivating that high-end ambiance... it takes time. Is that averaged in?

Then there's the presupposition that sex work should be the "mean" wage. Shouldn't it be higher? I know I'd want more money to suck a dick than frame a wall. It seems demeaning to think that a specialized trade like sex work is valued the same as the specialized trade of rough carpentry.

So, "average prostitute" is demeaning, thinking that work like sex work is the same value as working retail, and not recognizing that a lot of sex work is preparation and not the actual sex act makes me think the people arguing against me are just dickheads.

Go and fuck your hats.

sex worker dude, sex worker

the preferred nomenclature