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[โ€“] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sex worker would be pretty rough and possibly deadly. Being a soldier in one of America's resource wars. Anything to do with criminal justice. Working in a narcotics cartel. It's a lot of gold but no point if I'm gonna die.

[โ€“] Poik@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sex worker could be fairly safe, if sex workers had any rights in my country. (context: USA. There are countries where sex workers are are least somewhat respected and have rights. Not here.) Then it would be about as safe as being a doctor who makes house calls, or hospice, or other jobs where you may be in private with another person for some reason.

[โ€“] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Agree, sex work is generally far safer in jurisdictions where it has been legalised and regulated e.g. Netherlands, Germany. It still carries the weight of Judeo-Christian guilt which leads to some unhealthy outcomes, usually for women.