When leftists discuss work, we are very quick to point out that work is not enjoyable. Nobody enjoys stocking shelves all day every day, or dealing with customers, or having to show up to work every day for hours to provide a service. But as soon as “sex work” is being discussed, the tune changes. Suddenly, workers enjoy work. They want to show up to work and provide a service—sex—for hours. “Sex workers” love sex which is why they monetise it, so you’re actually doing them a favour by purchasing their service (sex)!
This is because as soon as you frame “sex work” the same way as any other work, it quickly begins to look like rape. Unwilling women forced to show up to work to afford to live, hating every second of the labour they provide by having sex (being raped) for hours with/by customers who treat them like shit (while raping them). Leftists understand, even if they don’t admit it, that sex is different than any kind of work you can name. And that as soon as it’s unwilling, it’s rape, even if a man pays a woman to stay quiet about it. But they believe that it’s so very important for men to be allowed to buy women, so instead of accepting that “sex work” is rape, they change the narrative about work only when discussing “sex work” so they don’t have to experience cognitive dissonance.