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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
But, woman in degrading job being shafted by her employer after a work related injury. Nothing ironic about that. Nothing frivolous about it either.
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Hi Ricky,
I have a couple of friends who work in the sex industry and, believe me, they think that they have the best job in the world. They are both independent women who work in the industry through their own choice and thoroughly enjoy it. Both are well-educated, and came to work in the industry after having professional careers. They'd certainly disagree with your view of the work as being "degrading", although I'd be the first to agree that there is a side to the industry which is appalling - street girls who are abused by pimps and more often than not dependent on drugs. That side of the industry needs to be stamped out, and the sooner it happens the better.
Many towns and cities in the UK take a very enlightened attitude to the industry these days, and operate all sorts of support services to ensure that abuse does not happen. I think there is a widespread realisation that it's going to happen no matter what, so it's a lot better to operate openly and properly run, rather than for it all to be driven underground and "criminalised" (it's not illegal in the UK - I understand that in some parts of the US it is). In the case of my friends, for example, they tell me that a nurse visits them once a month to carry out health checks.
One potential problem with sueing for industrial injuries is that it's normal in the sex industry for people to be independent contractors rather than employees. Both my friends have the legal status of "limited companies", for example.