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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
If a Hollywood trophy wife is there by force and not by choice, then she's essentially living in slavery. Yes, I would consider that degrading.
Doesn't matter how well your master treats you ... if you are there by force, you are degraded.
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True. On the other hand, I'd bet there are more than a few of those trophy wives who look around at the money, the attention, the mansions, the clothes, the cars, the plastic surgery and personal trainers, the spas, the backyard pools (and pool-boys)... and figure they can handle a bit of degradation for that.
On a more down-to-earth note, a person can have a degrading job (such as a maid--not that all maid's jobs are degrading, but just as an example), but if it provides enough money to benefit their family (say, bringing them to a better country, or making life better where they are), it may be considered by that person to be worth the degradation to benefit others.
Again, it's up to the individual to decide whether or not they are being degraded, and whether or not the degradation is worth what they get out of it. It's not always obvious enough for outsiders to judge.