“Where such men love they have no desire and where they desire they cannot love” Sigmund Freud

“As early as the 18th century, the sex work industry and its role in the global capitalist market has been a topic of much debate among feminists. Now in the year 2020, sexual desire – typically a personal, intimate aspect of peoples’ lives – is becoming increasingly more public due to the sex industry. With pornography and prostitution gradually becoming more ‘acceptable’ and ‘mainstream’ in some western countries, it begs the question, should women be supporting the blatant objectification of women?”

“In 2016, Judge Aaron Persky gave Brock Turner the lenient sentence of six months in prison for the sexual assault of an unconsciousness woman, justifying the decision with Turner’s positive character references and lack of criminal record. This in addition to the merciful media coverage on the case sparked outrage, with many pleading that his actions were not diminished due to his favourable qualities.”

“As a society, we only understand something to be a problem when we witness confronting behaviour that is often clearly violent. This understanding branches out to many crimes that we often do not label as criminal in our mind unless they are aggressive and often physical.”

Perfection is exhausting. It is gendered. It’s structural.