Before you go off on me in the comments, yes I know there are “good” social workers so save me the “not all social workers” bullshit. I’m not negating that there are “nice” people who do social work. What I’m saying is that intention…
It’s hard enough getting a job when you’re fat, trans, and/or disabled, not to mention when you are also a person of color. Imagine now that you’re trying to get a job based on sex appeal in a world where you are regularly marketed as undesirable, if not outright repulsive.
…s old as sex work. Anyone who has been a sex worker has seen this behavior a million times before. Powerful people are happy to associate with sex workers when they think we are just “edgy” enough to gain them something by association, and quick to distance themselves when confronted by the systemic stigma in our actual lives.