Beerina
Sarcastic Conqueror of Notions
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That if you agreed to have some kind of advantages in return (or "consideration" as it's called in contract law) in exchange for sex, you're literally just a prostitute, not a rape victim.
And yes, as every law student is taught, consideration can be ANYTHING, even as low as one corn of pepper. You can void a contract if it's "you give me X for nothing", but "you give me the Taj Mahal in exchange for a corn of pepper", is a valid contract if both sides agreed to it.
NB, I'm not using prostitute as an insult or demeaning in any way. They're hard-working members of society just like anyone else. They can keep their head high. But they're not the same as rape victims.
Is all I'm saying.
It's something. This has been memetically tackled with "How horrible is the world, that keeps women down so things like prostitution, or having sex with a powerful producer, or even being the one bringing it up, is seen as a viable option of last resort?"