[Prudence]

In theory, I don't have an issue with the commodifying sex. In practice, I worry (of course) about the bleed over into other areas. I have never, to my knowledge, been a guy, so I can't say for certain what it's like being a guy. But my experience being on hiring committees is that there is sometimes an association of "sexy" with "competent" that is applied to women, but not men. I'm sure that for some people the opposite is true, and "sexy" equals "slightly less intelligent than toast."

I've known my share of strippers and former strippers and porno chicks (video and magazine), and most of them were sharp, up-and-coming (har) women using what they were given to make a buck or two on the way to their latest PhD. Actually, I don't think I've ever known one that wasn't pursuing a regular, reputable degree. They were comfortable with themselves and whatever. But the customers? Very few customers were well adjusted. Most of them were delusional, desperate men.

This would probably be clearer if I were more coherent at the moment. It's like so many other things -- it's perfectly rational on paper, selling sex, but somehow when put into practice it gets all warped. Nothing really to be done about it - it's just another example of how humanity sucks.