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Originally Posted by ila
I wonder, smolderingtemptress, why you think that society expects transwomen can only be escorts.... Melissa has said that she is an escort and she likes it. That is her decision and I'm sure no one told that is all she is capable and expected of doing. I'm not sure why you feel that you are being negatively impacted because of what Melissa has chosen to do. My only advice to anyone would be to get on with your own life and worry less about what others have chosen to do with their's. The career choices of others in no way impact nor reflect on you.
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Well, just for the record that's not entirely true. The original question asked by Melissa was (quote):
"If you met a TS, fell head over heels for her, but then found out she is an escort/adult entertainer does it rule out the chances for a relationship?"
So, just as a philosophical aside, there is this to consider: Yes, it's true that Melissa's day-to-day activities as an escort may not have an effect on our own day-to-day lives since they don't actually intersect. However, by asking us to give our opinions on this topic, it does "reflect on us" because now everyone is sharing their personal feelings or their own deeply held convictions on things -- such as how they feel about escorting or sex work overall, not to mention revealing how they'd react emotionally if confronted by this situation. After all, that was the whole point of the question to begin with.
So, yes, all of our answers here do reflect on us since we're each stating what we believe in.
And that's about as much of a reflection as you can get.