Sex work is a perfect example of this. People aren’t willing to grapple with the realities of the alternatives. But they want to judge and legislate.
I worked at a call center where my shift got cut early if the strangers I called weren't completing enough of my surveys.
A friend worked at an amusement park that legally paid below minimum wage because it was "seasonal."
None of these jobs made national news.
Every low-wage job has tradeoffs. The call center hired me underage with no expe…