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Dying boy, 15, gets wish: losing virginity

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They might have made or ruined that prostitute’s month. That’s a heavy situation to be introduced to. Glad the kid got some amount of comfort in his final days.
- The way the article is written it looks like they focused heavily on consent. Judging by the deep focus on ethics and the professionalism expressed in this decision that presumably means consent for the sex worker as well. They were probably brought in on the discussion for a while before the session to work on boundaries and means.
  None of this reads as a rush job.
  
  The way it read, I could only infer details. Without explicit information, which only fools would offer about a crime that they avoided consequences for, there’s quite a bit of wiggle. The prostitute consented to have sex with a sick teen, but they’re not in the best place. If anything, their mental health was likely below average, considering their line of work and its challenges. Teenagers aren’t exactly the best judges, either
  
  Are you insinuating coercion? That would be assault. I'm confused about your point, just that we don't know?
  [Edit: removed misdirecting argument]
  It's wrong to cast an assumption that sex workers are bound to be in poor mental health or that their mental state should impact their professional judgement.
  The teen had access to a psychologist who also worked through these decisions with them. Yes teens are dumb but this was a decision made with a lot more thought and guidance than most teens have for similar things.
  
  What made you jump to corrcion? That’s a strangely massive leap. No, I’m just pointing out the absence of details and the thorough understanding of the reason for their absence. And within that void sit additional moral questions. Was she strapped for cash? Was she an addict? Was this just another Tuesday? Was she fully aware of the situation and its implications?
  While sex workers range in mental health, like everyone else, they are also a fringe group with unique challenges that tend to create higher than average stress and poorer mental health. Did they backpage it? Was she solicited on the street? Was it a trip to brothel? Each one has a different implication and each one has a unique likelihood of drugs dependence, mental health disorder, extreme poverty, or undesirable living situation that might guide them toward agreeing or disagreeing to commit a felony. None of which was explicitly stated, because offering details of your underage sex crimes is just going to attract undesirable attention. Regardless of how warranted it was, it was still prosecutable and, therefore, best left vague for both the friends and the woman.
  I didn’t realize how rare an understanding of the state of sex workers in the US is among the populace. If you’re in the US, I recommend volunteering with community groups and hospitals to gain some amount of firsthand perspective, if you have the capacity. We can always use the help!
  
  This is in Australia, where prostitution is legal or decriminalized and the issues faced by sex workers are therefore very different from in the US.
  
  Yeah, I caught my mistake at some point in the last 3 days
  
  I feel like being faced with your own imminent demise definitely gives you some honorary adult points. If anything I want to say this is possibly the best possible case and way for this to occur.
  Kid is dying, knows they're dying, and is at the age where they'd likely be experimenting sexually with peers if they weren't constantly in the hospital. They're adult enough to be aware of and want to engage in one of the quintessential human experiences.
  Age of consent in Australia is 16, they're 15, and prostitution is somewhere between legal and quasi-legal there. Because the act is with a prostitute, it removes the weirder gross aspects of, "emotionally or physically attracted to someone younger," and also removes the potentially problematic power dynamic because it's purely transactional.
  
  I missed the Australia bit. What do you mean “quasi-legal”? Illegal but largely unprosecuted?
  
  It depends on the individual province. Some are legal and regulated, some are just decriminalized. Or kinda anywhere between. It doesn't seem to be fully illegal anywhere

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