Can we support sex workers and still find it problematic using them as rolemodels?
Exactly! If you support sex workers (and I do, and am certainly guilty of this myself), you are perpetuating male dominance of women.
Well, we have to admit, that to one extend, there are still some problems with gender equality in the western world.
But when we talk about sex workers, we have to draw a line between forced sex work, trafficking, etc and the sex workers we admire on this site.
In first category, it is a matter of force and it is without the consent of the "worker", and of course it is despicable.
In second category, it is a matter of professional choice. Either because this way of life suits them better, or because, of course, they can make many times the money that most people make in other professions.
It looks, in the way you are presenting this, that those women have no individual will, or intelligence, or even a choice what to do with their lives.
Isn't that a little bit downgrading to them?
Ask yourself, "Why is there so little male pornography for women?"
There is always demand and supply.
What is the thing that would stop the supply of male porn, if there was a demand?
Are there not enough actors, or because of the pay gap, there isn't any money left for women to pay for porn?
Maybe the "moral stigma" of a woman watching porn, but with the anonymity of the internet, i don't think this is a problem nowadays.
Please excuse any grammatical errors, I'm trying my best, but English is not my native language