Paid work feels like prostitution or rape to me

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I feel so DIRTY and USED, like a whore or a slave, whenever I have to work in order to qualify for a paycheck by my boss at the end
of the month?

Why must I do something to deserve a ''reward'', to be able to survive, why do I have to be conditioned like Pavlov's dogs.

This exchange feels so UNNATURAL to me and I am ashamed of myself for having stooped so low, like a servant, not a queen as I should be. As we ALL should be, not production machines.

I feel like a prostitute, even though I have a PhD and a ''good'' white collar job as most would say. I hate being obliged to work in order to have the means to survive. I find it so very HUMILIATING.

I never wanted to work for money. I wish I had all the money in the world so that I could finally DO SOME REAL WORK, not slave work.

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Comments ( 8 )
  • victorygin
    8 years ago

    Totally normal. Working sucks dick. Especially if that's actually your job.
    Obviously you need to get used to that; it's part of life. Doesn't change the fact that it sucks.
    You're being paid to do something you don't want to do, so someone else doesn't have to do it. Of course you feel used.

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  • BlondeRedhead
    8 years ago

    To be honest, I felt the same way when I first started working. Many companies create unnatural feeling competition and work environments. It's even worse if you don't like what you're doing or the company you work for.

    I started feeling better about work when I began doing something I love, in a job where I can show up at a time that works for me and pretty much be myself at. Otherwise, I'd still be feeling like a ho. This was definitely a motivation for me to learn a trade and become a skilled worker.

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  • Ellenna
    8 years ago

    I doubt this post is genuine, but just in case it is, my first reaction is you know nothing about rape or prostitution or slavery to make such ridiculous comparisons.

    "A queen as I should be"? That's so pathetic it's laughable.

    I know this will come as a huge shock to your royal highness, but in the real world ordinary people all work in one way or another, most of us in work we don't particularly enjoy. Grow up and get used to it.

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  • NeofelisNebulosa
    8 years ago

    This is quite laughable. How do you think animals survive? They WORK. Lions don't get food by lying around and waiting for gazelles to be delivered to them - they have to hunt it. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

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  • KingTermite
    8 years ago

    Life is full of trade offs. I get where you're coming from, but your drive and desire for a better life need to be addressed to decide if you'd rather live off the state or parents or in an alley.

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  • Short4Words
    8 years ago

    Live on a compound or find way to do that real work you are talking about. Society is darwinian, get used to it.

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  • thefuckup
    8 years ago

    All hail the queen!!!

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  • Lies
    8 years ago

    lol i love this

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