The most popular contention against this aspect of social care seems to be that unattractive and shy people find it hard to access sex as well, but no one pays for them to get laid.
This is a stupid and ignorant argument.
If you can’t see the difference between the need to facilitate a sexual experience for someone who has low self-esteem or who feels ugly, and doing the same for someone who can’t form words, or has to be fed through a tube, or has lost the use of all their limbs, I don’t think there’s enough room on this page for me to explain it to you. And that’s before we even begin to weigh up the realities for those whose mental capabilities do not, and will never, stretch to chatting up another human being, never mind making an emotional connection with one.
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