This was posted over at LJ anti-porn.
Prostitution - not sexy, not glamourous but soul and body destroying:
http://collegecallgirl.blogspot .com/2007/08/price.html
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The thing is its blokes with attitudes like theirs who use prostitutes in the first place. The sooner they start getting prosecuted for it the better.
Victoria Marinelli said...
I read a lot of stuff by women who've been in/are in the sex trade, and I rarely read anything between the extremes of "prostitution is violence against women" and "sexwork is so empowering, rah rah rah!". Looks like you've worked really hard to find/articulate that middle ground, that uncomfortable and difficult-to-categorize truth. Kudos. Brave and powerful words here that make a difference.
bluecoat28 wrote:I skimmed all the comments. Whew! Besides the misogynistic comments, vmarinelli's comment stood out to me:Victoria Marinelli said...
I read a lot of stuff by women who've been in/are in the sex trade, and I rarely read anything between the extremes of "prostitution is violence against women" and "sexwork is so empowering, rah rah rah!". Looks like you've worked really hard to find/articulate that middle ground, that uncomfortable and difficult-to-categorize truth. Kudos. Brave and powerful words here that make a difference.
vmarinelli, I agree that collegecallgirl had a great entry. what did you mean by "extremes of 'prostitution is violence against women'"? Why'd you put the word "extreme" there? Sometimes when I get in arguments with people, I say, "Prostitution is violence against women", then the argument spins outta control as usual. Should I take away from this comment that I SHOULD NOT say, "prostitution is violence against women"? I don't mean to be argumentative in this post, but I guess I felt defensive when I read your post. Is it because when people say "prostitution is violence against women", it takes "agency" away from the woman in prostitution? Or are both "sides" of the issue true to some degree, but collegecallgirl articulated that middle ground, and that's why you said that?
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