Super pissed off

[sunnysmiles]

The latest issue of the Canadian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology is a special edition on 'sex work' that is filled with articles by jerks like Francis Shaver etc...

I.e. it is entirely and exclusively about pro-sex industry.

I am so ed and so pissed off it's incredible. As a member of this association, I don't know how to even address it, cause it's all academic high-shit, and I'm a fucking rookie.

Canada is usually fairly 'sweden' like in it's approach to prostitution. However, it's approach to pornography is just something else. It's always had great research by primarily anti-pornstitution socialist feminists who've addressed policy issues to the Status of Women Canada etc, in proposing the 'swedish model' etc...

I AM SO PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!! I COULD JUST PUNCH SOMEONE'S HEAD IN! I'm serious.

[Pony]

I don't know why these two disciplines are sharing a journal. Or anything for that matter. Sociologists in my mind are either misogynistic fuckwads with carpal tunnel syndrome or dilletante exotic dancers* cashing in on their creative writing chops:

The latest whack of cow pucky to come from this school is that children have rights to a sex life. (With adult men of corzzzzzzzzze.} Personally I get a bit uptight about adults who are overly fixated on children's *rights* to sex.

Amber Alert issued for 10-yr old Saskatchewan boy
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national ... alert.html

Where have we heard this before? Oh right. The somewhere right of Chile Libertarians** and their 12 year olds are ready crap.

* and **
Pardon me I may have repeated myself

[sunnysmiles]

Well, sociology and anthropology are fairly similar... Just one's more quantitative and the other is more qualitative. I have one supervisor who's a sociologist another who's an anthropologist. I myself am an anthro.

While there are many sociologists who are misogynists, there are a lot of feminist sociologists.

PS - if anyone wants pdf files of these articles send me an email and I will send them to you.

[Pony]

there are a lot of feminist sociologists.

Yes. So they say. {Where have we...?}

Sure send.

[sunnysmiles]

My supervisor (the sociologist) is anti-porn and does great work around domestic violence and racism.

She's written at least 4 books already... she ROCKS!!!!

[Pony]

And she would be?

[sunnysmiles]

Not sure what you want to know...

but can't divulge her name if that's what you're asking.

[Pony]

I believe it was Paul Anka's way. Very little to choose from there.

[sunnysmiles]

If all these pro-sex industry people claim that we only conduct research and activist work around prostitution because we are 'morally appalled' at the sexual degradation of women, then why do all these fuddle-heads do their research on 'pro-sexindustry' work? What is their general motivation?

Are they martyrs and the only true academics/researchers/activists out there? What is an argument that we can articulate against their ridiculous attacks regarding our motivations? What's their vested interest?