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Feminism: Sex & gender discussions

Problem page in Daily Mirror.

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carernotasaint · 14/06/2012 17:11

i saw this on the problem page in the Mirror yeasterday.
An accountant has written into them about the fact that he is dating a student who works on sex chatlines to earn a bit of extra money.
He states that he met her a few WEEKS ago. He writes that "she claims she doesnt get turned on by it but the thought of these guys getting off on what shes saying makes me feel a bit sick."
And then Colleen Nolan answers..... If she likes you as much as you like her shell happily give it up. If she thinks that these chat lines are more important than you shes not right for you.
Now i do realise not everyone likes the nature of phone sex lines but what message does this give out to women.
That your boyfriend/someone you are dating has the right to tell you what to do after knowing you for a few WEEKS. I find that aspect of this much more disturbing than the fact that she works for a sex chatline.

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EclecticShock · 14/06/2012 22:38

I'd stop reading the daily mirror, no good can come of it :). Seriously though, I see where you are coming from, crap advice.

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beansmum · 15/06/2012 03:24

hmm. I don't know - it sounds like ok advice to me. If you feel sick about what your partner is doing, and they don't want to stop doing it, then they're not right for you.

I don't think it suggests that a boyfriend has a right to tell you what to do, just that if he doesn't like what you do he should tell you he can't deal with it. Then you should chose whether to change or to break up.

What other advice could she give? It makes you feel sick, but just deal with it? Break up with her without talking about it?

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EduStudent · 16/06/2012 18:41

Is it the Daily Mirror than does the photo strip on the problem page? And all the problems relate to sex apart from one token one each week?

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