Does anyone know the article about "prostitute", "sex worker" etc not being the correct terminology

I think (as with other types of terminology) the correct terms to use are the ones peferred by the person-in-that-category. You don't get to define another person against his/her wishes, so if the person you are speaking to prefers to be called a survivor of prostitution rather than a sex worker, you give her the courtesy of knowing her own life better than you do. And the same applies if she identifies as sex worker rather than prostitute or victim.

I can't think of it We which is annoying me because it does ring a bell.

I agree Lovecat it is horrible to hear that phrase thinking about those poor women.

Weirdly enough this has just come up on my FB feed from Radfem UK:

exgynocraticgrrl.tumblr.com/post/101375202274/rachel-moran-on-the-terms-sex-work-and-sex

Was that it?

Rebecca Mott has a lot to say on the topic:

rebeccamott.net/2014/03/26/pimp-words-are-everywhere/

rebeccamott.net/2013/10/02/it-is-not-sex-work/

rebeccamott.net/2014/08/14/i-cant-cry/

I do know women who call themselves sex workers (many of whom, while they sell sexual services, don't actually sell sex) so I tend to bodge together "sex work and prostitution" to indicate that not all prostituted women accept the term sex worker and not all sex workers view themselves as prostituted women.

I think (I can't remember the exact thread or the article) but the term 'sex worker' was iffy because it made it sound like a career choice rather than considering the surrounding factors (poverty/lack of opportunity/outside pressures) that may have led the woman to sell herself. Not to mention the possibility of trafficking etc.

Could be totally misremembering this, mind you...

I have to say there was something on the news this morning about someone in HK being arrested for murdering 2 Indonesian 'sex workers' and the phrase really jarred with me when they said it on the radio. Possibly because the fact they were from Indonesia in living in HK made it likely they weren't doing it out of an entirely free choice...

I thought 'sex worker ' was acceptable?

I don't want this to go unanswered but can you remember anything else about the article?