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Yet ANOTHER pro-sex work article in the Guardian

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Cunstancemarkiewicz · 07/05/2018 22:11

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/may/07/sex-work-stripping-home-life-compatible

WTF are they at these days? This woman is clearly damaged by her abusive mother and worn down by her years of lapdancing. She's clearly doing her best to support her family but at what cost to herself? And isn't it a grim picture of the American precariat without the social safety nets your average Guardian reader takes for granted? Yet the headline, and the casual defensive tone about the "work"....where do you even start...Hmm

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LassWiADelicateAir · 07/05/2018 23:33

I only see DM articles when they are linked here and occasionally when I google a specific subject to see what their take on it is (occasionally can be surprising) I wasn't aware of them doing happy hooker articles.

If nothing else I doubt the DM would have been so sympathetic to the husband as that article was- all that piffle about His hair – his pride and joy – is a thoughtless mess, falling out of its ponytail and straggling down his back. Dark circles rim his eyes, and he’s been biting his fingernails again.

AngryAttackKittens · 07/05/2018 23:26

The Guardian have really committed to that whole "women are things for men to use and should be happy about it" position, haven't they?

GardenGeek · 07/05/2018 23:21

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LassWiADelicateAir · 07/05/2018 23:14

It isn't even original or well written. I feel bad about saying that if the author thinks she is going to break through into writing but , sorry, I've read that article/story line too often.

And as for her husband- being supported by her wages from a strip club whilst he gets a degree and now no job?

In their situation and so desperate for money I think I'd be suggesting he gets a job-it might be menial, it might be hard work, it might be shift work to fit in with child-care but anything would be better than living off his wife in these circumstances. No particular thanks to Trump but isn't male unemployment going down?

VaggieMight · 07/05/2018 23:13

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thebewilderness · 07/05/2018 23:06

Are we to understand that the Guardian is promoting trafficking as well as the rape torture and abuse of women and children?
Isn't that illegal?

QuarksandLeptons · 07/05/2018 23:05

What a strange, incoherent article. The author clearly sees the sad situation the woman is in but dresses up the story as empowering and skates over all of the really key aspects of it. The abusive relationship with her mother, the grimness of her work are all noted but not linked up. The men who expect prostitution on top of stripping is really awful. The desperation of the woman who doesn’t seem to have any other way of keeping all of her life in motion without the money from stripping doesn’t in any way seem positive or empowering

Italiangreyhound · 07/05/2018 22:58

Is there any 'processional body' that complaints could be made to?

I find all this pro-prostitution stuff such a load of shit.

Opheliah · 07/05/2018 22:32

Wow it's one every 6 days from the Guardian lately.

What's their end game?

Peanutbuttercups21 · 07/05/2018 22:13

The DM also often promotes happy hooker/stripper stories, what is it all about?

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