Lolita was a sex worker

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SadlyMissTaken · 11/11/2019 09:47

For those who haven't read it Lolita is a story of a child who is kidnapped and repeatedly raped by a paedophile. Now reinterpreted as a sex worker. No words for this.
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NotBadConsidering · 11/11/2019 10:07

The true nature of their relationship is not remotely up for dispute, so the only reason a person would write such a thing is either they’re thick as pigshit or they’re being deliberately provocative in a very nasty way. I refuse to click on the link.

LangCleg · 11/11/2019 10:06

Lolita was a child, and she was exploited, but she was also conscious of the function of her body in a patriarchal economy. Philosophically speaking, most of us do indeed consent to our own exploitation.

Goddess fucking save me.

nauticant · 11/11/2019 10:03

Child sexual abuse can be seen as sex work. Sex work is liberating and needs to be supported as a feminist choice.

It could never happen that anyone would try to combine those two concepts.

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SadlyMissTaken · 11/11/2019 10:00

It's an insult to Nabakov who wrote Humbert as a man who knows exactly what he's doing. He even muses that she has no other choice. There's a scene in which Lolita plays tennis. She's technically good but lacks the drive to win. Humbert muses that he is probably responsible for her damaged psyche. And carries on as before.

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TheProdigalKittensReturn · 11/11/2019 09:49

Sorry, I'm not even reading that, my monitor is quite new and I don't want to end up smashing it in rage.

RealityNotEssentialism · 11/11/2019 09:49

Disgusting. I can’t believe it’s got to this and that this shit is being marketed as feminism. They need to get a grip on themselves.

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