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For those who like to declare that "sex work" is empowering

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prudencepuffin · 24/01/2022 17:56

No doubt many of us are aware of the material in this film but it is nonetheless shocking and might be worth showing to young people who are told that believing this is a tenet of the new feminism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-60091717

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MargaritaPie · 25/01/2022 17:24

This isn't sex work, this is trafficking. If the person who has spent 2 years taking trips to Romania to investigate this has information relating to criminal activity I hope she has passed it onto the relevant police?

KittenKong · 25/01/2022 17:23

Happy hooker, tart with a heart of gold, bla bla bla.

LilithOfEden · 25/01/2022 17:20

Did they watch Pretty Woman as a young person and know f-all about the reality of sex workers lives?

I think greater harm was done in this country by the "empowered modern day courtesan" myth pedalled by Belle du Jour (Dr Brooke Magnanti). Apart from anything else, she made men feel good about themselves using prostitutes - because perhaps they were helping some would be PhD student to fulfil her academic dreams Hmm

ThatsWhenTheCannibalismStarted · 25/01/2022 16:29

Just to clarify, not criticising you op, I can see you think the euphamism is bollocks too. Just thought it a good opportunity to hear from a survivor and to share Emma's story

ThatsWhenTheCannibalismStarted · 25/01/2022 16:19

This podcast is about a young woman called Emma who entered into prostitution and was subsequently murdered. In it the reported interviews a prostitution survivor, and asks what she thinks about people who insist on calling it "sex work". The woman gives a hollow laugh and explains why that's utter bollocks.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p09bxhkf

LizziesTwin · 25/01/2022 12:39

What is the career progression in sex work?

lilikiki · 25/01/2022 12:38

sex work is only empowering for men
frankly I’m sick of better mens lives by being manipulated into lowering our standards

KittenKong · 25/01/2022 12:36

I generally ask:

Do they/have they done it?

If its so great why are girl children being trafficked into it, and why aren't men queuing up to do it?

Would they be cool with their daughter/sister/mum/granny going on the game?

Do they know the rate of addiction in sex workers?

Are they aware of the stats of sex workers being murdered, raped, assaulted or robbed at work (and the same stats for someone say working in a McDonalds)?

Have they ever witnessed a pimp going at one of 'his girls' in the street?

Did they watch Pretty Woman as a young person and know f-all about the reality of sex workers lives?

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