Telegraph quotes only men in prostitution article

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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/04/campaigners-call-for-parliamentary-inquiry-into-prostitution-to/

Zero women were quoted in this story about prostitution.

Suck it up ladies, Paris Lees speaks for you now and the Telegraph will actively hide the truth of his male history and current male status from you. Just like other media that quotes mostly men on topics that largely affect women like prostitution, abortion, and family violence.

Only now if you point out this intentional erasure of women, it's you who is being (trans)misogynistic.

Yes, they managed to silence most feminists with this nonsense. As if "woman" is just a mask any man can put on.

Am right in assuming Paris Lees is a biological male?

Apart from anything else, Vaz seems to be differentiating between male and female sex workers i.e female = forced, male not forced. And of course no-one 'forced' the men into a Mirror 'sting'.

But it IS the Telegraph, so quelle surprise?

Hold on. The article only quotes two people directly, one of whom is Vaz himself. The spokesperson from Nordic Model Now whose statement is indirectly quoted is presumably a woman. And while I don't have a huge amount of time for Paris Lees (!), her comments here are relevant I think.

I agree that the under-representation of women in the media is a massive problem, but I don't think this is a particularly troubling example.

They also just picked up Paris Lees tweets rather than interviewing. Lazy journalism I think.

Oh, it's definitely poor journalism.

An 'indirect quote' from a press release presumably written by a woman is not a quote by a woman.