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Article (advert) for working as & using prostitutes on BBC today, running a brothel, punters invisible as usual

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KittTheCar · 17/04/2018 18:55

here

While it's always interesting to read perspectives I find this one a bit proaganda-y, specifically:

  • Police officer turned brothel owner saying police will turn blind eye (he's someone "in the know" and as an ex copper will be seen to be a good moral type of person generally
  • Woman saying why should anyone judge her - which always comes up, from a feminist point of view it is striking that yet again we have a defensive woman while the men who - if anyone is to be judged should be the ones to be judged - are pretty much out of the picture in this part
  • It's clearly an advert for this particular brothel
  • The idea that paying for sex is normalised is presented as a good thing, and that groups of men will come as a starter to a night out. Do they really do this? I mean, a lot, in the UK? I took it as more of a suggestion to readers - "it's all fine and normal, come along with your mates!"

Posting on the feminist board for obvious reasons - I find the normalisation of buying women for sex really worrying and extremely unpleasant. Women these days feel it's not something they have any right to dislike. The happy hooker narrative is in full swing.

Did this read to anyone else more or less like an advert for this particular brothel?

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Ekphrasis · 18/04/2018 10:02

Was all the sexy close ups of her body necessary?

Ekphrasis · 18/04/2018 10:03

The bbc subconsciously just put a stamp of approval on this way working as a sex worker; I dread to think about the message it sends teens.

0phelia · 18/04/2018 11:05

And do they have rules about condoms and regular sti checks?

You'll be pleased to know that the usual rules around condoms are that girls are not allowed to use a condom for oral sex, but they have a choice as to weather or not they use a condom for vaginal / anal sex. Stealthing is not unheared of.

The only STI screening I encountered was after a rumour had gone around online that a girl in the place had an STI so they hired a private organisation to come in and screen all the girls.

But hey it's free choice.

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