In a message dated 00-11-27 15:29:06 EST
>> No, I don't think that Annie Sprinkle is a feminist. It's one thing to
>> promote sex and sexual enjoyment, but it's another thing to promote
>> prostitution. I think that prostitution is bad for prostitutes and that
>it's
>> bad for people who pay prostitutes.
>
>There, I'm inclined to disagree. I think that sex work CAN be REALLY bad for
>both parties. But I don't think it's intrinsic to sex work for it to be bad
>for people.
>
>Illegality and stigmatization play a BIG role there. If you are a criminal
>and
>your boss is a criminal, that isn't going to do a lot for your working
>environment and job satisfaction...
>
>
The above snippet doesn't remotely represent the turns in this thread, for
which I apologize, but I can't help wondering On stigmatization:
Is the key functional element in the perception of a prostitute that s/he is
a "criminal" or that s/he is a "prostitute"?
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