tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post1689436264804376328..comments2024-03-29T07:02:42.474-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: To whom it may concernUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-68363091272638939162008-04-03T09:39:00.000-04:002008-04-03T09:39:00.000-04:00This is addressed to feminists who take the let's ...<I>This is addressed to feminists who take the let's call it abolitionist position wrt sex work/prostitution:</I><BR/><BR/>Or, let's not.<BR/><BR/>I think we have to be very careful regarding what language we use to describe these people. If we cede that word to them, then we implicitly allow all the historical associations that come with it. In American and English history, the abolitionists Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202843585426980641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-21736343423442005382008-03-20T00:35:00.000-04:002008-03-20T00:35:00.000-04:00welcome, danaelaurmwelcome, danaelaurmbelledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-76526933870827874592008-03-19T22:34:00.000-04:002008-03-19T22:34:00.000-04:00But the the usual response is that it's different ...But the the usual response is that it's different because the sex industry is something special. At which point I think the double standard become obvious and fallacious...<BR/><BR/>So I guess this might be a somewhat indirect way to say brava...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-32884160664094099752008-03-11T14:03:00.000-04:002008-03-11T14:03:00.000-04:00Nice analogy.It seems like many of the comments on...Nice analogy.<BR/><BR/>It seems like many of the comments on posts like Mary's or other such posts deal with women saying "right on, I don't like the industry either." That completely misses the point.<BR/><BR/>There are plenty of industries we don't like. Oil, maybe, diet pills, BigLaw. That has very little relevance to whether we respect workers' decisions to be on the payroll for whatever Octogalorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052288318330285365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-22033357153445771482008-03-11T00:16:00.000-04:002008-03-11T00:16:00.000-04:00I have a good friend, a TS girl by the name of Jen...I have a good friend, a TS girl by the name of Jena. She writes, directs and produces porn movies, and stars in them. Is she exploited? Is she expressing her sexuality? Is she just making a living?<BR/><BR/>It's not for me to analyze it. I know that she is happy and dedicated to her work. There is nobody exploiting her.<BR/>So... where does that leave it?<BR/><BR/>Is she a dumb slave of the soopermousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266304739028473267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-50260696274299905642008-03-10T16:39:00.000-04:002008-03-10T16:39:00.000-04:00Yay! Verrry very good argument and excellent disas...Yay! Verrry very good argument and excellent disassembly of a double-standard. Cool.Stassahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132095918777364509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-86867297135130628542008-03-10T11:54:00.000-04:002008-03-10T11:54:00.000-04:00Yeah. It's a right on analogy, at any rate. I do s...Yeah. It's a right on analogy, at any rate. I do suspect it'll make some of the disenchanted think. Because it does seem to me that that movement has:<BR/><BR/>1) A core, who are either people who were deeply traumatized by some experience with porn, or who have made a name for themselves opposing it. These people can't, or won't, likely ever see that people who disagree have any point at all.<BRTrinityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06846032433424879965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-53966379016868671932008-03-10T05:07:00.000-04:002008-03-10T05:07:00.000-04:00The moment people start believing their experience...The moment people start believing their experience is the only one possible and that saying anything to the contrary makes you the enemy... tat moment I back away as fast as I can.soopermousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266304739028473267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-43317134434702897732008-03-10T00:17:00.000-04:002008-03-10T00:17:00.000-04:00like i said: i needed the exercise.maybe it'll mak...like i said: i needed the exercise.<BR/><BR/>maybe it'll make sense to someone out there, who wasn't already thinking along similar lines, i mean. i don't particularly hold out hopes for the individual i was nominally addressing, no.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-39467697208669825352008-03-09T17:59:00.000-04:002008-03-09T17:59:00.000-04:00Right on Belle, right on.Right on Belle, right on.Trinityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06846032433424879965noreply@blogger.com