Comments on: Another irresponsible piece on sex work http://sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/another-irresponsible-piece-on-sex-work/ Critical reactions to sex in the news, and other rants and raves Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:14:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: octogalore http://sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/another-irresponsible-piece-on-sex-work/#comment-15874 octogalore Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:37:43 +0000 http://sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/another-irresponsible-piece-on-sex-work/#comment-15874 "Perhaps they just didn’t interview any young girls driving fancy cars while in Vegas." Exactly. I didn't drive a fancy car while in Vegas, but that's because all my net donations from folks like writer x went into savings. If Farley or Herbert had spoken to me, a non-addicted then-30-32 year old from a non-headline-grabbing family, they'd have gotten a different story. That's probably why they didn't. “Perhaps they just didn’t interview any young girls driving fancy cars while in Vegas.”

Exactly. I didn’t drive a fancy car while in Vegas, but that’s because all my net donations from folks like writer x went into savings. If Farley or Herbert had spoken to me, a non-addicted
then-30-32 year old from a non-headline-grabbing family, they’d have gotten a different story. That’s probably why they didn’t.

]]> By: Carnival of Feminists No. 45 « Feminist Philosophers http://sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/another-irresponsible-piece-on-sex-work/#comment-15857 Carnival of Feminists No. 45 « Feminist Philosophers Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:43:20 +0000 http://sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/another-irresponsible-piece-on-sex-work/#comment-15857 [...] Sex in the Public Square, a thoughtful critique of Bob Herbert’s recent column on sex [...] [...] Sex in the Public Square, a thoughtful critique of Bob Herbert’s recent column on sex [...]

]]> By: writer X http://sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/another-irresponsible-piece-on-sex-work/#comment-15729 writer X Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:28:42 +0000 http://sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/another-irresponsible-piece-on-sex-work/#comment-15729 I've often wondered after leaving a strip club with 500 or 600 dollars less than when i walked in, "who is exploiting whom?" Bob Herbert and Melissa Farley had a preconceived bias. Perhaps they just didn't interview any young girls driving fancy cars while in Vegas. I’ve often wondered after leaving a strip club with 500 or 600 dollars less than when i walked in, “who is exploiting whom?” Bob Herbert and Melissa Farley had a preconceived bias. Perhaps they just didn’t interview any young girls driving fancy cars while in Vegas.

]]> By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2007-09-10 http://sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/another-irresponsible-piece-on-sex-work/#comment-15320 Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2007-09-10 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:31:46 +0000 http://sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/another-irresponsible-piece-on-sex-work/#comment-15320 [...] Another irresponsible piece on sex work « Sex in the Public Square “Phrases like ‘all aspects,’ ‘extremely young,’ ‘huge numbers’ and ‘legions of Asian women’ all keep readers from learning about the complexity of the sex industry while keeping us in a state of moral panic about it.” (tags: stupid assholes society sexwork media) [...] [...] Another irresponsible piece on sex work « Sex in the Public Square “Phrases like ‘all aspects,’ ‘extremely young,’ ‘huge numbers’ and ‘legions of Asian women’ all keep readers from learning about the complexity of the sex industry while keeping us in a state of moral panic about it.” (tags: stupid assholes society sexwork media) [...]

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