[lbo-talk] Re: alt-porn & explicit content

[Michael Dawson]

I don't think that's what she's saying either.  I think she's saying we
should refrain from too much breezy liberation talk about a practice that is
currently such a troubled reality.  Prostitution, as now practiced, hurts
lots of people, mostly women.  In many cases, it's a sign of desperation,
not a pristine middle-class lifestyle choice.

But, to me, the main point is that, at a time when the left is puny and
confused and derided, making liberation for "sex workers" a big topic is
politically suicidal.  5% of the population would react positively.  A huge
percentage will just laugh and use it as a reason to ignore whatever else we
say.

Besides, the best thing we can do to give whores better lives is to give
them more choices and bargaining power by fighting for jobs programs and
health care.


> On Fri, 6 May 2005, joanna wrote:
> 
> > Look, what is it that I ever said that would lead one to conclude that I
> want
> > to forbid prostitution?
> >
> > Joanna
> >
> 
> Right, I checked the archives. "It's not peachy keen".  So we should
> stigmatize and marginalize it, without forbidding it?
> 
> Miles