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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 03:38 PM Original message |
Prostitution, for fun and profit |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. As the article makes clear, their 'analysis' is inhuman anti-woman garbage |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Nonsense |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Because they choose to not look at the reality of it. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. hate to tell you this, but the point is that if your good at what you do |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Only if you think prostitution is just another job. It's a means of subsistence |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. yup for the most part but there are women who get involved in the sex business on their own |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. If I were to point out |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
113. I've met a lot of hookers.. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #113 |
129. So that applies only to prostitution? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #113 |
151. put asshats on IGNORE, ggm |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
160. it's a stupid point though |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #160 |
182. Do you think their study was flawed fundamentally? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #182 |
194. I said it was pointless |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #194 |
197. They weren't trying to apply it to other jobs |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
161. except that it's often not true |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. It is a meritocracy |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. And you are pushing anti-woman ignorance. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Yep, you've become hysterical |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. So, you agree that women who are prostitiutes because they |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. Nope, never said that |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 05:45 AM Response to Reply #65 |
171. In places where prostitution is legal |
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27inCali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
128. some women choose to do so |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
82. what a sexist ass... become hysterical. if that isnt the age old saying to women to shut up |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Hysteria is a word, with a valid definition that is appropriate in this situation |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. And are you following me around? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. i didnt have need to address op. i did to your sexist overly used word you chose to tell woman to |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Wow, it seems you're the one with issues with the opposite sex |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #98 |
107. I think geek tragedy is a man. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 05:47 AM Response to Reply #98 |
172. The word.... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #172 |
179. Couple of things |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #179 |
195. I wasn't really offended either |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. So you can't say hysterical to a woman |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. I think she believes there are alot more "code words" than their actually are |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. it is about the same tammy |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. Actually I pointed out its history |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Also, what word would you use to refer to someone |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #102 |
130. Also, is it still a sexist way of telling a woman to shut up |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #82 |
122. The sexist assholes are pretty eager to decloak around here. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. actually, hubby just made me one.... oh noes!!111!!!! nt |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. I usually make my wife dinner too. nt |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. its like the guy who kills hookers and strippers because they are unclean or something |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
81. It's an economic analysis... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. I imagine that holds true for other professions as well |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #88 |
119. Selling your body is not a "profession." |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #119 |
131. You're right, it's not her body |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
189. A sample of two is hardly statistically valid in any universe. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #189 |
199. If it's at all like their other book |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. How can anyone question a study... |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. That isn't news. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Exactly |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. roflmao, from experience the ladies from thart side of the tracks can sell a product... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I know, although I wouldn't attribute it to the manager |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. honestly who dosent, some of the stories the gals have are hilarious |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Who doesn't like hanging around strippers? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. yeah because strippers are lowlife filth that decent men should never talk to |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Strippers aren't lowlife filth. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. You sure think they are... |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. And I'm talking to someone who thinks that |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Deleted message |
geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Shockingly, many feminists don't believe that the private sector |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
74. so what, until those same feminists pay the bills for the girls working the strip clubs |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #74 |
123. Opposing the exploitation of women is a progressive value. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
115. "Falwelliban", I like that |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. yeah i worked the sex crimes unit for a while got to know a lot of th girls |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. And what did you think of their 'customers?' |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. no better no worse than anyone else, a cross section of the population |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Prostituted women are NOT a representative |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
110. While that is true, the reason for that it that it is illegal. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #110 |
134. For some reason places that sold alcohol |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 05:52 AM Response to Reply #110 |
173. Not true |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:26 AM Response to Reply #59 |
163. Okay, I've read this far, and you are just so far off base. Most of the wives I know |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
206. Dude |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Huh? That's an unqualified statement. Care to back that up? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yes, men who like to hang around strippers |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. And your evidence is....? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Ooh, hit a sore spot. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Evidence please |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Jesus hung out with prostitutes. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Did Jesus pay for lap dances? nt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Don't bother trying to reason with GT - he/she/it is clearly hung up on Fundy Christian Sex rites |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. No, I just reject the Larry Flynt anti-woman |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. no because it =s still rape, but if she told him she would play act rape for $50 |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Larry Flynt is not anti-woman - he's pro capitalism |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. LMAO. Feminists DESPISE Larry Flynt |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
112. Larry Flynt has done more for the Democratic Party.... |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #112 |
121. Women have done a lot more for the Democratic party |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
68. BULLSHIT |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. though i dont think icve ever agreed with you on anything |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. only if you deserve it |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. hey i may be the man, but im pretty cool with it, or so my wife thinks |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. lol i also forgot the we need pictures in this thread :) |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #80 |
90. for free? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. rofl, capitalism at its finest. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. have a nice mini-vacation n/t |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Glad to see you're here |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. thank you |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #68 |
133. gasp.. |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
84. Wow. I guess we all know what you really think about sex workers. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
186. Is it nice and comfy in your tower? |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
205. Lol |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. "Sell a product". Thank you for clarifying what you think |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. what do you think the ladies working at the company were selling |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Exactly |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Sex is not labor. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. BULLSHIT! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. It shows you have an inhuman attitude towards sexuality. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
103. save your breath |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
118. Only if you believe that women never enjoy sex. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #118 |
127. it probably is labor with him, |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #127 |
158. a huge laborious pain, I'm SURE! that guy is weird to say the least |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:46 AM Response to Reply #127 |
165. Then why are you being so contemptible about a woman making her own damn choices |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. well i got to say if sex is not hard labour then you are doing it wrong |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. It is |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
83. We pay for people to touch us, like massage therapists. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. In a capitalist system, all employees are whores |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Deleted sub-thread |
lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
79. Sex work is not selling women. It's selling sexual services. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
93. Selling the woman would constitute slavery |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's one hell of a straw-man argument |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. seems to be that they are saying if your good at what you do (sex) |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yeah, it's those stupid whores' own fault their lives are unhappy. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. whose fault is it then, certainly not yours or the guys who wrote the book. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yes, and if you don't like sucking 50 dicks a day you |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. and if you do enjoy it and your good at it, then you can be rich |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. the problem is that very very very very few women |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. neither do you it seems, as you point out you as a decent man would never lower yourself to talk to |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Talk to them, yes. Pay them for sexual gratification? |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
87. the vast majority of SC customers aren't paying for gratification |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #87 |
152. and you know this - how? |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:36 AM Response to Reply #87 |
164. I agree they are looking for a sort of connection to someone who is NOT their |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
136. I hear there is a wonderful land where such women are not tolerated |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
85. you think only ugly fat guys buy sex? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #85 |
116. In my experience, that's 99% of the clientele. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. no woman enjoys sucking 50 dicks a day, sorry to disillusion you. |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Most sex workers do not have 50 clients a day. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #63 |
117. 2, 5, 10, 50.. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #117 |
190. So now you are crusading on behalf of womens virtue and chastity? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. never said they did, jsut saying that if you did you would be rich :) |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
53. Because those are literally the only two options |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. I know a former sex worker who says she felt more degraded as an underpaid waitress... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
77. and i know one who said different. so what? i know lots of people who defend |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #77 |
91. Perhaps using "whorish" as an insult is not the best choice |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #91 |
106. words have meanings. whoring = selling sex or principles for money. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #106 |
132. Maybe because assholes tell them they should feel ashamed? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. sorry, there's no comparison between being gay & selling sex for money. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Why do you believe the state has a compelling reason |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. women can do whatever they want with their bodies. there's no law against having sex with whomever |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Ah but that is telling them what they may or may not do with their bodies |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. um, no, it's not. they can have all the sex they want, contrary to the "prudes preventing me from |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. Of course it is, it's a business proposition, so what? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #144 |
147. thus you agree, it has nothing to do with sex. it has to do with commerce & |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Indeed it is a job, and choice |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #149 |
153. i'm not *telling* anyone how to behave, nor am i a puritan, despite your attempts to |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #153 |
176. So who is harmed? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Of course it is, it's a business proposition, so what? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #142 |
157. You are free to donate a kidney.. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #157 |
177. I would say that should be your right yeah |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #62 |
92. I know a many sex workers who got paid very well and liked the business very much |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Didn't they know they are supposed to be ashamed of themselves? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #92 |
141. oh, in *thailand*. home of the international drugs & child sex trade. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #141 |
146. You equate murder with prostitution? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #146 |
148. the poster stated that thai prostitutes enjoy their work. uh, no, they don't. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #148 |
150. NEWSFLASH: |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #150 |
154. newsflash. most women would prefer to type for four hours than have sex for four hours |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:54 AM Response to Reply #154 |
167. But the pay isn't the same. Clearly women's services are worth more than typing. . .or are you |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #167 |
175. She's trying to say that she knows better |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #175 |
184. Yep, I caught that. Seems we can only determine our future if it fits in with |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #154 |
174. Good thing they don't get a choice in the matter |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #141 |
192. I taught HIV prevention in Thailand to CSW for three years |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #62 |
166. Shit I felt most degraded as a stay at home wife and mother, are you kidding? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 05:18 AM Response to Reply #166 |
169. Your kid degraded you more than johns? Wow. What did he/she |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #169 |
170. The lifestyle is more degrading, you work harder and get no pay, almost no thanks, and it never ends |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
156. It's an insult to keep comparing prostitution to other professions. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:58 AM Response to Reply #156 |
162. what? but i was assured no one is harmed but prudes. |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 04:01 AM Response to Reply #156 |
168. Wow, so you think "good women" never experience domestic violence or rape from their |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #168 |
181. They are really not going to want to hear that |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #156 |
180. Almost as if making it illegal |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
56. You know what's awesome? ACTUALLY TALKING TO SEX WORKERS. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
71. Amen and AMEN! |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. But that is not what they were trying to study |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Just like they didn't do in their other book either |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #76 |
108. Exactly. People try to pile all their personal moral demons onto a book of statistics. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. Lots of people, left and right, don't like facts. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #108 |
114. Actually, they've just gotten a whole lot of criticism for making shit up. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #114 |
159. Your link doesn't work. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #108 |
137. I think more than anything you can divide people in to two groups on this sort of thing |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #137 |
155. Wait a second.. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #155 |
178. Except that they aren't frauds |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #56 |
120. They aren't "workers." They are prostitutes. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #120 |
135. Actually it is |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
97. I have to come back to this and read it. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
111. Oh...:( |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #111 |
126. Ouch! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
183. Whattsamatta...there's no market for MALE prostitutes? |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #183 |
185. Since sex workers are the only ones that actually get paid equally in this nation, |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #185 |
191. Generally speaking I'd say it's mostly men |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #185 |
196. Yes. And it's the same kind of double-standard, condescending thinking... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #196 |
198. A common theme on this post |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #196 |
200. You know what ENRAGES me? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #200 |
202. Dingdingdingdingdingdingding! |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #200 |
203. +++++++++ 12345678 Right ON! |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #183 |
188. There is somewhat |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
187. Levitt and Dubner have been stunningly wrong about lots of things |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
193. Prostitution is an economic decision |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
201. Now you are making the victim feminists' heads explode. nt |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #201 |
204. Victim feminists. . . .the perfect descriptive oxymoron. |
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