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Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by Mz on Friday July 18, 2014 @04:35PM (#8055466)
The reality is that since women make, on average, 2/3 of what men make and most people are heterosexual, most sexually active women are sleeping with someone who makes quite a lot more money than they do. Because if you flip that around, it means men make on average 1.5 times what women make. For that and a very long list of other reasons, most women are de facto trading their bodies for money in some sense, to some degree, almost every time they have sex.

So I have kind of a big problem with your idea that prostitution is per se some big moral problem here.

Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by bostik on Friday July 18, 2014 @06:29PM (#8055928)
I think your comment deserves more upvotes, and I gave mine.

The fact that the comment above may make people uncomfortable is perhaps the best reason to prevent it from being buried.

(For the record, and in case it makes a difference in interpretation: I am married.)

Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by tedks on Friday July 18, 2014 @08:48PM (#8056289)
Yes, this is a critical issue at the core of feminist struggle. Read some Dworkin.
Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by Mz on Saturday July 19, 2014 @12:49PM (#8057980)
I don't see it that way. I have read quite a lot and thought quite a lot on the subject. But I don't imagine you really want me to give you my 2 cents worth since you seem to be coming from an (unfounded and rather disrespectful) assumption that I am ignorant.

I mean, you could have asked had I read Dworkin rather than framing your remark like you are sure I haven't, which is kind of an insulting, dismissive thing to do. And, upon googling, gee, if you mean THIS Dworkin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Dworkin, then: no thanks. I happen to like men and sex, I worked hellaciously hard to get there and I am not interested in drinking deeply of her rage. Her apparent thesis -- that porn is linked to rape and violence against women -- flies in the face of statistics that internet porn apparently reduces incidence of rape and, from a quick skim of the Wikipedia page, I get the impression she was pretty angry and dissatisfied with life. I generally try to get my advice from bon vivants, not embittered cynics.

Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by tedks on Saturday July 19, 2014 @05:22PM (#8058781)
Andrea Dworkin is one of the foremost feminist thinkers of the 20th century. If you're dismissing her offhand you are not a feminist.
Re:Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prosti... by heylefty on Friday July 18, 2014 @07:57PM (#8056174)
> The reality is that since women make, on average, 2/3 of what men make

False.

The actual reality is that, when adjusted for skill and seniority, women make just as much as men.

This is one of the most malicious feminist lies out there, eclipsed only by the 1 in 3/4/5 rape lie.