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Whisp

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27. I can't see the comparison

Mon Feb 6, 2012, 02:20 PM

Feb 2012

you say: If a person is incompetent to choose one
they are incompetent to choose the other.
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I am perplexed about that statement. I think we are getting hung up on the word Choice. To me it's not much of a choice when your life has been devastated by sexual abuse when you were a kid - the path has been chosen for you by the rapist in that the sense of self worth is basically destroyed. Not saying that is the case all the time, nothing is 100% and I agree that if it truly is a choice without this awful background influence, that's okay, but a huge majority of abused women do end up in the sex trade and think very little of themselves. They emotionally remove themselves from their bodies just to survive.

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Any idea of the arrest numbers for "trafficking and prostitution" in Indianapolis yesterday? [View all] GoneOffShore Feb 2012 OP

i have never bought into this. but, i also dont know that it is the anti sex people seabeyond Feb 2012 #1

Moral panic stories are a staple of every form of media. TheWraith Feb 2012 #13

i never saw them come from the moral panic side. i saw it come more from titillate.... seabeyond Feb 2012 #14

It's always moral panic. TheWraith Feb 2012 #18

i dont agree. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #24

You're free to do that. TheWraith Feb 2012 #29

Most prostitutes... CoffeeCat Feb 2012 #2

+1000000000 thank you. Whisp Feb 2012 #4

well said. thank you. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #5

good post - thanks n/t dana_b Feb 2012 #35

I agree for the most part, except RZM Feb 2012 #44

Ahh, you might want ot get yourself one of these: RC Feb 2012 #3

Duck and cover... LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #6

some of these women have been abused and have an altered view of life Whisp Feb 2012 #7

Like I said... LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #8

I'm not referring to anything legal or taking the 'choice' away Whisp Feb 2012 #11

Not even if you marry a skeevy fat bad breathed creep? LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #15

I don't understand the comparison to marriage and prostitution. Whisp Feb 2012 #21

If a person is incompetent to choose one LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #23

I can't see the comparison Whisp Feb 2012 #27

Most people can't see the comparison. LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #31

before I read your whole post I have to say this: Whisp Feb 2012 #33

Drawing strictly on personal experience here LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #38

Alright, I read your whole post now. Whisp Feb 2012 #34

Not just because you talk about it LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #36

well you talk like one that is full of crap. Whisp Feb 2012 #37

I'm not going to play kiddie insults with you. n/t LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #39

I was not making any of this conversation personal. Whisp Feb 2012 #40

Do you actually read any of what I write? LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #42

Thank you. GoneOffShore Feb 2012 #43

Thanks. To answer your question: LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #45

Must read: 'GIRLS LIKE US' by Rachel LLoyd proverbialwisdom Feb 2012 #9

Have read. LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #10

I might be reading you wrong here. but Whisp Feb 2012 #12

Yep, you're reading it wrong. LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #17

ok then, I misunderstood. Whisp Feb 2012 #22

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #16

"To the "bathhouses" where homosexuals exchange favors."? Maybe you'd like to rephrase? nt TheWraith Feb 2012 #19

wtf? stevenleser Feb 2012 #32

Judging from that blog's advertising, I'm thinking MineralMan Feb 2012 #20

Violet Blue is a very sex positive columnist. GoneOffShore Feb 2012 #26

I visited the link, thanks. MineralMan Feb 2012 #28

Interesting comment. GoneOffShore Feb 2012 #41

By the way - I didn't mean this to be a drive by. GoneOffShore Feb 2012 #25

Sex libodem Feb 2012 #30