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6. Well, I used to be the driver for a couple of local agencies
and from what I learned is most of the girls were simply doing it to make extra money to go to school. Most of them were of the more type A outgoing personality and didn't feel degraded at all. Those who might find it degrading didn't do it. I can't recall too many girls who loved it, but that can be said for a lot of jobs.
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  -Is sex work degrading? idgiehkt  Oct-10-06 07:55 PM   #0 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-10-06 07:58 PM   #1 
  - like everything else in life -- it depends on the individual.  xchrom   Oct-10-06 07:59 PM   #2 
  - Overall, no.  haruka3_2000   Oct-10-06 08:01 PM   #3 
  - I like this:  idgiehkt   Oct-10-06 08:06 PM   #5 
  - Well said  mongo   Oct-11-06 02:50 PM   #84 
  - Completely sensible way of looking at it.  blondeatlast   Oct-11-06 07:15 PM   #93 
  - I think if anyone of free will and healthy mind  GoPsUx   Oct-10-06 08:04 PM   #4 
  - Well, I used to be the driver for a couple of local agencies  mainegreen   Oct-10-06 08:10 PM   #6 
  - depends on the individual circumstances  lionesspriyanka   Oct-10-06 08:11 PM   #7 
  - Right now, probably  kiahzero   Oct-10-06 08:34 PM   #8 
  - Depends on the individual  XemaSab   Oct-10-06 08:37 PM   #9 
  - Hey, Xemasab!  Whoa_Nelly   Oct-10-06 09:33 PM   #29 
  - It shouldn't be.  Joan_Alpern   Oct-10-06 08:42 PM   #10 
  - Only if the work is forced  evirus   Oct-10-06 08:44 PM   #11 
  - but that is where the argument about force comes in  idgiehkt   Oct-10-06 08:51 PM   #15 
     - yeah women don't have so many great choices  pitohui   Oct-10-06 11:51 PM   #49 
     - Millions..  sendero   Oct-11-06 06:36 AM   #62 
     - Hey -- as a white male, I didn't seem to have all these "great choices"  Tyrone Slothrop   Oct-11-06 11:35 AM   #76 
     - There's something not quite right in that line of thought  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Oct-11-06 09:13 AM   #67 
        - I would say  idgiehkt   Oct-11-06 04:11 PM   #90 
  - i wouldn't want my wife or girlfriend doing it.  SlavesandBulldozers   Oct-10-06 08:45 PM   #12 
  - What you want your wife or girlfriend doing has ABSOLUTLY NOTHING  haruka3_2000   Oct-10-06 08:48 PM   #13 
  - I think what he meant was...  evirus   Oct-10-06 08:51 PM   #14 
  - thanks for the help. but I'll defend my position. n/t  SlavesandBulldozers   Oct-10-06 09:11 PM   #19 
     - Open message board. People can post where they want n/t  MrsGrumpy   Oct-11-06 04:45 AM   #59 
        - thanks for the heads up  SlavesandBulldozers   Oct-11-06 11:17 AM   #72 
           - I don't know. Why don't you tell me.  MrsGrumpy   Oct-11-06 11:49 AM   #80 
              - no, why don't you tell me.  SlavesandBulldozers   Oct-11-06 12:09 PM   #81 
  - what you think of my thoughts has nothing to do with it either, when you  SlavesandBulldozers   Oct-10-06 08:58 PM   #16 
     - I wouldn't date ..  sendero   Oct-10-06 09:51 PM   #35 
     - i guess i just don't see the distinction.  SlavesandBulldozers   Oct-10-06 10:07 PM   #40 
        - i guess i don't see it either  pitohui   Oct-10-06 11:58 PM   #50 
           - is working in a child care center degrading?  SouthoftheBorderPaul   Oct-11-06 08:24 AM   #66 
              - wow.  SlavesandBulldozers   Oct-11-06 10:47 AM   #71 
                 - not weighing in on the argument on that contrast  idgiehkt   Oct-11-06 04:02 PM   #89 
                 - oh yeah an ex worked in day care  SlavesandBulldozers   Oct-11-06 07:23 PM   #94 
                 - who said crack-whore?  SouthoftheBorderPaul   Oct-12-06 08:32 PM   #99 
     - You're right, but I still get to respond to posts on DU, much like you did  haruka3_2000   Oct-10-06 11:41 PM   #48 
  - I ain't racist or nothin...  Nabeshin   Oct-11-06 07:21 AM   #63 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-11-06 11:26 AM   #73 
  - I don't know much about it...  youthere   Oct-10-06 09:02 PM   #17 
  - Not inherently, but usually.  philosophie_en_rose   Oct-10-06 09:04 PM   #18 
  - allowing oneself to be used as a semen receptacle?  Skittles   Oct-10-06 09:12 PM   #20 
  - Is that an inherent characteristic of sex work?  kiahzero   Oct-10-06 09:16 PM   #21 
  - Not all sex work involves being a "semen receptacle." nt  haruka3_2000   Oct-10-06 09:18 PM   #22 
  - Can always count on you for the judgmental perspective  bicentennial_baby   Oct-10-06 09:44 PM   #31 
  - wrong response  SlavesandBulldozers   Oct-10-06 09:58 PM   #39 
  - am expressing an opionion  Skittles   Oct-10-06 10:31 PM   #42 
     - Saying it twice doesn't make it true  kay1864   Oct-10-06 10:58 PM   #44 
     - back up what?  Skittles   Oct-11-06 01:44 AM   #52 
     - Well that's entirely lame of you...  bicentennial_baby   Oct-10-06 11:21 PM   #47 
  - Skittles, have I told you lately that I love you?  janesez   Oct-11-06 08:14 AM   #65 
  - It's degrading because they're semen receptacles? Hmm.  Bornaginhooligan   Oct-11-06 12:35 PM   #83 
  - i am able to understand where it could be...  bridgit   Oct-10-06 09:18 PM   #23 
  - I have about a dozen cards from bars.  haruka3_2000   Oct-10-06 09:20 PM   #24 
     - pft, when i was dancing in NYC, lesbian business women all dressed...  bridgit   Oct-10-06 09:26 PM   #26 
        - wow.  idgiehkt   Oct-10-06 09:32 PM   #28 
        - huh...  bridgit   Oct-10-06 09:42 PM   #30 
           - my favorite poet is a former prostitute.  idgiehkt   Oct-10-06 09:50 PM   #34 
              - i like it...  bridgit   Oct-10-06 09:52 PM   #36 
        - NAIL ON HEAD.  lildreamer316   Oct-11-06 04:38 AM   #57 
           - cheers, lildreamer...  bridgit   Oct-11-06 06:21 AM   #61 
  - Only if the sex worker thinks it is.  Rabrrrrrr   Oct-10-06 09:20 PM   #25 
  - It certainly can be and is for many. But then so are a lot of jobs.  Kali   Oct-10-06 09:30 PM   #27 
  - Good answer.  Vidar   Oct-10-06 10:55 PM   #43 
  - Generally? No.  deadparrot   Oct-10-06 09:44 PM   #32 
  - Lots of jobs are degrading  bicentennial_baby   Oct-10-06 09:45 PM   #33 
  - No it is honest.  sweetheart   Oct-10-06 09:53 PM   #37 
  - Don't know - never done it. IMHO it ought to be made legal in the U.S.  bertha katzenengel   Oct-10-06 09:55 PM   #38 
  - best answer so far, Bertha  tigereye   Oct-11-06 10:03 AM   #69 
  - This question is too hard to answer completely for me on here.  johnnie   Oct-10-06 10:09 PM   #41 
  - Degredation, promotion of rape and violence  lwfern   Oct-10-06 11:07 PM   #45 
  - What about legalized prositution, such as in the Netherlands?  haruka3_2000   Oct-10-06 11:18 PM   #46 
  - the netherlands  pitohui   Oct-11-06 12:10 AM   #51 
     - Perhaps they have skills that some of us don't understand or value.  Heidi   Oct-11-06 01:54 AM   #53 
     - Are you talking about prostitution?  Bornaginhooligan   Oct-11-06 02:52 PM   #85 
  - As long as our society views sex as prudish as it does now  IAmJacksSmirkingRevenge   Oct-11-06 07:38 AM   #64 
     - Even if society's attitudes changed, there will be people out  raccoon   Oct-11-06 09:21 AM   #68 
  - I think criminalization of it makes it more degrading than it needs to be  Downtown Hound   Oct-11-06 02:00 AM   #54 
  - lol  idgiehkt   Oct-11-06 04:03 AM   #55 
  - i agree wholeheartedly.  SlavesandBulldozers   Oct-11-06 12:25 PM   #82 
  - I've gotten into this so many times here I don't have the strength to  lildreamer316   Oct-11-06 04:33 AM   #56 
  - thanks  idgiehkt   Oct-11-06 03:48 PM   #87 
  - I look at it like this...  Withywindle   Oct-11-06 04:42 AM   #58 
  - It is what the person employed thinks it is.  MrsGrumpy   Oct-11-06 04:46 AM   #60 
  - no matter what you do in a capitalist economy  leftofthedial   Oct-11-06 10:27 AM   #70 
  - i think this is the winning post  mark414   Oct-11-06 11:27 AM   #74 
  - Yup. nt  mainegreen   Oct-11-06 11:39 AM   #77 
  - HELL yes.  lildreamer316   Oct-11-06 08:04 PM   #97 
  - dupe.  lildreamer316   Oct-11-06 08:04 PM   #98 
  - Working for a large corporation in a cubicle is degrading.  Radical Activist   Oct-11-06 11:31 AM   #75 
  - To quote a friend and former.....  Jade Fox   Oct-11-06 11:46 AM   #78 
  - I think it really must depend  cwydro   Oct-11-06 11:47 AM   #79 
  - I don't think anyone can be degraded  Oeditpus Rex   Oct-11-06 03:02 PM   #86 
  - No more than flipping burgers for minimum wage.  mondo joe   Oct-11-06 03:52 PM   #88 
  - If you believe it is, then yes  Taverner   Oct-11-06 04:31 PM   #91 
  - In most cases, I think that it is  Nikia   Oct-11-06 07:08 PM   #92 
  - As a former stunt man for the industry...  RedCloud   Oct-11-06 07:26 PM   #95 
  - Depends on if you HAVE to do it, or if you WANT to do it  dback   Oct-11-06 07:30 PM   #96 
 

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