Guest S*rca****sid Report post Posted December 16, 2013 I find Kerry Porth's comment about how "if you haven't done it, you can't talk about it" troubling. I am not a fan of the abolitionist diatribes (they all remind me a little too much of the man-hating feminism of Dworkin and her ilk,) but where you have activism on one pole, you'll have abolitionists on the other. I've been married to a dancer, been friends with many people in different parts of the industry for about 12 years, and most recently have studied the industry academically. I'm male, and I've never worked as a sex worker. Do those two last admissions devalue everything else that came before them? I don't like the ad hominem arguments on both sides. Abolitionists are saying sex workers are delusional and can't make choices for themselves because they are damaged. Activists say you can't talk about the industry unless you've worked in it. Both are wrong for the same reasons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
