Comments on: More on Palfrey, feminism, etc. http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/05/07/more-on-palfrey-feminism-etc/ Making the baby Jesus cry since 2002. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:08:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » Response to Hugo Schwyzer http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/05/07/more-on-palfrey-feminism-etc/#comment-32356 Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » Response to Hugo Schwyzer Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:01:53 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/05/07/more-on-palfrey-feminism-etc/#comment-32356 [...] I’ve said it before, and I can’t reiterate this point enough: sex workers’ rights is a human rights issue. This is basic, fundamental stuff, people. It doesn’t matter what you personally think of sex work are HUMAN BEINGS who, like all the rest of us, deserve the right to speak for themselves, name what it is they need, have equal access and protection under the law… all that basic stuff. (Hmm, I’m getting déjà vu.) [...] [...] I’ve said it before, and I can’t reiterate this point enough: sex workers’ rights is a human rights issue. This is basic, fundamental stuff, people. It doesn’t matter what you personally think of sex work are HUMAN BEINGS who, like all the rest of us, deserve the right to speak for themselves, name what it is they need, have equal access and protection under the law… all that basic stuff. (Hmm, I’m getting déjà vu.) [...]

]]> By: octogalore http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/05/07/more-on-palfrey-feminism-etc/#comment-19844 octogalore Fri, 09 May 2008 04:14:53 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/05/07/more-on-palfrey-feminism-etc/#comment-19844 Excellent point! Yes, it's VERY interesting that the recent spate of sex-worker posts come from a glorification of fragility or "one-handed" perspective. I'd have chipped in to fund a BigFeministBlog writer to cover the sex work debate at William & Mary, for example. Or they could have had a sex worker panelist do a guest column. That would be shitloads more relevant and intersting than columns about economics or environmental waste, such as have been inflicted on us lately. Excellent point! Yes, it’s VERY interesting that the recent spate of sex-worker posts come from a glorification of fragility or “one-handed” perspective.

I’d have chipped in to fund a BigFeministBlog writer to cover the sex work debate at William & Mary, for example. Or they could have had a sex worker panelist do a guest column. That would be shitloads more relevant and intersting than columns about economics or environmental waste, such as have been inflicted on us lately.

]]> By: RenegadeEvolution http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/05/07/more-on-palfrey-feminism-etc/#comment-19802 RenegadeEvolution Thu, 08 May 2008 01:23:00 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/05/07/more-on-palfrey-feminism-etc/#comment-19802 you noticed it too, eh? you noticed it too, eh?

]]> By: Alexa http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/05/07/more-on-palfrey-feminism-etc/#comment-19798 Alexa Wed, 07 May 2008 23:49:49 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/05/07/more-on-palfrey-feminism-etc/#comment-19798 <blockquote>And yet, whenever big feminist blogs* do write about sex work at all, 99 times out of 100 (and I’m being gracious there) it’s all about casting sex workers as victims, or conflating consensual sex work with trafficking</blockquote> I agree with you, 100%. It is infuriating. Despite the overwhelming number of blogs and books written by women who state unequivocally that they chose freely to enter sex work, some of these "feminists" just can't seem to wrap their heads around that concept.

And yet, whenever big feminist blogs* do write about sex work at all, 99 times out of 100 (and I’m being gracious there) it’s all about casting sex workers as victims, or conflating consensual sex work with trafficking

I agree with you, 100%. It is infuriating. Despite the overwhelming number of blogs and books written by women who state unequivocally that they chose freely to enter sex work, some of these “feminists” just can’t seem to wrap their heads around that concept.

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