Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 8:30 am
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"Sex workers, as discussed many times, are assumed to be so riddled with issues & abuse that we cannot function properly. Such views of 'sex worker as victim' are often seen as kindness; we are not responsible for our poor choices. But when you so kindly sweep away our accountability for the decision to enter into sex work you also sweep away our reason. You are saying that we suffer from some sort of diminished capacity & are incapable of being responsible, sane, functioning human beings. That inaccurate thinking discredits everything else we say or do."
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"Gendered insults against men, or using male body parts, don’t have anything like the impact or import that feminine gendered insults do. This is because historically, male genitalia or the male identity has not been abused and denigrated and physically destroyed, over and over again, to express the culture’s collective hatred of all things male."
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"People still write in this way today, but not for such dire reasons. The cloak of anonymity that most bloggers maintain is significant but sometimes even it isn’t sufficient. What if I told you that even on an anonymous blog, the community that exists is enough to cause some to self-censor?"
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"I don’t want to talk about the media. I want to talk about every day people saying these things. I want to talk about the vague acquaintance who when he ran into me two years after he saw me last, said, you look good, you got in shape. Who didn’t know I’d been stressed, I’d been mentally berating myself over every meal (and berating myself over berating myself), I’d also been physically ill. You look good, you got in shape. Who if he saw 'getting in shape' then would probably see 'letting herself go' now. Let’s face it: I do too, even though I’m in better physical health." LOVE THIS POST.
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"Ultimately, though, as I mentioned earlier, it’s up to men to end sexual assault. Not only choosing not to assault women, but men have to educate other men about sexual assault. There are a number of things men can do, from calling out sexist behaviour to refusing to remain friends with a sexual offender."
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Thanks for the link, Amber. I do have to admit, though, I feel like a broken record, repeating myself over and over again to people who still assert women need to protect themselves…