A recent acquaintance who was advocating changes to laws on prostitution kept referring to those involved as "sex workers." I figured it was just some attempt at an image makeover for the oldest profession....
Then I read about Melissa Petro in the NYP and the Post refers to the hooker turned teacher as a "sex worker." And last night I saw an article in the Toronto Star about a provincial judge who had just overturned all of Ontario's prostitution laws because current law places "sex workers" at risk and would allow folks to do pretty much what they want as long as they stay in their home and don't block traffic.
If the MSM in two countries now refers to prostitutes, adult film stars and the like as "sex workers", well that more or less makes this latest language change official.
As for Ms. Petro...turns out she has tenure in her teaching job, so her brief stint as a "sex worker" will not stymie her new career as a steward of the next generation.
7 comments:
I’m all for the change in terminology…now when one is referred to as a “whore” there will be no doubt the reference is to a politician.
I recall guests on the Howard Stern show making a point to use this terminology ten years ago. But they were dancers and film stars. Back when he was on 95x out of syr
Mayor your killing me. (Sic!) Anyway my question is when your a former 'Sex Worker' running for office, do you run as Republican if it was an escort service that charged top dollar; and a Democrat if you just served the people on an ad-hoc basis?
Middle-Class Mike
seem watertown has few workers also
http://watertown.backpage.com/FemaleEscorts/bunnys-playhouse/4943667
why hasn't Graham asked about the term Madam?
Well anon 2:11 You wouldn't want The Mayor Of H2O Town to look like a Hypocrite now would Ya.
Hey if you legalized prostitution in H20 town, your unemployment rate would go down, and you could collect workmans compesation. Maybe they could employee the mayor.
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