A Response to Kelly78 from, formerly of RRS

Wanna See Me Naked?

Submitted by kellym78 on July 10, 2008 – 1:19pm.

Well, kind of. In animated form.

The SheVibe poster is finished. I guess now I’m an atheist super-hero or something. Like Wonder Woman. Except less clothing. Hmmmm….*having thoughts about what kind of weapon I would have. Like a Reason Ray or something that would suddenly make people logical*

Start by using that Ray on yourself, Kelly.  There is a sufficient, overwhelming body of social science research on the subject of how the sex industry (and that is what it is, a business) exploits women, especially poor women.

As for your point that your life choices are okay because “Sex” is natural, way to be completely unaware of the macro perspective, silly cult-leading narcissist.

Sloan (2004) uses the actual scientific method (not just what she thinks) to examine the actual life circumstance of topless dancers and determined that there were four categories: (1) survivors, (2) workers, (3) non-conformists, and (4) dancers.  She states: “These categories suggest that there is a continuum of experience with varying degrees of choice, and demonstrate the limitations of dichotomous thinking when it comes to understanding the lived experiences of women in the sex industry.”

You see, the reason that people like me who work with poor women say that the sex industry exploits women is that we encounter “survivors” and “workers” much more often than the other categories.  Sloan describes them as:

“Workers were predominately working class, never married,white, or Latina women, who became topless dancers because itwas the job that offered the highest income.”

“Survivors Nine women emerged as survivors, all of whom had extensive histories of childhood abuse. These women were most likely tobegin topless dancing as underage teenagers, with no prior workexperience.”

Anyway, I anticipate the usual reaction from the prudes and sexually repressed people.

You’re wrong.  People who believe in social justice for all people react to your bad manner in flaunting for and perpetuating an industry that hurts poor women.  The prudes are the one preaching about the industries’ immorality on Sunday and then looking at pron on Monday morning– They don’t know who you are, on average.

The reason you get flack from your real critics on this issue is because people who understand this problem fully tend to be political liberals (atheist or not) who are in tune with social justice issues, unlike yourself.

You have often held yourself out as a spokesperson for “the cause” let’s not pretend.  But it’s more than obvious you don’t care about anyone but yourself.

Father, the issue is not “sex” but the sex industry, as I am sure you are well aware.  It’s a macro problem that you might want to study in your honor’s (laugh) undergraduate programs.  Here is an abstract from a study of another “brand” in your industry:

The Sex Trade Industry’s Worldwide Exploitation of Children.

Abstract:

The twenty-first century brings with it some of the dark realities of the last century with respect to the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Worldwide, untold numbers of children are being systematically deprived of their human rights, dignity, and childhood through child prostitution, child pornography, and other sexploitation. Many of these children are routinely subjected to rape, beatings, displacement, drug addiction, psychological abuse, and other trauma, including exposure to the AIDS virus and a life with no future. This study examines the current state of international trafficking of children and other child sexual exploitation. Child sex tourism plays a major role in the child sex trade as prostituted youths are routinely lured or abducted into sexual slavery and sex-for-profit. Other prostitution-involved girls and boys are at the whim of pimps, pornographers, and other sexual exploiters. The global exploitation of children continues to plague society, in spite of international efforts to combat the proliferation of the child sex trade industry. Organizations such as ECPAT remain committed to addressing the central issues pertaining to the prostituting and sexual exploitation of children.

I guess I’m just a prude.

For the rest of you (ie the human beings who accept that sex is a biological function and physical attraction is coupled with that), enjoy. I’ve got to get back to plotting my nefarious plan to destroy the public image of atheists and women.

False dichotomy, once again.  Are you sure you aren’t a fundy?

References

Sloan, L., & Wahab, S. (Wntr 2004). Four categories of women who work as topless dancers. Sexuality & Culture, 8, 1. p.18(26).

OWERS, R. B. (May 2001). The Sex Trade Industry’s Worldwide Exploitation of Children. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, p.147.