The Natasha trade: a note on the political economy of prostitution

2003-09-30 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
In Amsterdam, I met a Russian prostitute once whose name was really Natasha. When she told me, I said No kidding, and she showed me her identification to prove it. She wasn't trafficked though, it was more an individual entrepreneurial activity. In Amsterdam she could make a net income of maybe a

Re: The Natasha trade: a note on the political economy of prostitution

2003-09-30 Thread joanna bujes
Jurriaan writes: Prostitution is, according to my analysis, the future for many people on the earth under capitalism, other things remaining equal, because the more sexuality becomes integrated into the accumulation process, and the more people must rely on individual resources which they do not

Re: The Natasha trade: a note on the political economy of prostitution

2003-09-30 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
Well I have never prostituted myself sexually as a sex worker, but I have paid money for sex, for various survival reasons, but I regard it basically as lack of competency on my part. But I had a lot of people mucking round with me to change me, and I just thought of Jesus and did it. When people