On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:00:34 -0600, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> Prostitution is unhealthy? > > > > > > Yup....a disproportionate number of prostitutes, and strippers for that > > > matter, have been the victim of childhood sexual abuse. Or, do you > > > think > > > its OK for a parent to have sex with their 5 year old girl? <snip> > I don't. I'm sorry if my words indicated that. I'm just trying to not > make assumptions...and after I've been challenged to find support for > things for which the evidence is well known.... No you weren't. You were asked whether prostitution was unhealthy and you responded with the non sequitar that lots of people who practice prostitution were sexually abused as children. This has nothing to do with whether prostitution is inherently unhealthy. If you hadn't ignored the question there would have been no need for you to write what looks a lot like an offensive piece of rhetoric. > In short, what I was setting up was a choice between: > > 1) The correlation between sex workers and people who were abused does not > exist. > > 2) Sex work is practiced overwhelmingly by folks who were traumatized by > sexual abuse. > > 3) Things which I call abusive, Warren doesn't consider abusive. Again how does 2) demonstrate prostitution is unhealthy? Martin _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
