----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 8:55 AM Subject: Re: More hypocrisy on display than skin
> 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. Nothing? So, you are saying the fact that sex workers, even strippers, are overwhelmingly people who have been subject to sexual abuse, with the inherent risk to sexual self image that is associated with that abuse is meaningless. There is no interest in why this might be true, and how it sheds light on the nature of the occupation. Why? The fact that people with a history of abuse as children are more likely to find themselves in abusive situations in the future is irrelevant? In the social sciences, causality is extremely hard to prove. Opinions, policies, etc. are formed on understandings obtained by correlations. It is interesting that this standard technique is considered suspect in this case. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
