On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Doug Henwood <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 19, 2009, at 3:06 PM, raghu wrote: >> Think human trafficking. > Wrestling with this concept is the specialty of the excellent Laura Agustin. > Very short version: the word is used only with sex workers who migrate. > Other kinds of workers are migrants (if they're working class), or almost no > word at all (if they're bond traders).
Thanks for the link to Laura's blog. I think her blog may be the perfect venue for me to pursue this discussion. Suffice it to say, I find the above view very problematic. As Jim points out, trafficking usually involves kidnapping. There is also the evils of child prostitution.. >> Also I must confess to a personal bias: I really do look down upon sex >> workers - strippers and escorts and I sure as hell wouldn't want >> anyone close to me to be in that industry. > > Some people feel that way about economists! That's ok. I am not one. > I'm the soul of politeness now, unlike my former self when this last came > up. That's fine by me. I can give as well as I can take. -raghu. -- A dyslexic man walks into a bra.. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
