On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Robert Naiman <[email protected] > wrote:
Isn't it the case that the motivations for substituting "sex worker" in > place of "prostitute" were similar to the motivations for substituting > "undocumented worker" in place of "illegal alien"? That is, replacing a > stigma term that dehumanizes and facilitates repression with a term that > says, "human being here"? Isn't that relevant? Doesn't it matter? > That's a poor comparison, though, since this isn't the mere substitution of one term for another, but the conflation of a bunch of things under one new, broader term. It's like if we replaced "illegal immigrant" with "undocumented worker," but also made permanent residents, guest worker and student visa holders, etc. "undocumented workers." -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
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