Recent study bashing sexwork and Laura Lee`s answer

Olà,

May i recite yet another splendid work of propaganda pretending to be scientific research:

"The men who buy sex are your neighbors and colleagues. A new study reveals how the burgeoning demand for porn and prostitutes is warping personal relationships and endangering women and girls." - Melissa Farley/AntiProstitution Feminist and Psychologist

oh, dear John`s read on, i am sure you all agree with that little notion of the research:
"Sex buyers were far more likely than non-sex buyers to commit felonies, misdemeanors, crimes related to violence against women, substance abuse-related crimes, assaults, crimes with weapons, and crimes against authority. All of the crimes known to be associated with violence against women were reported by sex buyers; none were reported by non-sex buyers."

or that one:

"Both sex buyers and non-sex buyers evidenced extensive knowledge of the physical and psychological harms of prostitution. The men observed common psychological symptoms include low self-esteem, depression, substance abuse disorders, and dissociative disorders. Prostituted women also suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and chronic physical symptoms typically seen in those subjected to violence and terror"

Here is yet another one of these heteronormative interpretations that are supposed to make escorts look like victims incapable of having an opinion and walk or stand up for themselves. I add a grain of truth into the only one thing that i find interesting, its the notion that escorts and clients do not live in the same social areas.

So the gap between the social areas is the only one i regard as "true" in this research, but the interpretations of their so called research, is less intriguing and shows the typical heteronormative bias.

Wouldn`t you agree with me that its a heck of a heck of a heck of a heck of a coincidence that a research done by an "anti pornography feminist and anti-sexwork feminist" exactly concludes that sexworkj is bad and destructive? Oh wow. Life is easy...

Here is the full article:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newswee...stitution.html

and here is another escorts take on this study, i find her whole blog just amazingly funny ;-) , her name is Laura Lee , and she is a scottish escort:

"Meanwhile, I see Melissa Farley has been expatiating on "how the burgeoning demand for porn and prostitutes is warping personal relationships and endangering women and girls." Surely she means "saving personal relationships and empowering women" ? Apparently not. Ms. Farley is a clinical psychologist who is the author of several studies of prostitutes, which claim high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder among the women studied. Of course the fact that she is also an "extreme feminist" ( to put it kindly ) and an anti-prostitution activist may just have SOME influence on her research, wouldn't you say ?

The link to the article is here, hosted rather shamefully by Newsweek, rather than The National Enquirer, which is where it belongs, right next to the story about Elvis being alive and well and working on an oil rig just off the coast of Aberdeen. Strap yourselves in for this quote -

"Overall, the attitudes and habits of sex buyers reveal them as men who dehumanize and commodify women, view them with anger and contempt, lack empathy for their suffering, and relish their own ability to inflict pain and degradation."

REALLY ? The next time I have my slave bitch hog tied and gagged I'll remind him that he is lacking in empathy for my suffering"

http://lauraslifeandthoughts.blogspo...l-studies.html
wow-- that's crazy and not something I'd agree with at all.

REALLY ? The next time I have my slave bitch hog tied and gagged I'll remind him that he is lacking in empathy for my suffering"

http://lauraslifeandthoughts.blogspo...l-studies.html Originally Posted by ninasastri
Oh baby, I love that!

But seriously, it's to be expected. But here you go. This should make you feel good...

http://bit.ly/nmu4T9

And please keep in mind that this man is AGAINST rights for Gays and Lesbians... AND he was cheap!

The same people spouting the bullshit seek out sex as well. Ignorance is the worst disorder one can suffer from.
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I like that statement that she believes prostitution should be eradicated... yeah, right...
I always say live and let live: I can relate to people that don`t find escorting interesting, even in my male circles of friends who know what i do, some don`t see why they should pay for something they can get for free or where the attractivity of the buz lies.

But i`d say - just because you don`t like it or don`t do it does not mean you have to make everyone miserable that does it and likes to do it. And if you relate to that outcome of the study,

frankly speaking, you can find such outcomes in every miserable marriage as well. (women with low self esteem , drug issues (mama`s little helper - i remember that sonmg well) and being coerced into doing things because of the money. If you search enough and dig enough y ou will find in every lifestyle the same "shit" . Eating disorders are even common now for males :-)....

(lol)

ah we are all delinquent little creepers :-)) (lol), aren`t we :-)))
The interesting thing about Farley is she will not talk to any escort who has a positive outlook on sexwork. She won't even open dialogue with people who run swaay.org or swop, or any other sex workers organization or work with them on real unbiased data. She dismisses them and then goes out of her way to find some poor streetwalkers who may or may not be addicted to drugs who are willing to "repent" and tell her what she wants to hear.

The bible thumpers support her, and the morality mob support her, even if what she publishes is not accurate and is out left field and far from truth.