Sex work - Words and abolitionism - Part 1 of 5
Linguistic influence and how #sexwork abolitionists seek to prevent people even thinking of sex workers as anything more than mindless victims.
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Replying to @JohnOhOfSydney
Manipulating thought by altering the language is hardly a new phenomenon. It's one of the core themes of 1984. The language we use to describe most political issues for example has been carefully crafted by PR people specifically to lead to a foregone conclusion.
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Replying to @Banned_Ali @JohnOhOfSydney
Feminists are a particularly influential group that rely almost exclusively on language-manipulation to make their arguments (more palatable). Unsurprisingly, the most ardent anti-prostitution activists happen to be feminists.
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I'm not going to agree with any blanket attack on feminism. Feminism is (and should be) inherently
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Replying to @JohnOhOfSydney @Banned_Ali
Sex worker rights are women’s rights.
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Not according to Dworkin, Bindel and other such antisex antiporn second-wave holdouts. Also, male sex workers are the minority in the industry but they do exist.
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