The Sexism Behind the Anti-Escort Movement
[URL]http://sexualintelligence.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/the-sexism-behind-the-anti-escort-movement/[/URL]
Very well written article. Brief excerpt:
Let's face the central question here squarely: are escorts mostly like other women, or are they some strange, alien species? If escorts are like most women, they have similar needs, similar interests, and make choices in similar ways. Many activists and other people don't want to believe that. The idea of a normal woman rationally choosing to be an escortrather than being coerced into it, or being incredibly nave (or drug-addled) when she chooses itis far too uncomfortable, and raises far too many questions about so-called "normal" women.
That's another sexist ideathat "normal" women are barely sexual, or are too wholesome to compete with escorts. But it's foolish to stereotype a group as heterogeneous as "women. " Women who aren't escorts range from sexually uninterested to sexually average to, shall we say, hot as firecrackers. Of course. Female sexuality is not limited to "professionals" or to damaged womenit's everywhere, regardless of age, social class, or traditionally-defined beauty.