So The Independent recently ran a piece by Catherine Murphy of Amnesty International, explaining why the organization is calling for the decriminalization of sex work.
In the comments, someone calling themselves THEMISHMISHEH offers a unique take on the issue.
And by “unique” I mean “seemingly from another planet.”
Shades of Tom Martin, huh?
uhhh…. Wow
How do prostitutes exploit young boys? Are young boys visiting sex workers? Does he not know that this isn’t real life?
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I read this crap and the first thought is it’s a troll. No human (or vertebrae, for that matter) could ever be that much of an imbecile. Someone like that would be to stupid to remember to breath. Then I recall all the crap these deluded morons put out daily and I realize idiocy has no limits.
Yeah, sounds like Tom Martin… Whatever happened to the documentary on gold-diggers (if I remember well, that was the topic) he was making? Maybe he should call Aurini to help him make a quality product.
@weirwoodtreehugger:
Why, haven’t you heard of all the roving packs of prostitutes forcing virtuous young men to surrender their purity and hard earned money, often at gunpoint? You haven’t heard of the underground smuggling chains, shipping poor, unsuspecting frat boys to the depths of Nevada, to be sucked dry in the brothels? The shameless sex tourism of Asian prostitutes, travelling to the American Midwest for cheap thrills with the impoverished local pastors and bishops? The women who coerce unsuspecting johns into impregnating them, to destroy marriages and get in on that sweet child support candy?
…Yeah, me neither.
And in other news, Dean Esmay recently congratulated Amnesty on going MRA. Seems to me that these bozos can’t even keep their exploitation narratives straight…
@Bina: Ok, wat? How?
Does he consider access to prostitutes to be a man’s right? Does his wife know?
Well, it was a tweet, so I guess he didn’t elucidate much. But I’m guessing that yes, he does think paid-sex-on-demand (or just plain sex on demand) to be a basic Men’s Human Right™.
And now I’ve thrown up in my mouth a little.
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@weirwoodtreehugger, I can only imagine that getting a stripper for his bar mitzvah was a deeply disturbing experience for the young lad.
“They pray on weak vulnerable people…”
That’s odd. I usually pray on a pew or my knees. (Sorry, couldn’t resist)
Wow… *sigh* It’s weird how often these guys translate what feminists say as “women can do no wrong and men can do no right” or “women are born victims” or some variation of those. It’s almost as if they don’t actually listen to what’s being said at all… But I don’t think that could be it. No way.
I….What? Buh?
Yes, I believe that they do think that a right to a prostitute is their human right. I visited 4chan briefly after Elliot Rodger went on his MRA-inspired killing spree. Some guys there say that one demand they have is to make prostitution socially acceptable. I’m not sure how that can be measured. And I’m not sure why a (tough, rugged, manly) man would demand acceptance from society.
I’m pretty sure that if they got their way, their next demand would be free sex on demand from prostitutes. Then free sex on demand from any woman. And on and on…All because they want to blame others (others who have less power) for their problems.
Pandapool, that reaction gif is amazing. Where did you get it?
@Daniel Ross
A random Tumblr post. It makes as much sense there as it does here.
Kat:
I bet you 10 bucks they wanted seeing a prostitute socially acceptable rather than “prostitution”. I doubt they cared much if the sex worker was accepted by society, just that the man not be judged for seeing one.
Re: leftwingfox | August 17, 2015 at 8:07 pm
Your brain is a wonderland. <3
Hah! 4chan….Every so often that whole “free bleeding” thing turns up with someone STILL trying to make it a thing that is happening elsewhere on the internet. I feel an obligation to anti-troll, set things straight and shut that shit down right quick so it doesn’t spread and infect the entire interwebs any more than have already succumbed!
Reading this comment and then reading the actual article the comment was left on, it’s like a Venn Diagram of what feminists actually say and what anti-feminist THINK feminists say would be two circles that don’t overlap at all…
> Say no to Amnesty International
Yes, say no to the world’s largest human rights organization. That’ll convince people MRAs aren’t a hate group.
There are female and male sex workers (including teens and children) who have been forced into prositution, have addictions, have severe risks of being raped, beaten and killed, etc but to this d*uche it’s the pimps and johns who are victims because reasons.. Love how he says that feminists only care about women and girls but at the same time makes the women and girls the villains and only seems to care about their male clients.
“They pray on weak vulnerable people…”
As a Christian I never pray on weak, vulnerable people I pray next to the bed, at church and once in a while I pray on a person who has consented of course.
Also, this is neither here nor there but since we did “pray vs prey” I thought I’d add that isn’t the John the name for a client and not a pimp (which would be considered, more or less, the boss of the sex worker?).
As of the actual comment itself?
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OK…
To the ‘oppressed’ pimps, go get some job training, maybe try out community college, and find employment based on your own abilities (and ‘pimpin the hoez’ is not a job skill.). Though you may not get to enjoy feeling what it’s like to be the one who is mistreated and exploited, it’s highly likely that you’ll spend a lot of time in jail and/or prison, before death at an early age comes to claim your evil ass.
To the ‘victimized’ johns; have you sat down and really thought about what it is that you’re doing? Having your picture posted on a ‘john shaming’ website after getting caught up in an undercover prostitution sting wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t been trying to pay for sex in the first place! Do you have a wife? Kids? Have you thought about how your actions affect anyone else at all?! Probably not. You *should* have your picture posted and you need to be sentenced to ‘john school’ if this is your first time being arrested for solicitation of a prostitute – I hear finding out from former sex workers what things are like from their side is very effective in changing the mindset for the majority of men attending, and if you stay out of trouble you can file to have your record expunged. If you can’t stay out of trouble then you can look forward to your face being posted on the ‘john arrests site of shame’ continuously!
To the sex workers: look, you’re in a dangerous world with that job, and it’s not getting any safer out there – pimps, johns, jail, drugs, serial killers – it’s not SAFE! There are people and programs that can help get you headed in a better direction. If you have kids, you gotta consider what it will be like for them if one day you head out to the stroll and never come back, how devastating it would be to have law enforcement come and tell them you’re dead. Those pimps don’t care about any girl or woman, they will use you and keep you hooked on drugs so you don’t know which end is up all you do is make them money. Working for an actual paycheck that you control how it gets spent….you can do it, take that step and realize you are worth more no matter what your past and definitely no matter what some pimp has tried to tell you.
I never knew there was something called “john school” until today. I don’t follow the issue super closely but I figured that I would have heard of that before now, huh.