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(11-06-2015, 03:46 AM)PkThunda Wrote:(11-06-2015, 03:36 AM)McBeefâ„¢ Wrote:(11-06-2015, 03:30 AM)PkThunda Wrote: I should add something important:There are an estimated 42 million sex workers in the world. Most of them are poor women of color.Â
Sexworkers are allowed to reclaim the language if they want to. If you know a sexworker who is alright with you saying certain words in private, then go ahead! The issue comes up when in a public setting like a forum here.
What makes you think you have the authority to speak for them, and say what words the group should be referred to as?
I am a transgender woman, however I don't feel I have the authority to speak about the community at large, only my own opinions.
However you think you have this right? How so? Are you the head of a large group? Did you give a survey? Have you been petitioned?
I'm very curious as to your answer.
http://titsandsass.com/the-p-word-101/
http://junkee.com/sex-work-analogy-prost...slur/43410
http://sexworkerhelpfuls.tumblr.com/post...-and-slurs
http://leighalanna.tumblr.com/post/10870...r-the-term
I actually read articles that are written by those in the sex-work advocacy community and talk to a handful of actual, real life people who have chosen to get into sex-work and do not want people to use these words.
I do not have to be the head of a group to relay the message.
No, but you should clarify that this is your personal preference, and the preference of others within this work -- and not globalize it to read as if this is objective fact. That was my point. The point of the articles I linked was not to disagree that there are those who feel this way, but to prove that this isn't everyone's opinion.
Also, if you're dismissive of peoples' opinions just because they aren't in a specific industry, then you're really setting people back pretty far in terms of how rights movements have gone -- alliances don't happen by being combative and insinuating that people who are not actively involved know jack shit. That's not how you garner support.