Monday, May 12, 2008

Who wants THIS job?

I had a great conversation with a couple of my work department administrators and I thought it would be a good topic to discuss here.

Some folks think prostitution should be legalized. That there is protection in the law. That prostituted women could get health coverage, just like all the other people in this country. Anyone seen Sicko?


People say, "prostitution is the oldest profession." Does that warrant its presence and use. Just because something has been done for years, does it mean we are to give the behavior sanctuary? If we are to believe biblical text, murder has been committed since the dawn of man. Are we to turn a blind eye to it as well?

Some may say that I am over-dramatizing prostitution and trying to create a "straw man" argument with my comparison to murder but am I? Is it a "victimless crime"?

Human trafficking and prostitution. How do we separate them? How would we know if someone had been trafficked or if they had been prostituted? What is the difference? One has a pimp and is made to have sex with as many men as possible and then give most if not all of their money to their pimps. The other has a trafficker and
is made to have sex with as many men as possible and then give most if not all of their money to their traffickers. Huh, not much difference.

Some say choice is the difference. Prostitutes are choosing to be prostituted?

Check out this job advertisement run by the WHISPER (Women Hurt in Systems of Prostitution Engaged in Revolt) group. Would you want this job?

WARNING: SEXUALLY GRAPHIC CONCEPTS

www.prostitutionresearch.com

Help Wanted: Women and Girls
Do YOU want this job?

Copyright © WHISPER. All Rights Reserved.


Prostitution has been euphemized as an occupational alternative for women, as an answer to low-paying, low skilled, boring dead-end jobs, as a solution to the high unemployment rate of poor women, as a form of sexual liberation, and a career women freely choose.

Are you tired of mindless, low skilled, low-paying jobs? Would you like a career with flexible hours? Working with people? Offering a professional service?

  • No experience required. No high school diploma needed. No minimum age requirement. On-the-job training provided.
  • Special opportunities for poor women -- single mothers -- women of color.

Women and girls applying for this position will provide the following services:

  • Being penetrated orally, anally, and vaginally with penises, fingers, fists, and objects, including but not limited to, bottles, brushes, dildos, guns and/or animals;
  • Being bound and gagged, tied with ropes and/or chains, burned with cigarettes, or hung from beams or trees;
  • Being photographed or filmed performing these acts.

Workplace:

Job-related activities will be performed in the following locations: in an apartment, a hotel, a "massage parlor," car, doorway, hallway, street, executive suite, fraternity house, convention, bar, public toilet, public park, alleyway, military base, on a stage, in a glass booth.

Wages:

Wages will be negotiated at each and every transaction. Payment will be delivered when client determines when and if services have been rendered to his satisfaction.

Corporate management fees range from 40-60% of wages; private manager reserves the right to impound all monies earned.

Benefits:

Benefits will be provided at the discretion of management.

NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LEGAL REDRESS FOR THE FOLLOWING ON-THE-JOB HAZARDS:

  • Nonpayment for services rendered;
  • Sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy;
  • Injuries sustained through performance of services including but not limited to cuts, bruises,lacerations, internal hemorrhaging, broken bones, suffocation, mutilation, disfigurement, dismemberment, and death.

Note: Accusations of rape will be treated as a breach of contract by employee.

Name of applicant: ________________________________

Signature of manager on behalf of applicant: ______________________________

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2 comments:

monkeyboy said...

This is, I suppose, beside the point. I was wondering your opinion on the legalization argument?

I agree with the traditional feminist position. Prostitution, and for that matter, any of the assundry sex occupations ultimately cause damage to women. I think this is true legal or not.

You've chosen a "rough row to hoe"
in the subject matter. Is it your intention to in some way lobby the government?

Heather said...

Great question, Mark.

At this point, it is my intention to assist in the rehabilitation of women who have been trafficked for sex.

As far as long term goals, I plan on working with victims of trafficking AND working with policy and social interventions that will prevent new victims of trafficking. So yes, lobbying the governments to not legalize prostitution, punish the MEN using prostitutes (not the prostitutes- they are victimized already), create harsher penalties for trafficking, and greater safety and support for women in society. May not happen in my lifetime but I have to start the work.