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November 4, 2009 - 9:33am
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fortunate wrote:
You have not addressed why you prefer to use the term "prostituted women". 

I have addressed it at length. The short version is that "sex worker" doesn't mean "prostitute".

fortunate wrote:
Not saying you are deliberately trying to offend a group of people that you say you want to help by fixing what we do not perceive to be a problem, but words to have power.

Why would I want to help people that don't have a problem? We are agreed that you don't need my help.

fortunate wrote:
I am not one to accept when people call me names, whatever they may be.

The New Zealand Prostitute Collective has no problem with the term "prostitute".

While Susan has apologized for referring to two 12 year olds as "sex workers" it glaringly underlined the sanitizing nature of the term. The girls were not "exotic dancers". 

Given that "sex worker" and "prostitute" are not synonyms they can't be used interchangably.

fortunate wrote:
You will have to live with my feeling offended, as you wish.  That is your choice.

I find using the term "sex worker" interchangably with "prostitute" even though it doesn't mean the same thing offensive. You don't seem to be losing any sleep over it.  I don't expect you to change your terminology.


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