http://www.feminisnt.com/2010/quote-mireille-miller-young-on-the-sex-worker-angle-of-the-tiger-woods-hysteria/ I'm an atheist who has been a full time pornographer and sex worker for almost 10 years. I'm also a former "sex-positive feminist" who tired of trying to shoehorn my life into a useless ideology like a pair of ill-fitting high heels. I oppose the feminist doctrine that women are inherently feeble victims, brainwashed by "the patriarchy," and in need of someone to protect and guide us. I operate SWAAY.org, the only American sex workers' rights project aimed solely at public outreach and education. My politics are extremely socially permissive, but mixed on fiscal matters, and I don't identify with any one political party or label. My philosophy is informed primarily by Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse: "I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice." Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:42:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.feminisnt.com/2010/quote-mireille-miller-young-on-the-sex-worker-angle-of-the-tiger-woods-hysteria/#comment-594 marty klein Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:30:42 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=938#comment-594 Yeah, it's wrong to push people to do what they don't want to do. But is pushing someone to quit sex work worse than, say, pushing someone to have a kid they don't want? Worse than pushing someone to take on a bigger mortgage so Junior can go to a better school? Worse than pushing someone to lose weight when they don't want to lose weight? People weigh their options and do what they think is best. When they have limited options, they do the same. Whether it's blowing the President, making a bad movie so you can make a good movie afterwards, marrying a guy you disrespect to get his money, or acting in a porn film because it's better than the alternatives, people make their cost-benefit analyses and act accordingly. When people don't think they're getting enough in return for acceding to someone's "pressure," they walk. Being unfairly disrespected because you're a sex worker doesn't automatically make you a victim. Yeah, it's wrong to push people to do what they don't want to do. But is pushing someone to quit sex work worse than, say, pushing someone to have a kid they don't want? Worse than pushing someone to take on a bigger mortgage so Junior can go to a better school? Worse than pushing someone to lose weight when they don't want to lose weight?
People weigh their options and do what they think is best. When they have limited options, they do the same. Whether it's blowing the President, making a bad movie so you can make a good movie afterwards, marrying a guy you disrespect to get his money, or acting in a porn film because it's better than the alternatives, people make their cost-benefit analyses and act accordingly.
When people don't think they're getting enough in return for acceding to someone's "pressure," they walk.
Being unfairly disrespected because you're a sex worker doesn't automatically make you a victim.

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