by Furry Girl
06.10.11
anti-sex worker activist antī seks wərkər aktəvist
noun
Defintion: Based on Christianity's "hate the sin, love the sinner" concept, anti-sex worker activists brand themselves as not opposed to the people they malign and attack, but merely their unacceptable choices. Anti-sex worker activists express their support of sex workers by lobbying to make their jobs less safe, shutting down the places they work, and making them more fearful of arrest and imprisonment.
Usage: When Bill ran a campaign to shut down a local strip club and put dozens of people out of work, he made sure to always say he was on the side of those workers. Bill didn't understand why one of them, upon being evicted from her apartment after the success of his campaign, called him an "anti-sex worker activist" rather than thanking him for all his hard work to make her life better.
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