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> Can't have it both ways. > deflecting responsibility I think you may have misjudged the bias behind this article. This was not researched or written by som
by swatcoder 3y ago
> Can't have it both ways.
> deflecting responsibility
I think you may have misjudged the bias behind this article.
This was not researched or written by someone previously advocating for the destigmatization of sex work. It was clearly written by someone who's personally very troubled by the industry, who wanted to collect and share some evidence for their concerns and point a finger at an institution large enough to hold focus and possibly even legislative intervention.
You are right that the title is dramatized and the article ignored a lot of context, but it's activist journalism coming from people closer to the Gloria Steinem tradition of feminism (or conservative traditions) -- a very different bunch than the one that have been working towards destigmatization.
This is cannon fire from someone upset with the status quo, not an attempt to have it both ways.
- hurrdurr57 3y agoI don't know if it's necessarily the case here, but I've seen a number of outlets do that kind of thing. There will be an article presenting porn or sex work as empowering / liberating and then the very next month there will be an article presenting porn or sex work as inherently exploitative and sexist. Sometimes even by the same author. The more liberal-leaning media in general kind of treats porn as schrodinger's cat or something. It is apparently dismantling and re-enforcing the patriarchy simultaneously.