If you're not the type to keep up with ugly, soul-killing political controversies, let me catch you up: A while back, hugely popular political commentator Rush Limbaugh lost a bunch of advertisers because he publicly called a college girl a slut and a prostitute after she suggested that health insurance plans should cover birth control. But he's paid to say outrageous things. If you really want to feel all dead inside, you need to listen to what the regular folk were saying. For instance, on crazy political message board FreeRepublic.com, posters referred to the girl in the above-referenced story (Sandra Fluke) as a "Nasty, disease-ridden plodding uterus, an utter skank crack-ho filthy whore, a prostitute slutbag juice-receptacle" and a "Sperm-burpin' gutter slut," and said she "... is so encrusted and used, that I had to throw out my flat-panel TV because her appearance on my TV infected it with AIDS, gonorrhea and syphilis." There are many, many more worse comments collected here and here and here.
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Despite the fact that the commentator is paid to say outrageous things, there should still be limits as to how outrageous those words could be. That was just a suggestion, nothing personal and pushy in it. Nevertheless, I don't really care why men ridicule escorts and prostitutes. After all, they don't really know how and why these women got into the job. Prostitutes are not all about money and sex. There are a lot of them who get into the deed to pay for tuition fees, to feed kids, to send a loved one to school and so many other stories that these poor, stupid and tiny brain-headed men don't know.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Trixie. Things more complicated than some men realize.
ReplyDeleteFor : If you're not the type to keep up with ugly, soul-killing political controversies:
ReplyDeleteThis reaction is not surprise. Males are losing more freedom and access as females gain their share of things. It's only soul-killing, if you expect them to behave like some fairytale knight, prince or imaginary good guy in the movies!