Commodification of sex

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I think the test for how we feel about any job is to ask whether you'd be proud if your child came home and told you he or she was doing it.

I disagree. I see nothing wrong with being a stripper. Does that mean I would be proud of my daughter if she did it? No.

As Alex pointed out, many people distinguish between what is acceptable (or degrading) to the public at large and what is acceptable (or degrading) to each of us individually.

After all, I wouldn't be very proud if my daughter came home and told me that she was a Republican either.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by bewitched

I disagree. I see nothing wrong with being a stripper. Does that mean I would be proud of my daughter if she did it? No.

As Alex pointed out, many people distinguish between what is acceptable (or degrading) to the public at large and what is acceptable (or degrading) to each of us individually.

After all, I wouldn't be very proud if my daughter came home and told me that she was a Republican either.

Yes, as my mother used to say when she thought I was being exceedingly egalitarian, "Somebody has to take away the garbage; that doesn't mean it has to be you." (There was even a Seinfeld episode to that effect.) So God bless the dead animal guy, and the Mexican kid he had to do the really tough jobs in the high heat, but . . .

It's a documented fact that the naked girls pretending to be lesbians at spring break and in Girls Gone Wild videos are all Republicans.