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	<title>Comments on: How to be an ally to sex workers*</title>
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		<title>By: OldHawk10101</title>
		<link>http://www.wakingvixen.audaciaray.com/2007/04/18/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-6497</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 00:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks,

I am not this or that, but my childhood heroes in the 1950s &amp; 60s always showed how much they care, and how protective when needed. I miss them, the best of folks, I did not know them long enough in my life.

All my life, I will speak for friends unknown and long dead. God ain&#039;t, but good people are!

There never has been a victimless crime, just government approved crimes of bigotry, religion, hate, intolerance  ... which is  persecution and oppression against other citizens. 

The witch-hunts continue to prove government mandated evil is in power not citizens, US, or The USA Constitution.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>I am not this or that, but my childhood heroes in the 1950s &amp; 60s always showed how much they care, and how protective when needed. I miss them, the best of folks, I did not know them long enough in my life.</p>
<p>All my life, I will speak for friends unknown and long dead. God ain&#8217;t, but good people are!</p>
<p>There never has been a victimless crime, just government approved crimes of bigotry, religion, hate, intolerance  &#8230; which is  persecution and oppression against other citizens. </p>
<p>The witch-hunts continue to prove government mandated evil is in power not citizens, US, or The USA Constitution.</p>
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		<title>By: RenegadeEvolution</title>
		<link>http://www.wakingvixen.audaciaray.com/2007/04/18/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-5499</link>
		<dc:creator>RenegadeEvolution</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just found your blog...where have I been? Wonderful post!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just found your blog&#8230;where have I been? Wonderful post!</p>
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		<title>By: Being Amber Rhea &#187; Blog Archive &#187; links for 2007-04-18</title>
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		<dc:creator>Being Amber Rhea &#187; Blog Archive &#187; links for 2007-04-18</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Waking Vixen Ã‚Â» How to be an ally to sex workers* Encourage / volunteer / speak up / donate (tags: awesome sexwork support reference) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Waking Vixen Ã‚Â» How to be an ally to sex workers* Encourage / volunteer / speak up / donate (tags: awesome sexwork support reference) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Sabrina Morgan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sabrina Morgan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In short: Yes. Especially that last one. Even among my male friends who know about my PSO work and are fine with it, there&#039;s still a lot of ho-bashing that goes on as a matter of habit.

Yeah, I know they&#039;re not mentally including me, and yeah, it still bothers me. It&#039;s still an environment that implies a woman&#039;s worth is in her crotch and the most intimate form of capitalism is as dirty as we think of either sex or money being separately. Lately I&#039;m making it a point to call them on it, and they&#039;re guiltily jumping - and thinking about what the words mean, and how they exclude me and all the other gals in my line of work, rather than using the words because they&#039;re handy and what comes to mind.

This means even more coming from &quot;regular&quot; (non sex worker) people. It&#039;s the non sex workers standing up for us that will really change minds. Sex workers are considered broken and unable to think rationally or make their own choices - and making our friends and family wonder about us, risking outing ourselves, is a dangerous game. I for one am proud and in respect of any non sex worker who is willing to stand up for those in the pink ghetto.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In short: Yes. Especially that last one. Even among my male friends who know about my PSO work and are fine with it, there&#8217;s still a lot of ho-bashing that goes on as a matter of habit.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know they&#8217;re not mentally including me, and yeah, it still bothers me. It&#8217;s still an environment that implies a woman&#8217;s worth is in her crotch and the most intimate form of capitalism is as dirty as we think of either sex or money being separately. Lately I&#8217;m making it a point to call them on it, and they&#8217;re guiltily jumping &#8211; and thinking about what the words mean, and how they exclude me and all the other gals in my line of work, rather than using the words because they&#8217;re handy and what comes to mind.</p>
<p>This means even more coming from &#8220;regular&#8221; (non sex worker) people. It&#8217;s the non sex workers standing up for us that will really change minds. Sex workers are considered broken and unable to think rationally or make their own choices &#8211; and making our friends and family wonder about us, risking outing ourselves, is a dangerous game. I for one am proud and in respect of any non sex worker who is willing to stand up for those in the pink ghetto.</p>
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