24-01-2012, 22:06
For years I have worked with the media in order to increase public awareness for the ladies killed and mutilated on the streets. My issue with the word prostitute is that it refers to what someone IS rather than the work they do; almost as if a species. I have encouraged journalists to use "indoor sex worker" or "outdoor sex worker" as do the acedemics.
The attorney general in the summation of the Peter Sutcliffe trial (I shall not increase his legend and refuse to call him by his nickname) said "the greatest tragedy were some of these women were not prostitutes, they were innocent, someone's mother, daughter or sister" as if the other womens lives had no validity due to being some kind of outsider.
Now having said that, at the front of my book about the industry, I chose to reclaim the word "whore" because I am happy calling myself this, but would never use it against someone else should they find it offensive.
Words ARE important, but also showing each other respect is equally as important. I have suffered far more at the hands of other ladies in the industry than the media or clients have ever thrown at me.
The attorney general in the summation of the Peter Sutcliffe trial (I shall not increase his legend and refuse to call him by his nickname) said "the greatest tragedy were some of these women were not prostitutes, they were innocent, someone's mother, daughter or sister" as if the other womens lives had no validity due to being some kind of outsider.
Now having said that, at the front of my book about the industry, I chose to reclaim the word "whore" because I am happy calling myself this, but would never use it against someone else should they find it offensive.
Words ARE important, but also showing each other respect is equally as important. I have suffered far more at the hands of other ladies in the industry than the media or clients have ever thrown at me.
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