Working
by Dolores French · first published 1997
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Just for the record, I'm for the decriminalization of prostitution as defined by Dolores French in her autobiography "Working: My life as a prostitute." I intentionally did not mention that because the current climate means an awful lot of men would like to strongly advocate for a woman's right to say "yes" while not just as…
on “Telegram Sex Slave Video Scandal Hits South Korea” ↗FYI: Legalized and decriminalized are not the same thing. A professional prostitute and political activist named Dolores French (http://www.amazon.com/Working-My-Life-As-Prostitute/dp/05756...) was for decriminalization and against legalization. She claimed that legalization typically involves regulation of a sort that is often no better for sex workers than…
on “Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prostitution in 2003” ↗…number of things that suggest that Backpage was better for women, allowing them to market themselves, protect their safety, etc. I'm for the decriminalization of sex work -- as described in the book "Working: My life as a prostitute" by Dolores French. She makes the point that legalization usually means regulation and it winds up being just as bad as or worse than being pimped. It winds up being done to benefit…
on “Fifty Women Say Salesforce Helped Sex Traffickers Exploit Them” ↗…healthcare and the government did not get all up in my business about why I did that and whether or not I was allowed to do that, etc. My support of decriminalization of prostitution comes from having read Working: My Life as a Prostitute by Dolores French. Prior to becoming a prostitute, she was a political activist.
on “Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response to FOSTA” ↗…decriminalizing it, a term that gets interpreted very differently by different people. If I recall correctly, she simply wanted no law or regulation that made selling sexual services illegal. Edit: The book is Working: My Life as a Prostitute by Dolores French
on “Cash/Consent: The war on sex work” ↗Dolores French, author of Working: My life as a prostitute, was a political activist (or worker of some sort) before she voluntarily became a sex worker in her late twenties. She continued to be a political activist but her cause was…
on “Manhattan DA says his office to stop prosecuting prostitution” ↗