This is the blog of a historian named Charlotte (she/it/they), known across the Internet as PhD, DSc, MD, PT Discworld. Officially a PhD! (also received a Professor of Thaumology from Unseen University, Ankh Morpork). She has interests in goth music, science, academia, Doctor Who, Discworld, and various other topics. Trans as fuck. GNU Terry Pratchett
Police: *leading sex workers into a squad car to be taken to jail*
Sex work prohibitionist: “I called the police! You’re all free now! No more patriarchal violence! No need to thank me!”
Prohibitionist: “How does it feel to be free of your pimp?”
Sex worker: “I was an independent worker!”
Prohibitionist: “Yeah right, so how much did the porn industry pay you to say that, faker?”
Sex worker: “Who will care for my kids?”
Prohibitionist: “No worries, they’ll be placed with a nice Christian foster family who will teach them to hate and judge you as harshly as possible.”
Prohibitionist: “This is to protect you. It’s feminism. I’m a feminist.”
Former sex slave: Wait so I went to the police and I got arrest for being sold into sex work?
Prohibitionist: Yup! That way we can make sure people don’t get sold into sex slavery!
Former sex slave: But that just makes victims less likely to come forward?
Prohibitionist: pRoTeCt WoMeN
Former sex worker: I have been arrested and prosecuted and now have a criminal record which greatly reduces my ability to get a non-sex work related job.
Prohibitionist: Yep, but it was to help you get out of the sex work. Now you can get “real” jobs working for minimum wage or less. We did good. Why aren’t you thanking me?
Prohibitionist: We want to implement the Nordic Model: Sex work is not criminalized but those who pay for sex are.
Sex worker: So you mean I’m going to lose most of my customers except for those who are willing to commit a crime? Won’t that make my job more unsafe?
Prohibitionist: it’S FOR yOUr OWN gOOD
(via thegr1msqueaker)