BainsBane (28,117 posts) Wed Aug 6, 2014, 05:48 PM
The invisible victims of victimless crime
In a discussion about legalizing prostitution, no one wants to pay attention to my personal first-hand experience with the subject. The frustration I feel at being ignored in that discussion mirrors my personal experience with the subject matter.
People say prostitution is a victimless crime, but that only imagines two people in the scenario: the John and a willing sex worker, presumably an adult. There is lots of evidence about underage prostitution and how legalizing prostitution leads to increased human trafficking, which is a fancy word for slavery. I set that aside here to speak of my own experience as someone who grew up in an area where prostitution flourished.
The inner city neighborhood I grew up in was a main area for prostitution. The main street in the neighborhood housed a police station, but since the cops were paid off, prostitution was essentially legal in the area.
Starting at age 9 or 10 (as soon as I moved to the neighborhood), adult men would stop me when I walked down the street to try to get me to have sex with them. It happened to my sister, and I imagine every other little girl (and likely many boys) in the neighborhood as well. This was part of my daily experience growing up. These Johns didn't live in the area. They had cars (many in my neighborhood did not), and their cars were nice. They doubtless came from the suburbs, where guys like them always come from. Preying on children came with no consequences because they were protected by the police. As residents of that neighborhood, we had little recourse. As a child, I was completely powerless. The police didn't care.
Now, when I try to share that story to demonstrate that prostitution is not the victimless crime people insist, I am again rendered invisible. The OP proclaimed he would not read my post, even though in the subject line of my second response I was clear I was talking about children being preyed upon. The victims of this victimless crime remain invisible. Our experiences are ignored because we don't fit the popular neoliberal narrative. Well I am here to say we exist, even if some find our lives inconvenient. I am no longer 10 yrs old and now, and I will shout my story for all to hear so that people understand there is another aspect to this issue. If people ignore it, they ignore the lives of children and adults in poor communities throughout this country--communities that serve as Third World playgrounds for the middle- and upper-middle class men who want us to remain invisible.
What the hell town is she from?Funkytown.
Starting at age 9 or 10 (as soon as I moved to the neighborhood), adult men would stop me when I walked down the street to try to get me to have sex with them.
Starting at age 9 or 10 (as soon as I moved to the neighborhood), adult men would stop me when I walked down the street to try to get me to have sex with them.It explains her
no one wants to pay attention to my personal first-hand experience with the subject. The frustration I feel at being ignored in that discussion mirrors my personal experience with the subject matter.
Now, when I try to share that story to demonstrate that prostitution is not the victimless crime people insist, I am again rendered invisible. The OP proclaimed he would not read my post, even though in the subject line of my second response I was clear I was talking about children being preyed upon. The victims of this victimless crime remain invisible. Our experiences are ignored because we don't fit the popular neoliberal narrative. Well I am here to say we exist, even if some find our lives inconvenient. I am no longer 10 yrs old and now, and I will shout my story for all to hear so that people understand there is another aspect to this issue. If people ignore it, they ignore the lives of children and adults in poor communities throughout this country...
Well, she may be right, but isn't "Legalizing it will make everything better because then it will be regulated lawfully" the exact mantra they sing when the subject of marijuana is under discussion?You're not supposed to notice that. :whatever:
Bainsbane is trying to be DOTY.
Starting at age 9 or 10 (as soon as I moved to the neighborhood), adult men would stop me when I walked down the street to try to get me to have sex with them. It happened to my sister, and I imagine every other little girl (and likely many boys) in the neighborhood as well. This was part of my daily experience growing up. These Johns didn't live in the area. They had cars (many in my neighborhood did not), and their cars were nice. They doubtless came from the suburbs, where guys like them always come from. Preying on children came with no consequences because they were protected by the police. As residents of that neighborhood, we had little recourse. As a child, I was completely powerless. The police didn't care.
There is not a bit of truth to her tale of woe.
These Johns didn't live in the area. They had cars (many in my neighborhood did not), and their cars were nice. They doubtless came from the suburbs, where guys like them always come from.
In a discussion about legalizing prostitution, no one wants to pay attention to my personal first-hand experience with the subject. The frustration I feel at being ignored in that discussion mirrors my personal experience with the subject matter.
It explains herobsessiondoctorate on South American criminals.
Assuming her tale is true
In a discussion about legalizing prostitution, no one wants to pay attention to my personal first-hand experience with the subject. The frustration I feel at being ignored in that discussion mirrors my personal experience with the subject matter
Funkytown.
It's deep blue
Funkytown.:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
It's deep blue.
She should have become a lawyer and gone after those cops on the take.
She complains about the men from the suburbs looking for young girls while the cops looked the other way. Where were her parents? Where were her teachers?
Where are her complaints towards liberal policies that allow pedophiles to be put back on the streets near schools and kids? Where are her complaints about a President and a political party that promotes child trafficking?
Hey BB, if you really were so traumatized by your "invisible" victimhood, why aren't you doing something about it, instead of complaining about being ignored on some stupid message board?
BainsBane (28,117 posts) Wed Aug 6, 2014, 05:48 PM
The invisible victims of victimless crime
blah, blah, blah
Not a prayer.
She's not even the top Klam.
<<<notices she's trying to blame conservative white guys.
That's what I took away from her nonsense too.
As I've said, it's probable she's been used or misused or abused by guys, which yes is too bad and I wish it wouldn't have happened, but I don't think they were white conservative guys; I think more they were probably guys from ethnic groups that it's politically incorrect to criticize.
The primitives are notorious for misdirecting their anger at the wrong targets.
The Bostonian Drunkard and George Bush, for example; one could tell every time the Bostonian Drunkard was having problems with his father--and he's had considerable--by the way he lashed out against George Bush.
Bainsbane really leaves an impression on me.
When I was in college, I witnessed several females date 'interesting' guys and then be shocked when they were treated poorly. Some women it seems are just drawn to creeps. Its even worse when your hipster politics are involved in your decision making.
All one has to do is to follow the time line of Patty Hurst going from a student to a full out warrior. Anyone say she was not having the thrill of her life has to be a fool.
As Patty writes:http://www.customessaymeister.com/customessays/Criminology/15870.htm
Cin came into the closet, shut the door, and said, “take
off your clothes,†and he had me. I lay there like a rag
doll, my mind a million miles away. It was all so mechanical
and then it was over. I said to myself, rationalizing again.
“well, you’re still alive.†What did this kind of abuse matter?
if I had been raped on a dark side street in Berkley, it would
have been the same thing, perhaps worse. If they killed me,
after all, none of this would matter one bit. If I somehow
survived, perhaps these rapes would have saved life. My
thoughts at this time were focused on the single issue
of survival… There was no point in objecting to anything
anymore, not even in my thoughts. I would have to do
anything they wanted in order to survive. At the same time
I could not think of any further humiliation to which they
could subject me. I did not what to think anymore at all.
I don't see what the big deal is BB -
The 'town' you describe is just part of the natural evolution of the phrase "My body, my choice." I can't see how its possible that a highly educated PhDD such as yourself could not see that coming.
http://www.customessaymeister.com/customessays/Criminology/15870.htm
Patty Hearst isn't a good example of a woman attracted to bad boys. She was brainwashed and tortured by leftist terrorists.