http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/19/desperation/ Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:59:36 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/19/desperation/#comment-9051 Spencer Ackerman Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:54:19 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/19/desperation/#comment-9051 <p>It was not my intent to promote a victimization narrative. I trust the NGO worker to make a balanced statement about the impact of the war on prostitution.</p> It was not my intent to promote a victimization narrative. I trust the NGO worker to make a balanced statement about the impact of the war on prostitution.

]]> http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/19/desperation/#comment-9050 chiasmus Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:06:15 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/19/desperation/#comment-9050 <p>Less anti-sex worker hysteria, please? The displacement and hardship imposed by the war are all too real, but why the obsession with prostitutes? Do you really believe that all sex work is inherently “degradation”? Frankly I think Josh Marshall’s take made more sense. In the very article you’re quoting, the reporter talks to actual prostitutes, and what they say doesn’t really support the victimization narrative you’re spinning here. But instead of quoting them, you want us to make assumptions about their motivations based on the say-so of some NGO apparatchik.</p> Less anti-sex worker hysteria, please? The displacement and hardship imposed by the war are all too real, but why the obsession with prostitutes? Do you really believe that all sex work is inherently “degradation”? Frankly I think Josh Marshall’s take made more sense. In the very article you’re quoting, the reporter talks to actual prostitutes, and what they say doesn’t really support the victimization narrative you’re spinning here. But instead of quoting them, you want us to make assumptions about their motivations based on the say-so of some NGO apparatchik.

]]> http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/19/desperation/#comment-9049 davekasten Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:59:07 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/19/desperation/#comment-9049 <p>It’s also worth noting that the fate of Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan is even more dire, and goes largely unnoticed. One to two million refugees abroad (anyone who says they have more precise numbers than that is, well, lying) and we hardly ever hear about them in the States. And, oh yeah, there have been significant reports of <a href="http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/06/24/prostitutes/index.html" rel="nofollow">Iraqi refugees resorting to prostitution for years now</a>. But the reporting hasn’t gotten much traction.</p> It’s also worth noting that the fate of Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan is even more dire, and goes largely unnoticed. One to two million refugees abroad (anyone who says they have more precise numbers than that is, well, lying) and we hardly ever hear about them in the States. And, oh yeah, there have been significant reports of Iraqi refugees resorting to prostitution for years now. But the reporting hasn’t gotten much traction.

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