Fred, that is exactly the problem. You say the post speaks for itself, but then you also say how people respond shows how they feel about women. That makes disagreement with the article into something personal about the men disagreeing with it, instead of allowing that parts of the article itself can be questioned. I do not doubt many women are abused, trapped or exploited. But women are not one group with one experience, and neither are prostitutes in New York, Thailand, Europe or anywhere else. If you say we should listen to women themselves, then we also have to listen to the women who do not describe themselves as victims. Do you deny there are women who actually take advantage of men, and use their skills as women as best they can? Do you deny some women can enjoy the feeling of having power over men, using both their body and their intellect to find the weak points in men, and that some specialize in certain types of men? That does not excuse the men who knowingly use and abuse women because they can, or who look away from the fact that what they are doing can hurt women who are not in a position of power and have few or no real options in life. Many of these women also struggle to handle a normal day to day job or stay consistent, and some carry trauma or mental health challenges that make them even more vulnerable. There is also something about those who spend time, or even years, in red light districts, then find themselves a partner and suddenly overnight become more holy than the Pope. You see the difference between how some behave in tourist districts and how they behave once they go home or settle down. Some never change at all and do not know when their time is over, but in general there is a lot of selective morality going on.
