Originally Posted by
Davidontour
We've had first hand evidence of this recently, with a BBC journalist posting on EI, asking for escorts and clients to talk to him. Several did, but their interviews weren't used as they didn't suit the agenda of concentrating on the small number of trafficking victims and ignoring the fact that most sex workers are there by choice.
In fairness the media in Britain have at least attempted to put the everyday side of sex work through such programmes as 'Love For Sale' but the Irish media (North and South) are simply too lazy or too afraid to rock the boat by showing the truth.
If the media still had the same attitude to the gay community that was prevalent in the 1970s, the chances are they would still be misunderstood and stigmatised. It's fantastic to see the support for the upcoming equal marriage referendum, something which would have been unthinkable a couple of decades ago. If attitudes towards the LGBT community can change so dramatically, the same can happen with sex work.
I applaud your positivity David, you're obviously a Glass-Half-Full kinda person
Attitudes towards the LGBT community have improved dramatically in the last decade.
This, in my opinion, is partially due to a number of gay people in the public spotlight 'outing' themselves.
Sports figures like Paul Galvin, Politicians like Leo Varadkar and the Rose of Tralee whose name escapes me.
When you have champions like these to say 'This is me and btw I also happen to be gay' then it makes being gay
more normal and understandable. And society always fears what it doesn't understand.
That's why I would have plenty of time for Kate McGrew. She has started a ball rolling by 'outing' herself as a sex worker
and for that she is to be congratulated. It's always difficult to be the first.
Hopefully in years to come we might look back on threads like these and ask ' What was all the fuss about?'
Here's hoping anyways
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY AND TRY.......AH F**K IT, I GIVE UP