The sex myth

Three Seasons

The sex myth is a book written by Doctor Brook Magnanti. In it she details numerous myths related to sex. One of them being that the number of women who are "trafficked" into sex work is grossly over estimated. Only a handful of cases of "trafficking" we're found to be taking place in Britain and Germany after large scale operations by police forces were instigated. This is something I've intuitively felt for a long time now.

What sex myths do you believe are propagated by the media and various organisations?

Sarn

That women are from Venus and men are from Mars.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

yeah, women are from portarlington and men are from stradbally

think about it, it explains quite a lot

Chuck Stone

Whores will have their trinkets.

Czarcasm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

yeah, women are from portarlington and men are from stradbally

think about it, it explains quite a lot

In order to get that you'd have to be familiar with both towns, the same way in order to understand the context and motivations of the OP's biased source, you'd have to know her by her more familiar nomme de plume "Belle Du Jour", a former sex worker who's made a fortune from her literary efforts.

kneemos

2.3 times a week.Not even close.

Henlars67

I find the 'stat' that 1 in 4 women have been sexually assaulted in some way to be absurdly high.

I once questioned it on twitter though and a few retweets later I had women from all over calling me a rapist, a rape apologist, a misogynist etc.

Surely that figure is untrue?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Czarcasm wrote: »

In order to get that you'd have to be familiar with both towns, the same way in order to understand the context and motivations of the OP's biased source, you'd have to know her by her more familiar nomme de plume "Belle Du Jour", a former sex worker who's made a fortune from her literary efforts.

well most of the "human trafficking" stats come from hardcore religious organisations or hardcore feminists, neither of which can really be trusted about anything

smash

kneemos wrote: »

2.3 times a week.Not even close.

Is the .3 a ****?

Roger_007

kneemos wrote: »

2.3 times a week.Not even close.

I seem to be having a lot of the 0.3 variety!

smcgiff

It'd be very disturbing if sex trafficking figures have been over reported. That could be very harming.

You could just imagine the local hoods thinking. This is rife, and very few get caught - how come I'm not involved in this?

smash

Roger_007 wrote: »

I seem to be having a lot of the 0.3 variety!

And even if you have 3 of them it doesn't make a (w)hole... Math lied to you!

Merkin

I think one of the most damaging sex myths that was propogated by religious institutions back in the day was that sex was somehow dirty or impure. This in turn resulted in entire generations of families believing sex to be shameful and wrong.This in turn sheltered sexual abusers both within aforementioned institutions and indeed within the nuclear family.......fcuk it makes me mad

smash

smcgiff wrote: »

You could just imagine the local hoods thinking. This is rife, and very few get caught - how come I'm not involved in this?

They've seen taken. Clearly they're terrified!

Henlars67

Merkin wrote: »

I think one of the most damaging sex myths that was propogated by religious institutions back in the day was that sex was somehow dirty or impure. This in turn resulted in entire generations of families believing sex to be shameful and wrong.This in turn sheltered sexual abusers both within aforementioned institutions and indeed within the nuclear family.......fcuk it makes me mad

Back in the day?

That's still church teaching.

It's just that nobody listens to it anymore.

antodeco

That an empty packet of crisps and a hair bobbin is perfect contraception

noddyone2

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

yeah, women are from portarlington and men are from stradbally

think about it, it explains quite a lot

Is this Stradbally Co. Laois or Co. Waterford?

Roger_007

smcgiff wrote: »

It'd be very disturbing if sex trafficking figures have been over reported. That could be very harming.

You could just imagine the local hoods thinking. This is rife, and very few get caught - how come I'm not involved in this?

The figures for trafficking are based on the assumption that any woman who comes to this country and engages in prostitution has been "trafficked". On this basis the biggest trafficker in the country is Michael O'Leary. How does he get away with it???

Merkin

antodeco wrote: »

That an empty packet of crisps and a hair bobbin is perfect contraception

And that you won't get preggers if you do it standing up

Henlars67

Merkin wrote: »

And that you won't get preggers if you do it standing up

'preggers' has to be one of the most annoying so-called-words ever made up

DrumSteve

antodeco wrote: »

That an empty packet of crisps and a hair bobbin is perfect contraception

Aldi freezer bag and masking tape if your going posh.

smash

Henlars67 wrote: »

'preggers' has to be one of the most annoying so-called-words ever made up

Is preggo acceptable?

Czarcasm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

well most of the "human trafficking" stats come from hardcore religious organisations or hardcore feminists, neither of which can really be trusted about anything

You're right Digby, best take the word of a former sex worker with her own biased agenda then instead, because sex workers are renowned for their honesty, the tart with a heart isn't a myth at all then... :pac:


Here, have a mosey over this thread-

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056883055/1

This thread was more just a thinly veiled effort at booting off the topic again under a different guise, and I'm neither religious nor feminist.

BraziliaNZ

smash wrote: »

Math lied to you!

Stop that

--Kaiser--

That women can orgasm

Czarcasm

Merkin wrote: »

And that you won't get preggers if you do it standing up

... In the shower, so you can douche afterwards :pac:

Lingua Franca

Henlars67 wrote: »

I find the 'stat' that 1 in 4 women have been sexually assaulted in some way to be absurdly high.

I once questioned it on twitter though and a few retweets later I had women from all over calling me a rapist, a rape apologist, a misogynist etc.

Surely that figure is untrue?

I'd consider it to be absurdly low, in that I personally haven't met a woman who hasn't ever been sexually assaulted. I've been groped on the street and in crowds, to give you the 'softest' examples of the disgusting sh*t that has been done to me. Every woman I've talked to about the subject has been subjected to everything from unwelcome gropings to rape.


I also wouldn't trust Brooke Magnati in a word she says. After all, she was a 'high class escort', wtf would she know of cheap brothels? I hear of too many news stories about women being rescued from them to brush it aside with a "well I don't know any so it can't be true".

BraziliaNZ

Lingua Franca wrote: »

I'd consider it to be absurdly low, in that I personally haven't met a woman who hasn't ever been sexually assaulted

Do you live in East Berlin in 1945?

Roger_007

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

That women can orgasm

That's not a myth. Women are like hurricanes, they come wild and wet and when they leave they take the house!

Lingua Franca

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Do you live in East Berlin in 1945?

No. What on earth kind of question is that?

Here's one for you: are you a woman?

BraziliaNZ

Lingua Franca wrote: »

No. What on earth kind of question is that?

Here's one for you: are you a woman?

No but I've had my ass grabbed by women and gay men in bars etc over the years. Does that count as sexual assault?