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Article #431Re: Aarnet should not be pornographic!
From: James Pinakis
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 01:37
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 01:37
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In <1igqfaINNi90@flash.pax.tpa.com.au> dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au (David Clunie) writes: >Now, to help to bring you back to reality: why don't you ask some women >that you know - of any socio-economic class - if, for the same money, they >would rather be topless barmaids or porn stars, than what they do now. Why don't you ask them if they would rather collect radioactive isotopes from the bottom of a mine shaft filled with natural gas and be paid the same money? Perhaps it's something they just don't want to do. I mean, if you wanted to do something, and you knew that you would get paid more to do it than what you're currently being paid, then that's what you'd be doing. (Unless your morality forbids it and/or you're hung up about what society, family or friends would think, in which case you'd answer "no" anyway). Why don't you instead ask some topless barmaids or prostitutes whether they'd rather be doing something else _that_they're_qualified_for_ for the same pay. Why don't you ask some factory workers or shop assistants whether they'd rather be doing something else _that_they're_qualified_for_ for the same pay. My bet is that some would say yes, some would say no, and some would say "I don't have any choice in the matter, I can't find another job". And it is that last simple economic reality which forces women to become topless-barmaids or prostitutes, not sexual exploitation. james
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Newsgroups: aus.aarnet Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au!bison!jamesp From: jamesp@cs.uwa.oz.au (James Pinakis) Subject: Re: Aarnet should not be pornographic! Message-ID: <jamesp.726457026@bison> Sender: usenet@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au Nntp-Posting-Host: bison Organization: Dept. Computer Science, University of Western Australia. References: <1igqfaINNi90@flash.pax.tpa.com.au> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:37:06 GMT Lines: 23