Comments on: ‘Belle de Jour’ joins me on the sex work tight rope

By: Cheap London Escorts

Cheap London Escorts — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:28:20 +0000

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By: Woodstock

Woodstock — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:22:45 +0000

It is important, and she’s obviously correct in how she feels, and her experiences in the industry – working any job is a very personal thing, and each person will have their own reactions to it. Especially when it’s got all the additional social complexities of sex work.

And I’m glad that she’s out there – it’s a more nuanced view than either the cheerfully sex-positive Belle or the horrors of women coerced into sex work or the prudish disapproval of the mainstream.

I think, were I a woman contemplating a career as a prostitute, I would want to think about the information and views she presents carefully before deciding to follow the same path.

But that doesn’t mean I enjoy reading her blog ;-P

By: halfassured

halfassured — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:49:39 +0000

There are no easy answers to old questions. The more I think about serious issues the more I feel that they’re deeply ambiguous. A lot of theories follow the pattern, “if only everyone did X, things would be great,” but that’s a kind of smug utopianism — the best we can hope for in situations like this is the /least bad/ option.

By: Bonnie Ruberg

Bonnie Ruberg — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:53:21 +0000

Again though, it’s hard to criticize Peridot. Is she being depressing or just realistic to her particular situation? Any job can be looked at from a variety of angles, and it seems important that she’s adding her voice to the mix.

By: Woodstock

Woodstock — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:20:09 +0000

I haven’t read the book, but I followed Belle’s blog for a long time before she published (she basically shut down when the book deal was signed).

It was a really fascinating look at the industry. It seemed quite realistic to me, but it still had less underlying depression than Peridot’s blog.