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  1. Mar 2016
    1. Americans with dangerous or aggressive behavio

      so this the sort of profiling that actully happens and its well said here.

    2. rs are much more likely to be viewed as adults in juvenile detention proceedings than their white counterparts.

      This article is pretty much statistics. what can we even do about this?

    3. yet they account for 44 and 42 percent of disabled students put in mechanical restraints or placed in seclusion.

      were treated worse even when were disabled... that is discussing.

    4. up 18 percent of the pre-school population, but represent almost half of all out-of-school suspensions

      Why doesn't this surprise me? i'm getting numb to the numbers. which is bad because i'm still outraged. our kids are no more dangerous than your kids.

  2. Feb 2016
    1. this article is an examinent of what happens from the prostitutes perspective. this is good for taking the taboo out of the work.

    1. this article does a good job of highlighting that prostitution can be something that women choose of their own free will. i will use this article to show that their is a market for it it and if regulated could potentially be a good thing.

    2. And does it not demean a woman, every bit as much as it demeans a man, to position her either as victim of men’s appetites or as fantasist of them?

      it wasnt a ad article. i agree with the statement but i also think instead of punishing the johns ( and Janes which they did not mention) we need to rehabilitate them because it can become an addiction.

    3. Therefore—no ifs or buts—we must criminalise the man who uses her. (I italicise the word to show that I mean to be more careful with it than are the criminalisers.)

      if you beleve that then you must alsoo believe NO WOMAN chooses prostitution and thats just not true at all.

    4. In this narrative, the idea that the prostitute might choose of her own free will to sell her body for profit or for pleasure, or for both, is derided.

      this is important because some women do choose prostitution of their own free will.

    5. Nor are the men who get to taste death from their bodies the only sort of men there are. And every sort of man pays his dues to prostitution at one time or another.

      i can already tell what ind of article this is going to be. this is incredibly sexists. i am not excited to read this article.

    1. this article is insight into the world of a woman who fell into striping at a young age and hen eventually into prostitution by its close association to stripping. its a story of falling from grace. i plan on using this to illustrate how non regulation can cause young women to become apart of something they don't fully understand and could be detrimental to their future.

    2. That’s Papasan,” she says. That’s the guy who yelled at a child for not dancing well enough.

      they force kids to dance once they are in. they try to pimp them out. they are monsters.

    3. at’s how a girl 13 years old walks into a bar and gets a job.

      shes a stripper at age 13 because she had no other way of supporting herself. her mother wouldn't do it, her father was dead.

    1. this article is an interview with a "john discussing his encounters with prostitution, how he first encountered it, and all the rationals he uses to continue his pursuit of prostitution on using this as first hand insight into the mind of "johns" and "janes"

    2. man and a woman

      this is so hetronormative.

    3. Seeing women for money, made me a little less sad. It was a brief respite from loneliness, from my skin being hungry for human touch the way a drowning person is starving for oxygen.

      people pay for it because they have self-esteem issues at first but then they continue because they have an addiction.

    4. girlfriend certainly didn’t know she existed.

      so his actions continued even after he found a girlfriend? he is addicted to prostitution.

    5. And I felt very remorseful when I learned this.And then I did it again.

      a vicious cycle hasformed that hes having trouble breaking. even though he knows its wrong. he addicted to something is it sex or prostitution? i don't think its sex. i don't think he would have non consensual sex with a woman if they weren't a sex worker. or maybe he would i don't know him personally. but if its me reading the signs i would say that he is addicted to prostitution.

    6. It’s like with drug use

      so from the perspective of this john it is like a drug. i wonder if he realizes it was his self-esteem that drove him to prostitution. is he addicted now?

    7. You’re in this for a connection. Physical—but also emotional

      ah there it is. so to get to the root of the situation. you wouldnt need to look for a connection both physical and emotional if you already had it. they dont so they look for it in prostitutes. but what drove you to the point of prostitution? how long does one have to stir with those types of longing before they ultimately turn to prostitution? is it tied directly to the johns or janes self-esteem? can it be corrected with with positive body and self image coaching? or is prostitution like an addicting drug?

    8. it pales in comparison to a real loving relationship with somebody who you are sexually compatible with, but it sure as fuck beats being alone and feeling untouchable.

      ultimately they are doing it for the intimacy.they dont like the detached session" so to speak. but would rather prefer a "Date" with the escort. ew

  3. Jan 2016
    1. So I sucked him off, tried to mostly use my hand instead of my mouth, didn’t let him come in my mouth, tried to do as little as possible, and then we ran out of time before I could get him to reciprocate

      this was at 19?his father was not a positive role modle in his life.

    2. sleeping with lots and lots of women.

      getting started really early...that's kinda of messed up.

    1. Someofthecowslookdrugged

      I cant tell if hes joking or if hes serious. Either way its funny.

    2. ThisistheMidwest:nonachos,nochili,noEvian,nothingCajun.

      If this is an attempt at comedy, its a little inaccurate.

    3. Ican'tbelievepeopleeatthis.stuffinthiskindofheat.There'sthegreenreekoffriedtomatoes.

      he talks about it like he didn't expect to see all of the food there. like he was surprised...

    4. AndtheyalltakeProzacandsticktheirfingerdowntheirthroattoooutthere.Theyoughttotryjustclimbingonandspinningandsaying,'Fuck'em.'That'sprettymuchallyoucandowithassholes

      He is kinda right about that. jerks will be jerks.

    5. Com:TouchingOurLivesEveryDay.

      this is kinda funny...

    6. isproudlyexcitedtohavetheopportuni-tytopresenttwocorporateguys,sweatingfreelyinsuits,whoreporttheexcitedprideofMe-Donald'sandWal-Marttohave'theopportunitytobethisyear'scorporatesponsors.

      sitting through a speech that was actually worded like this would make me want to pull my hair out.

    7. t.occurstomethatIoughttohavebroughtanoteboo

      at this point in the text im starting to sense that the author is realizing that he might have downplayed this fair a bit too much and is starting to realize that its a bit more of an event than he was expecting. which is kinda funny because i think we've all been there.

    8. It'sstillaweekbeforethefair,andthere's-somethingsurreal

      Before he made it seem like the goings on of Illinois were nothing to make a big deal about, and now, his verbiage... with the word surreal,it makes it seem like hes a lot more excited about it.