Ally To Sex Workers


	Ally To Sex Workers
Joodie
7-9-2009 8:06 PM
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Joodie says:
Read the whole article. I love the part about how it really is a 'real' job!!
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e6de3151-bf27-485d-8942-1260a63c2b4a/758B3F46-5158-4B35-A018-0F1564CC6D3F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/" href="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/" style="font-size: 11px;">redlightchicago.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/"><H2><A title="How To Be An Ally to Sex Workers" rel="bookmark" href="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">How To Be An Ally to Sex Workers</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">1) Don’t Assume.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">2) Be Discreet and Respect Personal Boundaries.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">3) Don’t Judge.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">4) Watch Your Language.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">5) Address Your Prejudices.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">6) Don’t Play Rescuer.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">7) If you are a client or patron of sex workers, be respectful of boundaries</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">Do Your Own Research.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">9) Respect that Sex Work is Real Work.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">10) Just because someone is a sex worker doesn’t mean they will have sex with you.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">11) Be Supportive and Share Resources.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/">12) As you learn the above things, stand up for sex workers when conversations happen.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/"><P>Get Active! Contact your local SWOP Chapter to find out what you can do or form your own in the city you live in.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/"><P>This list composed by the members and allies of Sex Workers Outreach Project-Chicago. Visit us on the web at <A href="http://www.swop-chicago.org">www.swop-chicago.org</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/"><P>Other Resources-</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://redlightchicago.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/how-to-be-an-ally-to-sex-workers/"><P><A href="http://www.swop-usa.org">www.swop-usa.org</A>
<A href="http://www.desireealliance.org">www.desireealliance.org</A>
<A href="http://www.boundnotgagged.com">www.boundnotgagged.com</A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/758B3F46-5158-4B35-A018-0F1564CC6D3F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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