Comments on: Making it Rain, A Feminist Manifesto on Sexual Self-Determination.

By: I knew

I knew — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 20:34:34 +0000

In 2007 Mr. Wallace was taken in on charges of rape, coercion and force while he and strippers who worked as prostitutes in DeJaVu strip club. One famous girl actually was a part of the coercion charges and aiding and embedding. She began to work for Mr. Wallace in Virginia Beach. The girl was quite young, perhaps under age. The FBI was a part of the case that began November 1st, 2007. Allegations that were dropped because he dehydrated, raped, and forced the stripper he coerced from a strip club with ideas of helping her afford a better life as a dancer, not a prostitute. The dancer had just turned 18 years old. She was coerced, robbed, beaten, and raped. Her escape was in La Jolla, CA. One of these dancers “petitioning” lured her to the pimp, Mr. Wallace, who at the time had gone by Jello, Magellan. There were cocaine, animal abuse, firearms without permits, kidnapping, rape, human trafficking charges on his plate. This article is well written, and advertises women’s rights. Women or human beings who have real equality don’t need to prostitute. Also, these women rely on a pimp. The brainwashing and psychological abuse endured by these women is immense and often misunderstood as women standing up for themselves. The pimps exist because the women cannot be “free range hos” where they earn their own money and keep their own money. This is not the case with Mr. Wallace. All of the cars, clothes, money and even the women’s bodies belong to Mr. Wallace, as I once heard him say. I knew him from one experience, and I must say, please find a better example of woman standing up for their sexuality. Mr. Wallace is a rich pimp who beats women into “their place”. His lawyer is on a retainer and these women were coached. I knew one of them and she is usually so high off of coke, she doesn’t know the difference between her father and Mr. Wallace. May God have mercy on these women and their refusal to accept the reality of their pitiful acceptance of their reality. Excuse typos.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:20:54 +0000

Kate Roiphe would be interested to hear about “her” 50 Shades of Grey. The book was written by one E.L. James; Roiphe has written a widely disseminated column *criticizing* the book.

By: DG

DG — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:48:30 +0000

I really enjoyed the article and the logic that it applied. I to question of legalized prostitution when the premise of prostitution is the consenting exchange of sex for money. I think you made a good distinction between the premise of sexual liberty and the inherent contradiction of this liberty that is illegal prostitution.

One thing though I have to agree with NAME below is the issue of “reproductive sovereignty”. Like NAME said in the post before me there are consequences to sexual freedom that distort choice and place the burden on those who don’t have choice which is in and of itself a form of oppression. So we can simultaneously say anti-abortion is oppressive to women, but in the same form we should also hold that mandatory child support for men who had no say in the choice is also a form of oppression of we are logical. I know that is controversial but I don’t see any way around it.

If we feel that the highest state of liberty is the capacity to be free from government coercion to the highest degree possibly within the context of a large society, how then can we simultaneously say women can choose, but men must pay for that choice?

Like NAME eloquently said, if you have sexual reproductive rights, but by virtue of you as a women executing those rights and me having no say in your execution of those rights, I am then coerced by the government to pay for a choice you made that I had zero say in by my definition that is oppression.

To me that is the antithesis of the premise of a feminist based argument when it comes to abortion.

But very thought provoking post JFC.

By: Name

Name — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:48:12 +0000

” … For women, political, economic, and social equality vests with her absolute domain and sovereignty over a unique and coveted feminine form—over mammary glands, female sex organs, and her right to choose. Feminine anatomical dominion, which has historically been denied, relies upon society’s ability to unconditionally respect female sexual freedom and reproductive rights. … ”

This may be slightly off-topic, however, it’s interesting to consider a different aspect of this: The full exercise of the “freedon” this article describes can have consequnces, such as the birth of the child. The woman has “a right to chose” – to abort that child or not. The man does not. In the case where the woman’s conduct with the man leads to a child birth, the man has no say, for example, as to questions regarding the legal obligation to pay child support. The woman, however, can chose to have an abortion, take the easy way out, and entirely avoid the responsibility for her choice and avoid taking on the duties of being a parent, but the man cannot chose that. He is put in the position of having to accept the consequences of the woman’s choice, or, possibly be jailed for contempt of a court order. … This is a complex area. There are moral questions here. There are valid reasons why completely unrestricted sexual “freedom” (by either sex) has been met with disapproval for most of the time in which human civilisation has been around. A person should have freedom, to the extent he or she uses that freedom responsibly. However, human nature, very often, is to be irresponsible.

By: JFC

JFC — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:15:44 +0000

The essay was not to encourage prostution but to question whether it should be legalized and regulated like in Nevada. However, let me point out to be clear that the article references behavior between consenting adults, uncoerced…And does not refer to the of trafficking minors or even human trafficking, which is not uncoerced. I am not minimizing the importance of rape or statutory rape laws.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:55:21 +0000

What about the large percentage of hookers that were sexually abused as children? If the statistics are inaccurate, why do in countries such as Germany where prostitution is legal are the majority of hookers foreigners?
Legalization will not eliminate the exploitation of black-market sex-work.
The Swedish & Norwegian prostitution laws prosecute only “johns”. Germany did not legalize prostitution as an endorsement, but as the lesser of evils, since the majority are foreign-born immigrants who would be further exploited if prostitution remained illegal in Germany.

By: npspider

npspider — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:56:45 +0000

This article raises a really valid question…why is prostitution illegal? Is it just about the sex? In this case, is the element of a black man with white women a issue?

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:48:55 +0000

Its always interesting that the only power that women have full domain is always being attacked by the powers that be, namely our sexuality and our uterus!!!!