2009-03-17
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Vote for movies, head-to-head, and help rank the best movies in the world. Great time-waster. Which is better - The Aviator - or Congo?
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According to Catherine Healy of the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC), better and safer working practices are now the norm. Across the industry, she says, women are now aware of their rights and exploitative brothel owners are becoming marginalised as a result of the reform. "Sex workers say: I can work across town," she says. "The dynamic has altered." Anna Reed, who was a sex worker in Christchurch for 23 years and is now NZPC's local spokesperson, agrees that exploitative practices have become rare.
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Thankfully Julie is just as guilty as I am!
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Nothing here I didn't already know. But definitely a good starting point.
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Anything perceived to be a caring role, looking after children and old people, has always been rewarded less well than the predominantly male jobs, partly because the skills women bring to the work are regarded as innate, rather than qualities they need to be specifically rewarded for.
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Actually very pertinent for why there have been all sorts of problems in the economy recently.
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A rather nice speech on sexism in fantasy. By Terry Pratchett. Written in 1985.