Feminism & Prostitution: Logical Fallacies

By rubbleofempires AKA everything4every1
Part 1 in a series on prostitution from a radical feminist perspective.

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[fjfjvmvm]

Your arguments are all on tangential issues. The real question is "Should John's, pimps and/or prostitutes be subject to criminal sanction. Few people seriously argue that prostitution is a desirable activity worthy to be socially encouraged.

You seem to imply that you desire criminal sanctions against prostitution. Entirely omitted is any notion that women are capable exercising choice. You'd almost certainly counter that economic necessity prompts almost all prostitution.

[starvingflame]

That's part of it. The other part of it that at whose cost is this choice being made?

[guiseofyouth]

so what is your stand on feminism and prostitution?

[starvingflame]

All in good time.

[thecreepyguy]

I'm going to favourite this just because i liked the term and definition, It's something the "smartest" people on youtube pull all the frigging time, And they end up winning the debate somehow even though they werent in the right..

Next time i'll say You are making a red herring.

So The person, And everyone else reading the comment section knows exactly what they are doing. I don't mind People who use it by mistake, But i've run into people who just use it in every post.

Annoying.

[bundleHastings]

One of the most-used Red Herrings is putting all the focus on "a woman's right to choose to be a prostitute". This takes the focus away from the real issue, which is why is it taken for granted that there HAVE to be women available for male sexual use?

[professorfoxtrot]

The example you gave is actually a tu quoque fallacy, not a red herring.

[TheVeganicWitch]

Oh man, you should hear the red herrings animal rights activists get thrown at them, its like complete hypothetical, off topic insanities, that people then expect you to treat seriously. Like "oh yeah, well what if you were on a desert island and all there was to eat was a chicken!" so then you go from talking about the here and now and ethical choices this person has open to them to a completely fictional and highly unlikely scenario which they then expect you to take seriously! Hilarious!

[CarolX2]

Yeah, that's so true. They always find some way to take the focus off the main subject at hand. It shows that not only do they recognize their support of sexism, but their selfish defense for it. I wonder how people like that feel about themselves...seriously, I'd like to know. At the same time though men naturally assume sexism is wrong so they think their actions, which they feel are correct, couldn't be sexist given that they feel right. The "I'm straight so I can't be a woman hater" type.