----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 11:05 AM Subject: Re: More hypocrisy on display than skin
> On Nov 24, 2004, at 8:26 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > >>> I don't. I'm sorry if my words indicated that. I'm just trying to > >>> not > >>> make assumptions...and after I've been challenged to find support for > >>> things for which the evidence is well known.... > >> > >> No you weren't. You were asked whether prostitution was unhealthy and > >> you responded with the non sequitar that lots of people who practice > >> prostitution were sexually abused as children. This has nothing to do > >> with whether prostitution is inherently unhealthy. > > > > Nothing? > > Correct. Nothing. > > > So, you are saying the fact that sex workers, even strippers, are > > overwhelmingly people who have been subject to sexual abuse, with the > > inherent risk to sexual self image that is associated with that abuse > > is > > meaningless. > > Dan, you've used this argument several times now. At first it was > simply "disproportionately" sexual abuse victims who become strippers > or prostitutes. Now you're saying it's an "overwhelming" number. It > would seem the percentages have grown in 48 hours. > > I would like you to prove your words. Either cite some statistics to > back up what you are saying, or stop using this argument, as unless you > can provide evidence for it it's invalid. > > In any case, I strongly doubt the "overwhelming" term -- that implies a > majority, and presumably larger than 51%. ;) Sure. I've cited websites that have quoted numbers from surveys. I know of another, small scale one, personally. Strippers at a local "high class" strip club, had put together a charity fund, and then voted to have it go to groups of sexually abused children. Teri talked to them, and they all had been sexually abused as children. If you want, I can calculate the probability that this is merely a statistical fluctuation, once Teri comes home and I can obtain the number of women she talked to. I'll give ranges of probabilities, based on the ranges of women in the general population that give an affirmative answer to this question. (Roughly 15% to 25%). For example, if 10 women all said yes, and the probability for one saying yes is 25%, the probability for 10 out of 10 saying yes is ~10^-6. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
