Comments on: FOX 5: Prostitutes “Too Gross To Describe,” Speak To

By: Ophelia

Ophelia — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:01:00 +0000

Notice that we never once see their faces...the clear message being, "These are not actually people! These are PROSTITUTES!!! They do not have faces! They are merely long bare legs wearing short skirts and high heels! Isn't that gross!"

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By: jf1

jf1 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:48:56 +0000

classic "oh my God, that's just awful...will you look at that! Disgusting!"

Meanwhile in their hometowns hookers are out working behind churches in broad daylight.

By: Sorry, Alan Grayson: “K Street Whore” Isn’t Specific Enough - The Sexist - Washington City Paper

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:41:29 +0000

[...] variety. Anyone who’s driven down K Street after sundown—around, oh, 6th Street or 11th Street NW—knows that tacking “K street” onto “whore” doesn’t clarify a [...]

By: Hotel Pimp

Hotel Pimp — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:10:35 +0000

Hey every since some cavewoman figured out she got a bigger portion of the water bufflo that the men dragged home if she didnt run so fast prostitution has been with us.

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By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:33:28 +0000

I walk past these girls every morning on my way to work. For the most part I leave them alone, and they leave me alone, aside from a small pack of them "offering me their services" from time to time... Which I just ignore. I have to say it's quite amazing how much "business" they actually get. I personally find their business rather fascinating, and honestly somewhat reprehensible. I grew up in a small town in the midwest where this was only seen in the movies. It makes me wonder if they're all the usual drug addicted prostitutes that are portrayed in the movies, if they they just like the "easy money," or what the lure to this profession is.

By: Journalists: How To Make Your Sex Work Stories Less Insanely Creepy - The Sexist - Washington City Paper

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:36:56 +0000

[...] that we’ve all endured this FOX 5 story on “morning prostitution”—which deemed sex workers “too gross to describe,” much less speak to—I [...]

By: jules

jules — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:01:18 +0000

mmmmmmmmm: Yeah, all the tourists are in Shaw to check out the corner store! Its DC's next big tourist attraction.

By: kza

kza — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:44:29 +0000

Laziest Comment of the Week: That's gay. Hookers own.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:13:55 +0000

I live in the vicinity where these ladies walk about to do their business. Fox shows them as packs of women, but that's not true. They are just scattered around not hurting anyone. For them it's work. This is their way of making a living. I just don't like it when some of them decides to fight on the sidewalk across from my building in the middle of the night.

By: ct

ct — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:50:26 +0000

phnuggle, I'm glad you caught that too: the reference to the streets being "littered" with prostitutes. It's a way of implying these women are trash. Tisha Whoever should be ashamed of herself. That's not journalism.

By: sophiagrrl

sophiagrrl — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:44:59 +0000

A 'lady of the night' (or perhaps mid-morning) once kindly helped me catch my dog, who'd run off as Sunday brunch guests arrived. It was mid-morning on a Sunday but in the end, I was pretty damn grateful that she was out on the corner. Point being, sew worker or not, they are people.

By: mmmmmm

mmmmmm — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:28:57 +0000

ummmmm, is there much tourist traffic in Shaw? Is that a thing?

By: phnuggle

phnuggle — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:27:41 +0000

love the "street littered with prostitutes" imagery, fox. gorgeously subtle.

By: Baby B

Baby B — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:28:39 +0000

Pimping ain't easy.

This is an ineffective operation.

Deez ho's are unsavory and the pimps (who look like Pharell on crack) have no control over them.

Deez pimps and ho's need to drive back to Maryland (their cars have MD plates) and find other lines of work.

By: nelly

nelly — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:26:33 +0000

that song is the instrumental from nelly's 'pimp juice'

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:06:07 +0000

City Paper street boxes shown :34 and 1:15!

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:56:03 +0000

They can't show their faces without permission lest they risk a slander suit. Who knows if these women truly are prostitutes - they didn't ask - and if they weren't, the show would face significant liability for suggesting show. The cheap solution? Show blurred images of women whose profession is not entirely clear.

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:09:44 +0000

TOUCHE.

By: Hill Rat

Hill Rat — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:18:34 +0000

C'mon Sexist, that was *not* a hip-hop beat. That shit sounded like it came straight off the soundtrack of a porno movie shortly befoe the pizza guy makes his "special delivery."