The Sex-Work vs. Anti-Trafficking Debate: Up Close and Personal
What one ex-sex-worker’s adult son’s FB page sometimes looks like.
Several months back, my adult son, who lives in Korea posted an interview with a Korean sex-worker on his FB page.
(it’s about police harrassment)
An anti-trafficking type called her a liar
A debate ensued.
The anti-trafficking dude
The son
The anti-dude
The me, semi-code-talking to the son
The anti-dude
(innocently tripping a whole bunch of my triggers — what pomposity!!!)
The son
The anti-
The son
Yup —
getting snotty. . .
(feels great every once in a while)
the anti-(timing-pre-my-tirade)
the anti-(oops, maybe he puffed himself a hair bigger than he ought)
A female friend (of son) steps in, I’m appreciative — ‘Link to Lies, damned lies and sex work statistics’
Another female friend
yup — the mom again, the poor anti- put a quarter in & mom’s going to spend two days trying (& failing) to pull the plug. (it’s not her FB page after all, and, you know, mother/son dynamics & all that. She’s doing some serious encroaching. . .)
The son —
Another female friend
The anti-
The friend who calls me his ‘mum’.
A male friend
Another female friend
Ms. Encroachment again
Mom in melt-down . . .
Prior female friend
Mom almost feeling remiss. . .
The anti-
Prior female friend.
So sweet!
The son
Another female friend
Tirade fades into memory. . .
(I confess — it kinda tired me out. And I have the luxury of getting to let it recede)
Yet it arises again.
. . . And Mum decides it wants another shot at a hearing & posts on Medium.
Mum likes Medium.
