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New trend in Northwest espresso: embarrassingly dressed baristas
tania:
i i agree there's a difference, i just don't think it's as black and white as "doing A is okay, but doing B is going WAY too far". sex sells and it's all just a matter of how far you're willing to go if you choose to take advantage of that. some women who work as prostitutes make a lot of money and are happy with their jobs. other women couldn't work even as strippers because they feel really dirty and horrible just being ogled. it's pretty subjective.
i don't really like either but again, i can't stop people from doing what they want to do so i don't support the stuff i don't like instead.
RedLion:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 11 Jan 2009, 15:53 ---No I was thinking more directly:
http://coolspotters.com/movies/idiocracy/and/brands/starbucks-coffee/media/24458#medium-24458
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Forgot about that part.
I have to be honest, I don't see the huge deal here. It doesn't seem like this women are being "forced" into it. It also doesn't seem to carry any danger, unlike prostitution. And if a woman has a strong self-image and self-confidence, it doesn't necessarily have to be something demeaning.
Alex C:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 11 Jan 2009, 15:40 ---Anyone seen Idiocracy? This is the next step toward that future.
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Thanks to that movie, my brother and I now use the term "tarded" on occasion, provided that we're around people who would get the reference or else to subtly mock those who really do call things retarded.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: tania on 11 Jan 2009, 15:54 ---i agree there's a difference, i just don't think it's as black and white as "doing A is okay, but doing B is going WAY too far". sex sells and it's all just a matter of how far you're willing to go if you choose to take advantage of that. some women who work as prostitutes make a lot of money and are happy with their jobs. other women couldn't work even as strippers because they feel really dirty and horrible just being ogled. it's pretty subjective.
i don't really like either but again, i can't stop people from doing what they want to do so i don't support the stuff i don't like instead.
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Oh no, I'm not saying that this is okay and prostitution isn't, but it is, I think, preferable to prostitution - but it's relative. The 'flu is preferable to cancer.
Although unfortunately, it seems like the morality concerns expressed by people in the article are mainly third-party concerns along the lines of "Somebody just minding their own business shouldn't have to see scantily-clad women", rather than concerns about the welfare of the women in question, whether this is exploitative, whether it debases women, etc.
jhocking:
You guys are taking my question more seriously than you probably should.
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