Maggie's Farm

All women are prostitutes and all men pay for sex.

I am awaiting your challenge. You commented but no challenge.

Either sex is given free and perhaps even anonymously or it is given with some expectation of something.

Lacking a challenge I will respond anyway. What was the purpose of the title of the story "What kind of men go to prostitutes"? To be provocative and of course to demean the only minority group that can still be demeaned; i.e. men. Why wouldn't the title have been the more informative and more honest "What kind of men pay for sex"? Well, the answer is simple. If the title had been "what kind of men pay for sex" then every man over the age of 21 would respond "we all do". But that isn't what the author wanted. The use of the word "prostitute" was intended to demean and titillate and, yes, to offend. So the original title was intended to offend and to make everyone say "the bastards" as a response. Did you find that offensive? I did. I find the open discrimination towards men, especially white men offensive. I find the intentional demeaning phrasing of an arguement to be offensive. I find the dishonesty in the media to be offensive. So, yes my comment was offensive as I attempted to illustrate absurdity by using absurdity. Not everyone gets it, I understand. You were fully offended by my attempt to show the offensive nature of the public debate but not offended by the offensive nature of the public debate. This is not too different from the minefield that race baiters place in the way of a public discourse of race and racism. One side can say whatever they want to but the other side must navigate a minefield of loaded launguage and nuance. This is dishonest and yet accepted. How do we break out of that trap? I make fun of it, I repeat the offensive words right back at them, I push back. Yes, it is offensive, do you get it. I was offended by the title of the article, I was offended by the assumption that intelligent people are easily fooled by words.