A woman, or man, who sells sex for money is a prostitute. I do feel bad for them, their families and friends. Those girls were pretty and had a rough stretch they were going through. They didn't deserve what they got. I hope the guy they have in custody is the one that did it.
2006-12-18 15:04:50
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answer #1
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answered by Herman Munster 4
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Hi Sheila
That was their work. If they had been secretaries then the media would have mentioned this fact. In a world where social freedoms are eroded and there is much censorship, to censor the news like that would be dangerous indeed. But I do recognise the concept of sensationalism. Whats wrong with being a prostitute anyway. I've known a few socially (not as a john or a trick) and I found them in the main, lovely people who could be hilarious in their anecdotes. One girl in particular was so sexually charged that she loved her job. People generally associate prostitution with sleazy, drug addicted girls hanging on street corners and only see that side. Also the religious have always put negative spin on them. They provide a service, and not one to be ashamed of in my view. If the trade was run along the same lines as the dutch, then they would be safe, regularly examined medically, and would have to use condoms at all times. They would be contributing to society by paying taxes as well.
The sad murders of these poor girls is an indictment of our hypocritical, archaic laws and increasingly dangerous society. So in my view its not the fact that the media has reported their job description, rather the fact that they do not campaign to change these idiotic laws.
2006-12-21 09:08:54
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answered by wizard prang 3
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They have to mention it as this is what the killing was focussed on. It is not just an extra piece of information which they could omit. These women were targeted and murdered because of their lifestyle, this was a serial killer who targeted prostitutes. If all the women had been lawyers they would have mentioned this too. If this vital information were omitted it would give a false impression of the case. Serial murders usually have a theme and in this case it was prostitutes. I know it's not nice for the families that this is revealed to the public but the pubic have a right to know what exactly is going on. The other prostitutes needed to know so that they would keep off the streets for their protection and all the women around that area would have been in panic if they thought these were just random killings.
2006-12-18 15:24:59
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answered by martina_ie 3
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The media are a reflection and also a creator of societies inability to connect when something horrible has happened. Imagine changing the word from 5 young prostitutes to 5 young women. Firstly, the media is obsessed with using the word prostutute for many reasons, mainly because it is a taboo topic (prostitution) and therefore people are going to be buying more newspapers (on account of the "car crash" syndrome where human beings cannot help themselves but to stop and stare and read about horrible things that happen to other people), And also, because instead of looking at why men go and pay money for sex, and therefore putting the stop light onto men, society would rather cast the first stone onto the prostitute (that somehow she was asking to be raped and murdered). For countless of women and people who are the most powerless ones in our society, they are often "fair game" by a world that doesn't remember the story of Jesus who took the time to know a prostitute as a human being and not as someone who is any lesser human than any one else. In regards to prostitution, there are so many myths surrounding this profession (some of those myths are, that there is something wrong with the women who have to prostitute themselves for reasons such as, drug addiction, as a result of being molested or abused as a child (look up the sociological and psychological reasons why women become prostitutes). What I am saying is that society would rather "blame the victim" (ie the prostitute that some how she deserved what was coming to her because of her powerless and taboo position in society) rather than looking at these young women as human beings.
I also noticed that many other young women who are not prostitutes have voiced that they are fearful of going outside. And there was one concerned voiced that the only reason why they wanted to find the killer was to stop him before he killed someone who wasnt a prostitute (as though it is alright for someone to kill a prostitute). THIS SORT OF MENTALITY IS WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS.
So, I would second by saying, that this spotlight on referring to these young women has somehow different from any other young woman or any other person for that matter, has to stop.
Because then we are just like animals who attack the weaker ones in the pack.
2006-12-18 15:18:13
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answered by Orditz 3
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I agree with you. Their 'profession' is irrelevant when speaking of the horrific murders that have taken place. If they had been housewives, lawyers, shop workers or whatever the media would have only mentioned this fact in the story and not in the headlines. The media just want to sensationalise everything. It is the same when a gay is murdered yet they never use heterosexual in the headline when a straight person is murdered. At least these girls are working to earn money for their drug habit instead of robbing innocent people. If men continue buying sex in this way then they are just as much to blame for what happens.
2006-12-18 20:39:49
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answered by Anonymous
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I agree with the general viewpoint that they are simply being referred to in terms of what they did. For example, it's not unusual for say, in a sex scandal, for the press to refer to Mr ****
retired bank manager, so I don't think it is wrong to identify them as such. However, as a father of two daughters it would be wrong if they were not to have our sympathy for the life that has lead them to this untimely death. I find it strange that we can live in a society which acknowledges "gay" marriages etc, and yet prostitution is still treat in an almost biblical way as being something dreadful when it is only one of the dark sides of our natures. At least in a controlled environment, we might be able to help them with their drug problems or history of child abuse, both of which, often cause them to go that route. As a side issue, I am very uncomfortable with the way this guy has been treat, fair enough if he is the one but suppose he is not, what is his life going to be from now on. I thought our system was innocent until proved guilty.
2006-12-18 17:25:09
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answered by busterdomino 4
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I agree.
I do'nt care what profession they had. Their people.
And er, if it was'nt for the fact there's a market they would'nt be doing it would they?
For so many people to use services like that an then the rest of us not give two shits because of it W.T.F.?
They payed the price for two reasons
1) The sick fu!< that killed them.
2) Because this society is failing people.
Does nobody else think that since its the oldest profession in the World, an there's no way of stopping it, that its about time to get serious about the issues?
Do'nt we want to stop organised crime and protect the week anymore, clean up our streets and feel unashamed cus we dont turn our back on people?
Labelling an stereotyping is an easy way to right off caring.
2006-12-18 16:16:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Sheila, their families and they have all my sympathy.
During his decade of terror during the 1970s the Yorkshire Ripper killed more than two dozen female sex workers.
During the manhunt, the police noticed that the public had little concern for the victims. They were prostitutes and they got what they had coming. It was only when the Yorkshire Ripper assaulted a teenager who was not a sex worker that the public woke up to the threat and made some effort to help the police.
Despite an overwhelming demand for sex workers from male voters throughout Britain, the country still does not have the political stomach to make their status legal and to do something positive to protect these vulnerable women.
2006-12-18 15:14:03
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answered by Pastor Sauce 3
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You're looking at this all wrong. I think the media have been referring to them as prostitutes because that's what they were. The recent trial of a man who'd murdered a lawyer referred to the victim as a lawyer, because that's what he was.
Sex workers are people too. The discrimination is yours (and most of the rest of the world's), for considering that there should be a stigma attached to their memory; for having been prostitutes.
2006-12-19 01:36:22
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answered by unclefrunk 7
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They didn't deserve to die,and they are still people,like you say,with families,.The police and media will use the term prostitute to describe the 'career' that they all do,and to show the link between the girls and what happened to them.At the end of the day,they knew what they were doing,they put their lives in danger every time they decide to climb into a strangers car.So they do it to get money.'go get a job in MC Donald's like everybody else!I'm not that well off but i do know that i would not do that just to make money.I would rather starve.Also they were all on drugs,and nobody forces anybody to take them.Do they?
People like this ,as sad as it is ,drag down areas where decent people want to live,with no crime and trash on every corner.Why should the rest of us have these people outside our door for our children to see.Thats not what i want for my child
2006-12-20 08:53:57
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answered by pinkydinkydoo 3
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It is fundamental to the case. They were vulnerable to attack *because* they were prostitutes. Maybe something good will come out of all of this -- better protection for prostitutes.
Overall the media has been very symathetic. No one has said that they deserved what they got at all.
2006-12-18 23:01:12
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answered by helen g 3
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