# Friday, December 21, 2007
« Ethical Christmas Presents/Cards | Main | How is your business perceived? You'll s... »

I don't know when Britain decided this but it seems that every time I read the papers at the moment I read yet another absurd idea from up high but this one had me laughing so I thought I'd share:

The Justice Ministry is calling for the removal of the word "prostitute" - which has been around for almost 200 years - from criminal statutes. Ministry officials argue the word carries too much social stigma and are pushing to replace it with the phrase "persons who sell sex persistently." Try saying that with a mouthful.

Monday, December 24, 2007 12:48:53 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Tim,

I completely agree with the Government on this one, it is a horribly offensive word, if you ask ladies of the night as I do quite often, they do not like to be called "prostitute" as it is derogatory to them. They see them selves as entrepreneurs as they work for them selves and earn a damm site more than the average business owner!!, I Think to re name the girls "persons who sell sex persistently" is a good idea but you could always throw “serial sex entrepreneurs” into the melting pot and see how that works with up high.

Keep up the good work girls,

JH
Comments are closed.