"Meeting John" on CBC Radio 1 The Current, Monday January 11, 2010 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

[YouVantOption]

Meet a John who visits prostitutes more for companionship than sex.

 

[johnmbot]

or if you'd rather meet me in person my next book signing will be @

 

[BoitePerdue]

Thanks for the heads up. If anyone is able to record this I would appreciate a link to an uploaded file somewhere.

Edit : Radio One actually does it themselves, a downloadable file should be available at http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/podcast.html later in the day.

 

[YouVantOption]

Meet a John who visits prostitutes more for companionship than sex.

The John interview will apparently be broadcast during the 3rd half-hour, so between 09:30 and 10:00 a.m.

 

[YouVantOption]

I was taking notes but got distracted by work. Stupid employer, interfering with my extra-curricular activities. The woman who teaches 'John school' for tricks who had been arrested sounded really angry, she issued standard crap about how all prostitution is violence against women (the 'brutality of the sex trade"), questioning why 'men have the right to buy sex' (honey you do too! Go get yourself a Chippendale and enjoy a good long fuck!), and how tricks never humanize the women they are with. Bad generalization, in light of the John study, which shows quite the opposite, albeit humanization that is a bit delusional. The John study showed that about 2% of all tricks are violent, which while a small number is pretty scary.

Too bad Ms. Trick School couldn't let down the hyperbole long enough to make an acceptable point, i'm sure there was one in there, amidst all her venom.

 

[Turbodick]

It's true the John School lady spouted the same old stuff lumping SP's with drug addicted street walkers. It was nice to hear the escort in the story who came across as articulate, intelligent and moral.