Looks like she’s there to remind him of the mess he left when he went away.

I’m not sure what that is, a fancy department store?

This thread is dumb and has to stop. The YouTube vid should be helpful. Kate Bush is amazing and not like tori Amos whatsoever at all. She paved the way for a lot of women doing experimental pop in the U.K. in the 80s. Like if you don’t know her why post this comment just ignore this article? And no it’s not a white…

I’m 28. I only know of Kate of her through my parents who adore her; though that, I do too. At first, her stuff was a bit inaccessible to me, but over time she really wore me down.

She has fans from all corners of the music world:

you thought you had culture - in truth, you have none.

But by “trolls,” what do you mean exactly? Because criticizing Islam is not “trolling.”

It is though. An effort to stamp out discourse, at least on Jezebel. There is no “sex work.” There is only paid rape.

In fact one of this site’s heroes, Janet Mock, cannot be severed from his childhood sexual abuse to such a degree that he is now an advocate for underage “sex workers” and tries to “help” them with their work issues.

Agreed. Not that you can’t rape a sex worker, but simply not paying afterwards =/= rape.

What a fucking luxury you all have parsing the exact age it’s okay to sexually exploit a teenager.

Rape by fraud would be something like someone pretending to be the victim’s spouse in the dark, or telling the victim that he’s wearing a condom when he’s not. Consensual sex doesn’t become rape retroactively because someone didn’t get paid.

I’m not entirely sure I understand this binary you’re establishing. Prostitutes, and it’s pure speculation that this man was a sex worker, are sexually assaulted all the time. This feels more like trying to make excuses for a guy based on some kind of tribal identification (i.e., because he’s a gay, liberal…

I agree with your second two cases, but not getting paid the right amount wouldn’t make it rape, it would make it breach of contract.

Depends on your views on issues surrounding “sex-work”.

A fifteen year old made vulnerable by family situation and being approached by an adult isn’t capable of consenting to sex work.

I obviously cannot know if people in general would take this less seriously if the victim was female. I think Jezebel commenters usually have a pretty healthy amount of empathy for young female victims and understand the severity of sexual assault charges. People in the world in general seem to regard people of both…

that is the entire point of our legal system, and if you are doing it for everyone i wholeheartedly support you. that said, in my experience reading stories on this site concerning rape allegations, there is a real difference between how the accused is treated based on things like race, religion, political…

the old benefit of the doubt for democrats eh?

Err, no. Questioning anything related to sex work is a big no-no around here.