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Who speaks for prostitutes?

I’m going to go briefly off-topic from mental health to discuss a separate (though in some ways related) topic: prostitution and other forms of sex work.

As you lot will know, I can’t resist a good blogfight, and I’ve been lurking on an absolute corker of a cyber-ruckus over at Liberal Conspiracy (See also: this comments thread). A bunch of radical feminists have a guy called Douglas Fox in their sights, and they really, really seem to despise him.

A sample comment:

Douglas Fox on the other hand has no credibility whatsoever in this discussion and I have no intention of doing anything other than dismissing his views out of hand.

So, what’s he done to incur the wrath of a pitchfork-wielding mob of rad fems?
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