~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, Bill Stewart wrote:
ABTW, they didn't need those laws to fight "white slavery"; kidnapping and rape were already illegal, but any opportunity to make a law....
I have a tiny correction to Bill's assumption and that of a few others who have commented on "white slavery." The laws in question were concerned with prostitution, not kidnapping or rape. The term "white slavery" arose because the social fiction was that these women could not possibly have been prostitutes by choice, they must have been forced into it by others. A current variation of this thinking is promoted by some anti porn "feminists" with regard to women in the adult movie industry. ("No one would do THAT, in front of a camera, for money, of their own free will.") Plus ca change . . . S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~