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Notice how no one talks about the effect on relationships the sex industry. Oh you wouldnt want to be called a religious freak or too PC if you brought up the most obvious issue - the sex industry is mostly about what men want. Everyone assumes women dont want the same thing? Dont assume!!!

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The City of Portland says they do due dilegence in zoning - yeah right - On Powell blvd. Safari is across the street from a high school, the kids have to walk past it the get to their athletic field. The old Parrys childrens center is across from TWO strip clubs, Tommys and Cocktails and Dreams. What a joke.

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Sex workers are the most represented voices, escpecially women, who like the industry the way it is. When I tell other women the industry should cater to heterosexual women as much  as it does men, I get the tired old lines - "women arent interested in seeing naked men," "there is no demand." All stupid and untrue. No one ever asked me. I like men, penises, etc...how is it possible that amost women in this town support naked women only. Who are they afraid of?

 Are they afraid of saying they fantisizr about men? How is that vast numers of women have sex with men, but say they are into nakes women? Its rediculous!!! 6.6 Billion people and women like naked women???? Do the math!!!!!  The women who are not afraid to say yes I like to fantazize about men are the ones who are reviled. Its women who like penises who dont get a voice in this PLayboy, stripper obsessed male sexualtiy centered culture. Feminists like myself are considered prude since we like men? Isnt it the women who dont question the industry men created for men the real prudes?

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I am a sex industry researcher and sexuality counslor and educator. Not very many people talk about the negative effects of the local sex industry on some unrepresented groups of people in our local Portland community because they are viewed as already being represented - heterosexual females in relationships wtih men who patronize the sex industry. Women who want to change the industry are labeled as prudes, or crazy for not loving naked women as much as men. Many women like to idolize the industry the way it is, be in it, support strip clubs, wear PLayboy gear, and generally not support women who want to change the industry to reflect not only the fantsies of heterosexual men, but also heterosexual women. Email me at hibayeria@yahoo.com so we can have a city wide discussion on the subject.

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