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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:09 PM
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Prostitutes sew lips together in protest
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSN2436073120071025

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Prostitutes in the Bolivian city of El Alto sewed their lips together Wednesday as part of a hunger strike to demand that the mayor reopen brothels and bars ordered closed after violent protests by residents last week.

"We are fighting for the right to work and for our families' survival," Lily Cortez, leader of the El Alto Association of Nighttime Workers, told local television.

"Tomorrow we will bury ourselves alive if we are not immediately heard. The mayor will have his conscience to answer to if there are any grave consequences, such as the death of my comrades," she said, surrounded by about 10 prostitutes who had sewn their lips together with thread.

Some 30 other women were shown fasting inside a medical clinic nearby.




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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:11 PM
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1. (deleted comment) n/t
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:15 PM
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3. " grave consequences" indeed. Burying herself alive.
Prostitutes should form a Union & demand the same rights as other workers.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:12 PM
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2. Well, that cuts their business by a third...
:rofl:
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:16 PM
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4. Actually, it's a fourth or a fifth....
...depending on whether or not left and right are counted as one.

Seriously, though, them hookers seem pissed.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:22 PM
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6. .
:spray:

Welcome to DU, ya perv! :D :hi:
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:17 PM
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5. This really sad and horrific on many levels. n/t
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Mike03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 05:02 PM
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7. Reminiscent of the Ellen Jamesians in John Irving's "The World According to Garp"
Edited on Fri Oct-26-07 05:03 PM by Mike03
Remember the women who protested the rape of Ellen James by having their tongues cut off? Sorry, couldn't help but think of that with respect to this story.

Quite disturbing. I hope that the damage is reversible.
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CraftyGal Donating Member (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 05:20 PM
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8. I may seem strange for the women to do this, however....
look at history. There was the Sutcliff Ripper in England, last year. In Canada there are two high profile cases before the courts, Robert Pickton and Thomas Svekla, with a third Serial Killer in Edmonton responsible for at least 11 murders. These women need a safe place to ply there trad or to have solicitation decriminalized all together. I really p*sses me off that people seem to think that it is a joke. That these women are somehow second class citizens. I lost two friends on the Pickton farm in BC.

Things will never change until attitudes change. t\This is not a laughing matter for these women. They have been mistreated for far to long.

Crafty
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 05:21 PM
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9. I am not laughing - this is so tragic
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