Comments on: Tyra: Prostitution Is Bad Unless You’re a Contestant on ANTM

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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:49:54 +0000

[...] then sent contestants on ANTM to Amsterdam to pose in a shop window and let maleÂ judges decide who was best at “selling herself”…because nothing [...]

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Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:33:49 +0000

[...] then sent contestants on ANTM to Amsterdam to pose in a shop window and let male judges decide who was best at “selling herself”…because nothing [...]

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Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:00:26 +0000

[...] then sent contestants on ANTM to Amsterdam to pose in a shop window and let male judges decide who was best at “selling herself”…because nothing [...]

By: Katya

Katya — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:14:19 +0000

I also think this is the main reason this doesn’t qualify as hypocrisy. Tyra’s crazy and all, that’s certain. But let’s let the ol’ logic centers kick in, as it were…

In Amsterdam, legalization makes prostitution much more valid as a career choice, as crazy as that sounds. The stuff that Tyra likes to cry about doesn’t exist on a comparable scale due to regulation / social acceptibility / etc.

When she brings up the various heartbreaking realities of prostitution on her show, she’s talking about people who are marginalized and who exist in harm’s way because what they do is illegal. Regardless of how you choose to view the emotional aspect of her whining, the bottom line is that bad stuff happens when you do illegal things for a living.

Tyra might be whiny, manipulative and batshit crazy… and she might be sending a lot of mixed messages to all those girls looking up to her (ha)… but I don’t know if this is the type of hypocrisy you seem to think it is.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:02:18 +0000

I protest against calling Amsterdams as the prostitute capital of the world. I do think it is appaling but nowhere near as bad as it is in other countries where it is illegal and girls of terrifying young age are forced to sell their bodies to dirty old tourists.
At least in Amsterdam there is some sort of regulation and control.
Again, I am opposed to any of it. But being Dutch I would like to try and set straight the faulty image (in my opinion) of my country’s capital.

By: LYTEUP

LYTEUP — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:25:27 +0000

Who cares about dignity and stuff, more importantly, were the contestants smiling with their eyes whilst they were whoring themselves out? Did they elongate their necks whilst prostituting themselves? Focus on the real issues, people.

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:38:33 +0000

I gave Deceiver the tip for this story so I feel the need to mention something I completely forgot until after this was published here. I remember from watching this episode of ANTM that the modeling shoot was part of something called “Project Red Light Fashion” or something similar. Basically the point of the project is to turn the Red Light District into something positive by using it for modeling…or something. It’s all kind of vague. I’m not sure how modeling in prostitute’s former apartments is going to change anything, but okay.

I just wanted to mention that because it slightly changes the tone of what they were doing, since they were trying to do something positive, but I think my original point still stands. It seems to me if you wanted to change the Red Light District you would quietly fund public projects in the area or go to the government and not display women in windows like the prostitutes themselves do.

Sorry Deceiver bloggers for not remembering this fact sooner!

By: manda

manda — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:15:11 +0000

seems to me that they were modeling. the stuff marjorie was doing wasn’t sexy, she wasn’t wearing a sexy dress, and her makeup was weird. they were just posing in the windows. aint no way anybody would pay for that. unless it was some weird fetish brothel for people that are into spazzes.

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:25:05 +0000

Right, you’re not a prostitute, you’re just a slut. Doy.

By: Habanada

Habanada — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:23:47 +0000

Duh, it’s not prostitution if you aren’t getting paid for it. It’s the being paid for having sex that gives the low self-esteem and abuse and stuff. As long as you’re volunteering your stuff, that’s not only fine, it’s what it takes!

Isn’t she basically a prostitute anyway?