What White Lotus Gets wrong - The Truth About the Sex Trade | Television

ArticleWhat White Lotus Gets wrong - The Truth About the Sex Trade

Posted December 22, 2022 by somegenerichandle in Television

White Lotus has been on my radar for a few weeks because many people on twitter i follow have been praising it for how it handles trauma. But, NYers for the Equity Model (a similar group to Nordic Model Now) has released a statement on how the show romanticizes prostituted women.

Take the massively popular HBO show "White Lotus," where two female characters in prostitution are portrayed as empowered, safe, and always in control.

This depiction plainly ignores reality. The vast majority of the people in prostitution are women, girls, and trans youth, all mostly of color, who experience rape, sexual coercion, psychological and physical trauma experienced at the hands of sex buyers, pimps, and traffickers.

The image posted is a bit of a spoiler:

Image transcription: Most people in prostitution do not get a happy ending like Mia and Luca. The last scene of season 2 shows Mia and Luca happily strolling off, depicting freedom and fulfillment. They got everything they dreamed of. Lucia a 50k euro payout from a sex buyer, and Mia, a job as a singer. In reality, 89% of women in prostitution state they wish they could leave prostitution, but do not have other options and 84% are under some form of third party control, pimped or trafficked. The sex trade itself is so dangerous that the number of deaths of women in prostitution is 200 times the rate of the general population.

Anyway, i thought it was interesting, despite my recommendations that the show isn't a realistic depiction.

https://mailchi.mp/ee296cf621b4/its-time-for-new-york-to-stand-with-survivors-15110097

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Posted December 22, 2022 by somegenerichandle

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