From: mrnobody-AT-geocities.com
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 09:59:42 +0100
Subject: Re: AUT: (We are all) Prostitutes......


Karl Carlile wrote:
> 
> A KARL CARLILE MESSAGE:
> 
> KARL: Prostitutes do not necessarily form part  of the working class
> since
> they do not sell labour power as a commodity. They are not wage
> workers.

>From the point of view of a worker (rather than a political economist)
the postion of worker and prostitute is pretty similar. I live in a
world where I need money to live. The only way to get money is for me to
sell my time (labour power), ie to do something that I would no twant to
do, but can get paid for.

As for prostitutes selling their bodies rather than their labour power;
not true. If that were the case they wouldn't be able to go on selling
indefinitly. The prostitute and the worker can both be paid regularly as
our ability to work, our labour power, is constantly reproduced by us. 

Prostitues that do not work for pimps, or in a brothal, can be compared
to self-employed workers. Bosses can be compared to pimps.
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