One of the hallmarks of this new era of wokeism that we’re all living through is that we’re constantly treated to new terminology for old concepts. Race riots have gotten a makeover, they’re now known as BLM protests. Goth kids, cross-dressers and other miscellaneous groups now have all found new labels for themselves under the umbrella of “gender identity.” Anti-white and anti-Asian racism, especially when enforced by the government, now goes by the name of “equity.” And, in maybe the farthest-reaching rebrand — the one that really goes back thousands of years, — the modern Left has even managed to redefine the term “prostitution.” Now, instead of calling prostitutes prostitutes, we’re supposed to call them “sex workers.”
The idea is to rebrand prostitution as something other than morally depraved, reprehensible conduct that no civilized society should ever tolerate, much less embrace. And as you might expect, many media outlets, including the New York Times, are on board with this change in terminology. The paper of record recently ran a whole op-ed about the importance of “meeting the needs of sex workers.” According to the piece, we need to end “the social stigma” surrounding sex work. CBS News, for its part, has run several sympathetic stories about policies that can “legitimize the industry” of sex work.
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