Once a stripper, always a stripper

By LindaBeth

This kind of bullshit phrasing happens all the time.

Headline:

"Ex-Stripper Claims Affair With Alex Rodriguez, Calls Cindy 'Smart'"

She's not just a woman; she is was a stripper!

a) Does it really matter? Is cheating with a stripper somehow "worse" than with a "regular woman" (because see, strippers aren't just regular women who have a job to pay the bills, they're some sort of non-human exotic sex-being!) Would a headline similarly read "Accountant Claims Affair with A-Rod"? I think not.

b) She was a stripper. She is no longer. Why must women who are sex workers always and forever be accompanied with the adjective "ex-[insert sex industry job here]"?

Of course I know the answers to my own questions. It's still utter bullshit.

(And this comes from our ever-"progressive" news source Huff-Po...ya know, the ones who recently celebrated Independence Day with a pictorial of women and men in flag-inspired bathing suits "hottie" female celebs in flag-printed bikinis.)

Not to mention that A-Rod's marriage is none of our damn business and is nowhere near newsworthy.

(Cross-posted to Smart Like Me.)