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ASSOCIATED PRESS LETTER - LOSING TOUCH WITH REALITY & THE WAR ON WORDS

J ody Williams, Founder & Director Sex Workers Anonymous (formerly Prostitutes Anonymous) www.sexworkersanonymous.com (702) 468-4529 Telephone October 1, 2015 Re: Use of the Word “Prostitute” Owners & Editors of Associated Press Via Email Dear Respected Members of the Press: First, I want you to know I respect your jobs even more now than ever since the Telecommunications Act of 1995 passed. I want you to know that had that law passed one day before it did – we wouldn't even be talking about the issue of child sex trafficking. Why? Because in the 1960's, 70's, and 80's (I don't know how old you are), the issue was considered to be so non-existent that if you spoke about it back then you were received exactly the same as if you said “aliens are abducting me and selling me for sex” today. If you call a cop today and ask them to “go rescue a girl at such and such address because the aliens have her” - that's the r