Ever wonder why so many men have bought into the “sex trafficking” fantasy? Part of it, as I’ve discussed before, is that insecure men need to believe that men are the ones in control of the sexual sphere. But if that were all of it, they’d content themselves with merely believing in it; why do so many of them feel it’s their sacred duty to keep women from earning an income? I don’t just mean cops and politicians, either; one of the most vociferously-awful groups of busybodies is made up of men who drive vehicles for a living, especially large trucks. Take this recent article from NBC Yellow about “Truckers Against Trafficking”, a circle-jerk of prudish teamsters whose “sex trafficking” propaganda is some of the most blatantly derived from sexual fantasy in the entire rescue industry. The lede breathlessly informs us that “traffickers often exploit the transportation system to move their victims“; presumably before reading this, Americans believed sex workers got around by dirigible, log raft, howdah, broomstick and astral projection. But I’ll save you the trouble of reading the rest: it’s yet another restatement of the silly fantasy that marginalized sex workers who frequent truck stops are part of some huge international criminal cartel out of frustrated wannabes’ sexual fantasies. Immature men who want to be “heroes” without putting in the work and brainpower necessary to become, say, a defense lawyer or medical researcher, instead console their pathetic fee-fees by becoming a cop or by calling the cops on women who dare to try to make a living outside of kitchens, sweatshops, elementary schools or secretarial pools. All authoritarian societies must control women in order to control the future, and men in the middle or lower parts of the social pyramid are told they are “heroes” by helping to keep women In Our Place. And so belonging to “Truckers Against Trafficking” is an all-around win for them: they get to belong to something bigger than themselves; to enjoy the dual fantasy that they are “heroes” and women helpless, passive “victims” who are too stupid to even come up with a simple business plan like “hawk your wares where there are buyers”; and to turn those fucking bitches in to the pigs for daring to charge their heroic selves for something they think they’re entitled to for free.
Wannabe Heroes
February 7, 2020 by Maggie McNeill
Posted in Current Events, Perception, Tyranny | Tagged agency denial, cops, drivers, hysteria, prohibitionist myths, psychology, rescue industry, yin and yang | 6 Comments
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I’d guess this also gets into the issue of hierarchical systems: What does any trucker know/imagine the boss thinks about joining “Truckers Against Trafficking?” Are the drivers really the ones who get behind it, or does someone at the top of the pyramid think that pressing their employees to join is good publicity or a way of making sure their trucks get stopped less-frequently? I’d guess that the average trucker pulls over at a truck-stop and does exactly whatever they did before – though you might have better data on that than I do.
I would be willing to bet that “Truckers Against Trafficking” is actually much smaller than it pretends, and that most truckers think they’re just another group of missionaries.
I’d watch a movie about a revolutionary underground consisting mostly of whores.
Truckers Against Trafficking was actually formed by a woman, Kendis Paris. Their staff appear to be all-female. Kendis had no experience with the trucking industry buy was involved with the group, “Chapter 61 Ministries” before starting TAT.
The major work of TAT seems to be lobbying state legislatures to make viewing the TAT video and taking a test on it a requirement to obtain a commercial driver’s license. They also have “teamed up”, (get donations from) a number of trucking and truck stop companies.
It is worth noting that a lot of truck drivers are independent owner-operators. I’ve seen complaints on trucking forums about TAT’s mandatory training programs but no published articles exposing the group or its aims. If anyone has ties to the trucking industry or writes about sexwork topics, this would be a great article to write. Most truckers see right through the nonsense TAT promotes and would be happy to see the group exposed.
Thanks for the info! A similar, earlier group, “Vigilante Truckers”, was also formed by a guy with no ties to the trucking industry. It seems these “rescue” profiteers merely saw a captive population they could exploit through the bottleneck of employment. I’ve always assumed most truckers saw through this bullshit, but the participating minority sure is annoying.
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