whores are unfit mothers

this makes me angry.

I'm not even sure where to begin with this one. There's a lot of stuff going on here. It's not just whorephobia but absolute institutionalised racism.

First off, there's the implication throughout that somehow working in a brothel, whether as a hooker or as a cleaner, makes one automatically a bad carer. This is whorephobic in the extreme. Working in a brothel is not illegal in WA so there is no good reason for them to take this action. Nor is gambling illegal.

Significantly, the report does not mention abuse or neglect of the children by the carer. This is so significant, because it is obvious that the mention of gambling and brothels are meant to work on the average numbskulled reader's assumption these two elements automatically equal an evil, neglectful, inadequate carer. It's inference that relies on discriminative preconceptions, and it's inferred because there is no fucking proof abuse or neglect is taking place or otherwise it would be stated outright.

The racism starts quick and ugly with the hysteria and flailing that this one, single example of "unfit" fostering (relying entirely on whore stigma and assumptions sex workers can't parent, despite the huge number of sex workers who are parents, I mean, what the fuck) is evidence that placing Indigenous children with their own relatives or other members of their community is flawed and untenable as a practice. Yes, that's right, those incompetent Aboriginals can't look after their children we need to TAKE THEM AWAY!!

Seriously, it's two-thousand and fucking nine. This shit should not still be happening. Fuck this shit. It's fucking disgusting. It makes me sick.

The whole unsavoury mess is capped off with the revelation that as a result of this situation, the children may be returned to their mother who has been taking anger management and DV prevention.

Now, in all honesty, the racism against Indigenous Australians is so insiduous that I am very reluctant to believe outright the children's birth mother is abusive; nonetheless we're now encountering the idea that an abusive parent is better than a whore caretaker.

You know what?

Whores are really fucking good at taking care of people. We do so much of it in our work. It's an integral part of our work. And whores love their children as much as any parent does. It is not unusual for whores to be working explicitly to support their children as whoring offers such a comparatively excellent remuneration compared to many other job options for women.

Furthermore, at no point is it ever indicated the children themselves had any exposure to the brothel. So what the fucking fuck? Really?

It's racist, it's whorephobic and finally, it's outing... as one observant whore noted, the four children's ages and gender are described which could easily identify this woman to her community. How fucking irresponsible is that shit? Do they not even consider the potential repercussions for them all?

Do they deserve that? Do any of them deserve that?