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Main Idea: how do media portrayals paint societies view of sex work? …

- - - - Bonnie Ruberg examined how sex workers are treated and programmed to behave in games.
        
        In video games prostitutes can be killed for money, will offer their work at a free or reduced rate, or may be beaten for gain by the player.
        
        Video games that represent sex workers can definitely have harmful, real-life implications affecting the way they players understand other people and themselves.
        
        In reading her research I chose to go with this Vice article instead because of how perfectly it sums up the major ideas of the research and how vital it is that we change this media portrayal to fix our society’s view on this line of work and treatment of people.
- - - - Her analysis showed that the films provided an incomplete picture of its reality and have a subsequent result in influencing public opinion.
        
        This can unfortunately affect the types of policies legislators will implement and police will employ as a means of responding to it.
        
        When looking over Ms. Blasdell’s thesis it was apparently well written and solely focus on appeals to logos and was very effective in doing so. However her use of the word prostitute and prostitution as a word choice instead of the word sex work swayed my opinion and emotional appeal to distance myself from prostitutes actually being real people as opposed to using the term sex worker and sex work.
- - - - She believes that media portrayal of sex work is extremely problematic and tell of how girls as young as 12 reach out to her asking how they can tap into the industry of high class sex work once they reach the age to do so.
        
        She also talks about the dangers of sex work and how media portrayals are polarizing showing only the absolute extremes and glamourize high class sex work to be more beautiful than it really is.
        
        I found her article really effective with no rhetorical appeals of logos. It’s ethos and Montegro’s writing as an author was really effective by having so much personal experience in the field. I found her piece the most effective in swaying emotions towards the sex work industry and changing media portrayals because of how it affects young girls as well as legislation.
- - - - describe how media portrays prostitutes as “hot” and adding how filmmakers like to throw in “steamy passionate scenes” making them viewed once again as a desired object rather than a human.
        
        “Media portrayals as these mask the vulnerabilities of prostitutes. By making them seem in demand and living luxurious lives, it seems to downplay their needs for legal protection, sexual health services, advocacy.”