The ongoing movement to glorify the slut has lately taken a stiletto-heeled, sauntering step farther. For a large sector of the American population -- spanning race, class, and gender lines -- the prevailing aesthetic is Modern Prostitute. The slut thing was different. Promiscuous people, one could argue, simply like lots of sex. Their passion doesn't merit prejudice. So you could say that the de-stigmatization of sluts was progressive. But prostitutes and others who sell sex: Most of them do not want to. Most do it only under duress, as a last resort. Sex-positive? I don't think so. Yet now it's super cool, especially among the middle-class young, to dress like those who sell sex. Top performers dress and act, at least onstage, like those who sell sex. What does this say about us? Read More