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> [“If a young person is surviving by trading sex for the thing they need, what useful purpose is served by criminalizing that activity? Doesn't everybody have the right to try and survive? it might cost more to create shelters or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-califia/if-a-young-person-is-surviving-by-trading-sex-for-the-thing-they-need/)

[Pat Califia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-califia/)

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## More by Pat Califia

> [“Prostitution, perversion, and pornography are intertwined with independence and radical politics in the history of outstanding women. Radclyffe Hall, Colette, Anaïs Nin, Kate Millett,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-califia/prostitution-perversion-and-pornography-are-intertwined-with/)

[Pat Califia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-califia/)

> [“If a young person is surviving by trading sex for the thing they need, what useful purpose is served by criminalizing that activity? Doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-califia/if-a-young-person-is-surviving-by-trading-sex-for-the-thing-they-need/)

[Pat Califia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-califia/)

> [“Insisting on maintaining dignity at all costs is paralyzing. Mistakes are informative, and so is playing the fool”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-califia/insisting-on-maintaining-dignity-at-all-costs-is-paralyzing-mistakes/)

[Pat Califia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-califia/)

> [“It should not be a crime to discuss any idea, however outrageous ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-califia/it-should-not-be-a-crime-to-discuss-any-idea-however-outrageous/)

[Pat Califia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-califia/)

> [“Sex discrimination and hate crimes against women don't come from the leather community or its pornography. They occur within contexts like industrial capitalism and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-califia/sex-discrimination-and-hate-crimes-against-women-don-t-come-from-the/)

[Pat Califia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-califia/)

> [“There seems to be a psychological law of inertia that bogs down every hopeful activist and subverts every revolution. When compassion and empathy fail,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-califia/there-seems-to-be-a-psychological-law-of-inertia-that-bogs-down-every/)

[Pat Califia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-califia/)

> [“S/M flies in the face of every attempt the state makes to appropriate our bodies, our labor, our time, and our imaginations.…the state is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-califia/s-m-flies-in-the-face-of-every-attempt-the-state-makes-to-appropriate/)

[Pat Califia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-califia/)

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