Dad goes around the house placing check marks on every piece of mail addressed to him. He does this with a growing collection of pens he bounds with rubber bands. He hordes pens and other items he deems important. Right now, he's investigating an old Thai restaurant menu and placing check marks next to key dishes.
His actions remind me of the power of the check mark. This act was probably learned by him early in his professional life as an electrical engineer turned stockbroker. How many retired executives have this hand motion ingrained in their psyche and continue to perform it long after it serves any usefulness but still functions as an act of self-hood?
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The Everyday Lives of Sex Workers in the Netherlands
This ethnographic account details the experiences of migrant and transgendered streetwalkers, and window prostitutes in The Netherlands. Through the in-depth interviews and observations, the author explores the meaning sex-workers give to their work and personal lives.
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