Comments on: Helen Mirren thinks a lot of hookers “come from the nursing industry”

By: Jenna

Jenna — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:31:13 +0000

I’m an RN who became a prostitute and will never nurse again.

By: MissT

MissT — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:26:53 +0000

I was a victim of sexual exploitation when I was a teenager. I find her comments about rape and prostitution ignorant, self indulgent and sickening. It has had a lifelong impact on me and has seriously effected my physical and mental health as well as my personal relationships.

As a wealthy and privileged woman I think she has a nerve remarking on something that she will never have to participate in that is so destructive to so many women. Spending one night in a high class brothel with women on their best behaviour does not make her an expert. And all this just to promote her movie. Nauseating. I don’t think she has any class at all.

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By: CB Rawks

CB Rawks — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:21:25 +0000

Yeah, I’m done with her too. She should never speak.

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By: Lia

Lia — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:53:54 +0000

What an ignorant woman she is. She is capable of playing intelligent women, but in reality she is a twit. I went to school for 4 years to receive a degree in nursing. I spend my work days caring for the sick and injured in an emergency room that sees tragedy and people in crisis every day. While she sits in her servant-filled house patting herself on the back for playing make-believe for a living, nurses are out there in the trenches trying to make a difference in a stranger’s life. Money certainly can’t buy class or intelligence. Mirren is proof of that.

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By: jadedjai

jadedjai — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:22:57 +0000

I don’t know. This can get weird at times. Initially listening to the “like nurses” literary push- I thought it was possibly a shot at some cost-effective marketing strategy.

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By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:48:14 +0000

you know this isnt the first time shes spoken out of her ass. shes made stupid comments before about how other women are *jealous* of rape victims. what an idiot.

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By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:43:45 +0000

I agree with LitenUp: Helen Mirren generally seems like a VERY intelligent woman to me (not to mention mega talented.)

In all fairness, nurses turning to prostitution may be a common occurrence IN RENO (remember, this is most likely where she got this information.) That doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s common EVERYWHERE.)

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By: ligeia

ligeia — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:48:34 +0000

actually shes right on with the fact that female jurors are far more likely to let the rapist go and blame the victim. though it’s not due to sexual jealousy, it’s because of deep ingrained fear and belief that they can protect themselves from being raped by doing everything “right”, so if some other women got raped she must have done something “wrong” such as dressed provocatively, etc, insert bs victim blaming excuse here. there was some research done on that it’s pretty sad.

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By: LitenUp

LitenUp — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:17:27 +0000

1. Helen Mirren is a quite smart and articulate woman. 2. Her observation rang true to me, a man, because I met several beautiful bar girls in the Phillippines who also were in nursing school and proud of it. 3. Anytime I hear from people representing a group or profession who take such enormous offense to anything said by another, I tend to tune out. We, Americans particularly, work so hard at being outraged at everybody and everything and every word. I wish “we” could spend a bit more time attacking the real problems and real evildoers and not a cultured, beautiful actress thoughtfully discussing a movie with an interesting premise. Also, haters, I have far more respect for some of the working girls I have met than the holier-than-thou-crowd sitting in judgment on all that passes before them. I’m sure there are many prostitutes who are victims; I’ve also met some who think it’s a damned nice way to make some serious cash enroute to their real careers. You looking for victims, are you? Go visit a foster care facility, an animal shelter or a factory here in the U.S. where people work their fingers off for $8 an hour, can’t take bathroom breaks and don’t have health insurance.

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By: L&D RN

L&D RN — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:45:00 +0000

Wow. Helen’s comments are misguided and unfortunate but what is truly distressing to me is the comments- I thought we’d all be laughing about how batty she is. The slamming of the nurses by fellow commenters is such an unpleasant surprise. It’s like a feeding frenzy in here. Just sad.

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