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Are Sex Workers Enabling Abusive Men?
Whether you consider all sex workers to be victims, or understand that it’s more complex than that, sex workers aren’t responsible for the behaviour of anyone but themselves. Victims of abuse aren’t enabling abuse by being victims and people in proximity to abusers, who are not their victims, are not automatically responsible for improving theirContinue reading “Are Sex Workers Enabling Abusive Men?”
The Problem with the Data on Sex Work
To illustrate the problem with finding good data on sex work, I’m going to take you through a journey I had trying to answer a simple question: what percentage of UK sex workers are women? First, to try and work out the number of women in sex work compared to men, I went to variousContinue reading “The Problem with the Data on Sex Work”
“Jesus Loved Prostitutes”!
We do not need some sort of Christ-like “hate the sin, love the sinner” attitude, we need the decriminalization of our work and the abolition of poverty.
Is Selling Sex “Skilled Labour”?
Sex work doesn’t have to be skilled for sex workers to deserve rights.
Saviour Sex Workers
A number of sex workers will claim that selling sex is a worthwhile profession because it heals people or provides much-needed intimacy. These claims can quickly become extraordinary – certain sex workers, usually those who brand themselves as “high-end” may claim they save marriages or satiate the urges of otherwise violent men… or even thatContinue reading “Saviour Sex Workers”
Hookers Carrying Diseases?
One accusation often levelled at sex workers is that we spread disease. Instead of responding to this by talking about safety measures we take, we should refuse to see catching a disease as a moral failing. There have always been claims about sex workers being “dirty” or “diseased”, mainly with STDs like HIV as theContinue reading “Hookers Carrying Diseases?”
Taking a Break from Sex Work
If you want to travel to the US, you have to say you haven’t sold sex in the last ten years to enter. Assuming you’re on one of their lists, known to be a sex worker, you won’t even be able to appeal for a decade. If you want to report a sexual assault andContinue reading “Taking a Break from Sex Work”
Misconceptions About Online Child Exploitation
While the recent panic about child sex trafficking in the media would have you believe that PornHub and OnlyFans are the main places it’s occurring, and that there are adults kidnapping kids off the street, that’s not reflective of the ways children are actually being taken advantage of. I’d like to talk about some waysContinue reading “Misconceptions About Online Child Exploitation”
Intentional Condom Breaking
One of the insidious things about clients who intentionally break condoms is that in most cases where they do it, you’ll never be certain. For clients who frequently break the condom while meeting with sex workers, they develop a technique over time to avoid getting caught. Often they’ll combine tactics like suggesting a position whereContinue reading “Intentional Condom Breaking”
Jack Talks About Sex Work 