There are lots of jobs which involve somewhat intimate contact between clients and workers, populated by poor and marginalized workers who are mostly women. Any line you try to draw for why prostitution should be treated differently to other jobs will fail.
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Any Man is a Client
While there is much discussion about the objectifying ways many men view women, often blamed on them watching or meeting with sex workers, there is far less about the way selling sex can change how sex workers view men (who are the bulk of our clientele).
No Data on Prostitution? Just Make It Up!
The way people make up data about sex work is not new. There are people who want to exaggerate the number of sex workers whilst treating us as a scourge, to shock people with the scale of the supposed problem, while others want to present the need for sex workers’ rights as a pressing concern due to a large number of individuals being impacted.
Don’t Say “Sex Work”
When it comes to the topic of prostitution and censorship of discussion about it, terms like “sex work” are often banned whilst words like “prostitution” or “sex trafficking” are not.
Age Verification Bills and the Chilling Effect
There are many problems with age verification and I don’t blame people whose first thoughts are about how this is an unhelpful restriction that doesn’t help kids but does restrict access to porn for the adults who want to watch it.
Responsible Reporting on Sex Work
A lot of people are being undervalued for their contributions in journalism or other forms of written media. Journalists and other writers should have solidarity with the sex workers they interview and seek to make the process as easy and safe for them as possible, rather than being a part of the machine which exploits us.
Streets to Spreadsheets: Prostitution and Taxes
Workers with cash-in-hand jobs are often subject to stigma where it is suggested that they don’t pay their taxes like everyone else. When your earnings aren’t going through the bank, it’s much harder for anyone to prove how much you earned and to catch you out for not declaring the entirety of your income. In-personContinue reading “Streets to Spreadsheets: Prostitution and Taxes”
The Ideal Nordic Model Poster Child
There are a number of groups who oppose the full decriminalization of prostitution and support the criminalization of clients. Sometimes this will be called the “Nordic model” because it’s the legal model for prostitution used in Sweden and Norway. Others will dishonestly call it the “Equality Model”. You may even see it framed as “decriminalizationContinue reading “The Ideal Nordic Model Poster Child”
Frequently Forgotten Top Surgery Tips and Mastectomy Myth-Busting
When planning for top surgery, it can be really daunting. Any kind of surgery is a scary prospect and no matter how many videos you watch or how many people you talk to, you’re never going to be able to perfectly prepare for everything that might happen.
Woah, I’ve Never Met a Sex Worker Before!
Upon admitting that I’m a sex worker, I’ll get a plethora of different responses that range from supportive to deeply bigoted. Somewhere in the middle of the range of those reactions, towards the more supportive end, are people who seem fascinated by my admission that I sell sex and who have all sorts of invasiveContinue reading “Woah, I’ve Never Met a Sex Worker Before!”
Jack Talks About Sex Work 