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”
Category Archives: Regulation
How the Online Safety Bill Will Harm Sex Workers
As is typical with legislation that targets sex workers, the name of the Online Safety Bill is misleading and intends to make the average member of the public believe that its purpose is to protect people. This was also the case with FOSTA/SESTA in the US (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex TraffickingContinue reading “How the Online Safety Bill Will Harm Sex Workers”
Advertising Prostitution Online
Being able to advertise the sale of sex online is absolutely vital for sex workers’ safety. It allows us to sell sex independently without relying on managers with access to networks of clients, and to avoid having to work in managed brothels or to sell sex on streets known for prostitution. Something that is commonlyContinue reading “Advertising Prostitution Online”
My First Brothel Experience
I got into the car of someone I didn’t know and whom I had barely texted in response to an ad about working in a brothel. Sounds like the start of a story someone would tell as a cautionary tale where someone ends up dead, but I was fine.
“All Prostitution is Rape”: A Response
Radical feminists generally lay out the argument that all prostitution is rape as follows: all work under capitalism involves coercion due to the fact that people must earn money to survive, any sex where someone is coerced is rape, therefore prostitution is rape. This is a very simplistic explanation of the argument, but anyone familiarContinue reading ““All Prostitution is Rape”: A Response”
A Response to “Sold: Sex Slaves Next Door”
Members of the public know very little about sex trafficking or about sex work, and this documentary does nothing to educate them about it. The BBC feed people a bunch of misinformation or vague comments about sex work, interspersed with the real and important trauma histories of sex trafficking survivors whose experiences are used to imply we should do things that would in reality make them less safe.
How Underage Sex Work Really Feels
When I was 17, I started escorting on Seeking Arrangement. The first “sugar daddy” I met there was a serial rapist, choosing “sugar babies” on the site who were inexperienced and that he thought were underage, even though we had to pretend to be over 18. At the time, reading the claims on his profileContinue reading “How Underage Sex Work Really Feels”
The “Happy Hooker” Narrative
To argue against the decriminalization of sex work and to infantilize escorts to the point of arguing that arresting us is what’s best for us, people will talk about how dangerous it is to engage in prostitution. It is common for those who argue for the Nordic Model for sex work, or who want toContinue reading “The “Happy Hooker” Narrative”
Seeing Clients During Covid-19
There is always a significant amount of risk that is associated with seeing clients as a sex worker, especially when you are meeting them in your own home. The difference during the pandemic, is that risk is now not only on a personal level. Every time I see a client, there is a risk thatContinue reading “Seeing Clients During Covid-19”
STD Spread and Prostitution
I often hear comments about the spread of STDs relating to prostitution. The tendency people have to blame sex workers for this or to suggest that we should have mandatory STD checks as part of a “legal model” for sex work tells me that people utterly misunderstand this issue. It is often claimed that sex workContinue reading “STD Spread and Prostitution”
Jack Talks About Sex Work 