Ever been chatting to a teenager or young adult and heard them make a joke about how they should just drop out of school and get a sugar daddy for easy money? Maybe you’ve seen teens joking about how they’ll just start an onlyfans if they fail to get another job or don’t pass theirContinue reading “When Teens Joke About Starting Sex Work”
Category Archives: Teens and Sex Work
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.
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”
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”
The Uncomfortable Reality of Teenagers Selling Sex
You’ll hear a lot of SWERFs (Sex Worker Exclusionary Radical Feminists) and misogynists call all sex work “paid rape” if you decide to get involved in sex work discussions. People will claim that being paid negates consent, because we wouldn’t be having sex if not for the money. I can counter this by pointing outContinue reading “The Uncomfortable Reality of Teenagers Selling Sex”
Jack Talks About Sex Work 