Throughout history, art was a vehicle that was able to give a voice to the voiceless, to empower what the world at large saw at one point as an outsider, often misunderstood, ignored, having its worth manipulated by the ignorance of the masses. For many strong and resilient communities, art is one of the most […]
I understand why many (if not most) sex workers – and escorts in particular – don’t wish to speak with the press and don’t feel like answering people who want to know stuff about their lives, sometimes to a level that gets rather personal. Many of us went through hell and back on several occasions, […]
It’s generally not the random horniness or the “plain old nasty” when people wish and decide to have affairs. Affairs stem from the very fiddly aspect of our romantic psychology and lust may have very little to do with it. Watch this 3 minutes video essay on the reasons why we have affairs and why […]
Whаt is Ѕеx wоrk? Althоugh an оffісіаl dеfіnіtіоn оf ѕеx work dоеѕ nоt еxіѕt, AJWS rеfеrѕ tо ѕеx wоrk аѕ thе act оf рrоvіdіng ѕеxuаl ѕеrvісеѕ in еxсhаngе fоr mоnеу, gооdѕ оr fаvоrѕ. Thіѕ tеrm hаѕ rерlасеd thе word prostitution, whісh іѕ marked bу years оf ѕосіаl ѕtіgmа. The term ѕеx wоrk and, іn turn, […]
Prostitution in itself is not dangerous. The overwhelming majority of sex encounters we have during our lives are not dangerous. Escorting is nothing more than having sex (although many times it doesn’t involve penetration of any kind, or even touching!) and getting paid for it. Getting paid for having sex is not intrinsically dangerous. Unlike, […]
In the video below Rebecca Watson, a rational and articulated youtuber makes the case, sarcastically, for why we should outlaw childbirth based on the findings of a study that shows that more people regret having children than regret having abortions. After seeing the video and getting an idea of where I’m heading with this, please […]
Media boasts about people being trafficked and ending up working as sex workers for decades. They were and are wrong in most cases. And it’s very saddening to realize this, because my life can be seriously affected by these poorly researched articles written by journalists with an agenda or who claim to have a moral […]
New Zealand is the best place in the world to be a prostitute thanks to its robust laws, according an organisation which represents the nation’s sex workers. For almost a decade and a half, sex workers in New Zealand have been protected by the Prostitution Reform Act 2003, which sought to decriminalise prostitution. #NewZealand ‘best […]
STRASS (Strass Syndicat du travail sexuel), the Syndicate of Sex Workers in France, made a call for proposal for workshops for the international meeting of sex workers that will take place in Lyon between 31st of May and 2nd of June this year. They are actively looking for suggestions from sex workers from all over […]
KVA & Associates is a legal practice in Australia providing legal advice to the adult entertainment and sex work industry (Twitter). Lisa Ann is an American porn star, also an advocate (2010) of the Free Speech Coalition, which opposes the passage and enforcement of obscenity laws and many censorship laws but, ironically, not the “anti-piracy” laws. In a Youtube […]
By Eva Gantz The most recent attack on the legitimacy of sex work attempts to indict the word itself. Sarah Ditum recently penned a piece entitled “Why we shouldn’t rebrand prostitution as ‘sex work.’ She lists various reasons for wanting to formalize and normalize the word “prostitute” instead. As some in the sexuality field may […]
Contrary to the popular belief that sex workers (whether they’re escorts in Berlin or cam show boys in Rio de Janeiro) do or don’t do certain things, have or don’t have certain habits and so on, most sex workers want their job (because it’s a job, fella!) to be seen exactly as a job and […]