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Sex work is work...and that's the problem


The problem with the phrase “sex work is work” - Proletarian Feminist

Wage labor is exploitative because of the surplus value extracted from the workers' labor. Prostitution is sexual exploitation because it feeds ...

Sex work is work...and that's the problem : r/antiwork - Reddit

Sex work is work...and that's the problem ... Sex workers are just trying to survive, and that's the fucking problem. I was in the army, so ...

Sex Work is Real Work, and it's Time to Treat it That Way | ACLU

In 2020 the call for decriminalization has made progress, but there are still widespread misconceptions about sex work and sex workers that are ...

Sex work is work. That's the problem… and the key - Eurozine

'Sex work' is the term chosen by sex workers to refer to the labour they perform, with the clear intention to emphasise that it is 'work' and to avoid the ...

The Problem With Sex Work Is Work: Conner Habib & Dr. Heather ...

The sex worker rallying cry “sex work is work” has taken sex workers' rights a long way. But the problem with that framing of sex work is that ...

The Problem With (Sex) Work - Jacobin

[T]o call sex work degrading, as if that's news, is to deny that all jobs are degrading . . . Conversely, that these jobs are degrading doesn't ...

Sex Is Not the Problem with Sex Work - Boston Review

People often think that selling sex must be a horrible job, and many sex workers would agree. However, these sex workers may locate the problem not in sex but ...

Why Sex Work Is Real Work | Teen Vogue

Why Sex Work Is Real Work ... "I do not believe it is right or just that people who exchange sexual services for money are criminalized and I am ...

What do you think about sex work? - Quora

Sex work has played derogatory roles against [achieving] mentally healthy sexual relationships between men and women.

HRC | Beyond the Stereotypes: A Deep Dive Into Sex Work

Systemic Barriers that Sex Workers Face: · Criminalization: · Surveillance: · Incarceration: · Lack of Safety: · Difficulty Seeking Justice:.

Sex Work as Work

We see that this ongoing discussion distracts us from finding solutions to the real problems. Advocacy for the recognition and protection of sex workers' labour ...

Sex Work Is Work | clothing | By New York Civil Liberties Union

"Sex work is inherently work. It's how people feed their families, it's how people put clothes on their back, it's how people survive.

Understanding Sex Work in an Open Society

Why use the term “sex worker” rather than “prostitute”? ... The term “sex worker” recognizes that sex work is work. Prostitution, on the other hand, has ...

Thinking of Sex Work as Work - The Atlantic

When it's mostly people arguing for criminalization who may have experience in the sex industry but are no longer doing the work, that ...

Sex Work and The Illusion Of Liberation. | by Mj Emmanuella - Medium

The notion that women can control men with sex, especially when the dynamics of money or gifts in exchange for sex are established, is ...

Let's not abolish sex work. Let's abolish all work - Laurie Penny

The phrase “sex work” is essential precisely because it makes that question visible. Take the open letter recently published by former prostitute “Rae”, now a ...

Prostitution is not a job and never will be. Here's why.

Sex trade apologists claim that 'sex work is work.' Some of them say: “We just need a proper regulatory framework to make it safe,” while others ...

Work and Anti-Work: What Are People in the Sex Trades Fighting For?

Lorelei Lee: Yeah, that absolutely makes sense, and I think your point too about the way that “sex work” can be useful as a euphemism, um that can, that ...

Sex Work: The choice made by those who have no choice?

Legalisation of sex work sends a message to society that women are a tool for sexual pleasure. If prostitution is 'work', are women's bodies a ...

Why Sex Work Should Be Decriminalized | Human Rights Watch

Sex work is the consensual exchange of sex between adults. Human trafficking and sexual exploitation of children are separate issues. They are ...