Edit:
Here is a list of resources to learn about sex worker from actual sex workers who are engaged in the struggle for worker’s rights:
- https://www.nswp.org/resources/types/nswp-briefing-papers-248
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/white-mans-burden-revisited/
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/from-brothel-to-sweatshop-questions-on-labour-trafficking-in-camb/
- https://titsandsass.com/the-massage-parlor-means-survival-here-red-canary-song-on-robert-kraft/
- https://medium.com/purplerose0666/the-af3irm-agenda-b5ec31216904
- https://medium.com/@katezenjoy/dear-esperanza-5aa7db4d501a
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/decriminalising-sex-work-in-new-zealand-its-history-and-impact/
- https://www.mayamorena.com/anti-equality-model-campaign/2021/5/22/pscegcnr680fh4oazlmwe8i5527o9j
Bigger repo of theory / resources:
Books to check out:
economic coercion to bypass consent to sexual interactions that one would not consent to without the economic imperative
This is infantilizing and demeaning to sex workers. It removes their agency.
oppose trying to limit the size of their industry
This typically involves state violence, suppression, and people actively being harmed.
These are the higher paid, less exploited ones who often have a choice to walk away from it if they needed to
I’ve answered this elsewhere in the thread. It’s not especially accurate.
Keeping it illegal but decriminalized keeps it on the margins of society, which is a necessary part of luring people into starting sex work.
Are you suggesting sex work should be fully legalized?
