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:

  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oWxx3yodCJJGxTmqgCeB6csVAeRkllSQq_VUe78MJA4/view

Books to check out:

  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36224357-sex-lies-statistics
    • camaron28 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Amazon isn't criminalized and their workers pee in bottles and die in hurricanes.

      • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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        3 years ago

        yeah, that's what "sex work is work" means. work sucks. it's capitalism. you already know that, and you know i know that.

        certainly they're abused, but they won't get imprisoned or deported if caught doing their job, and they have recourse to some labor protections (albeit constantly eroding ones).

          • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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            edit-2
            3 years ago

            yea i would agree with that. but my conclusion is always gonna be "decriminalize, destigmatize."

            i'm poppin off in these comments i still haven't watched the video lol

    • throw42069at [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Just like how black market marijuana completely disappeared immediately after legalisation?

        • throw42069at [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Where did I argue that marijuana should be criminalised? I merely stated that the black market doesn't necessarily disappear with the appearance of a "white" market.