I recently visited an art exhibit on sex trafficking by , and, as an ex sex worker, felt really alienated by the parts that shamed payment for sex. Unfortunately a lot of the anti-sex-trafficking movement ends up hurting women who are doing it consensually (cont.)
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For example, the "Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) ' bill has destroyed the livelihoods of many people in the sex work community. It reminds me a lot of the drug war - once public outrage happens, we can make severe mistakes.
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This article delves into the actual statistics behind sex trafficking, at least in the US, and shows how the problem isn't really as bad as everybody thinks it is. reason.com/archives/2015/
To clarify, this isn't about the rest of the world, which may still be a significant problem
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Work to help victims of sex traffickers is good, of course - but we have to be extra careful when dealing with titillating subjects that cause easy outrage (sex! kidnapping! young girls!). It's practically a movie already. If you can make a movie out of your movement, be careful!
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[Low confidence following] I also am vaguely suspicious as to why there's such outrage about this specifically, and I wonder if it comes from a quasi-puritanical view of sex as the 'most important thing' and indicative of a woman's worth. It seems tied to the idea that (cont.)
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Question: Wasn't your sex work camming? If so, might there be a big difference between your experience and, say, a street walker's? Just curious. I never paid nor was paid for sex so I have no personal experience in this realm of reality.
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