The big debate around sex work and those who choose to partake in it is a complicated matter that I'm not entirely knowledgeable of but as of late, I've found myself considering sex work out of necessity. It's nearly impossible to get ahead when you have next to no education, very little or no help, and you need cash immediately.
The only experience I have in this industry is the time an older relative worked at a massage parlour. At 16, I would hang out at the parlour, and snort oxycontin and cocaine. I actually liked the attention given to me there; all of the men wanted me. The attention made me feel like I was actually worth something. Turns out I was worth something, $50 to be specific, to watch a European man and another girl hook up. I bashfully declined every advance and offer until this one. I got pretty creeped out and left the room.
I'm not saying everyone who gets into the industry is an addict or down and out. Some people make a decent living doing this sort of work, but we often see women being taken advantage of and victimized.
I still haven't made my mind up completely about sex work. I am in correspondence with a man who wants to "help me out." I still consider it because of the poverty trap I'm stuck in, but I think I have a larger moral dilemma with prostitution.
How do you feel about the issues around sex work and sex workers’ rights?
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