Chez Stella, an awesome Canadian sex worker support organization that offers up information in both English and French, has just debuted a new pamphlet, 14 Answers to Your Questions.
Here are the questions they answer:
1. WHY USE THE TERM SEX WORK INSTEAD OF PROSTITUTION?
2. WHAT DO SEX WORKERS DO?
3. WHY DO SEX WORKERS DO THIS WORK?
4. IS PROSTITUTION LEGAL IN CANADA?
5. WHAT DO SEX WORKERS AGREE OR REFUSE TO DO?
6. ARE SEX WORKERS UNDER THE CONTROL OF PIMPS?
7. DO SEX WORKERS HAVE A LOVE LIFE?
8. DO SEX WORKERS DISCUSS THEIR WORK WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY?
9. HAVE SEX WORKERS BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED DURING THEIR CHILDHOOD?
10. DO SEX WORKERS USE DRUGS?
11. ARE SEX WORKERS VULNERABLE TO HIV?
12. WHAT IMPACT DOES SEX WORK HAVE ON THE HEALTH OF WORKERS?
13. WHAT DO SEX WORKERS NEED?
14. HOW TO BETTER INTERVENE WITH SEX WORKERS?
You can read the answers or download a PDF of the booklet here.
1 response so far ↓
1 Alexa // Aug 10, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Interesting, though it’d be nice if the material there was gender neutral, and recognized that there are male and trans sex workers as well. They face the same problems and issues as female sex workers.
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