Happy International Sex Workers Day! Today is an important date as we celebrate the contributions and struggles of sex workers around the world. This day is an opportunity to recognize the importance of sex work as a legitimate profession that provides individuals with autonomy and economic agency, and to advocate for their rights and dignity […]
People say that curiosity killed the cat. Why? Because being curious can often land you in some trouble. I’m a curious human being, and I often have lots of questions or thoughts on a variety of different things. However, asking those questions doesn’t always get me answers. Sometimes it earns me a chewing out for crossing a line.
Lately the Nordic model has been put in the spotlight. Most people think that it is a good idea. If you make it against the law to purchase sex then everyone will simply stop, right? Wrong. Yet people are still calling for it to become a reality in the UK.
The University of Brighton has come under criticism after a sex workers’ support group ran a stall offering help for students at its freshers’ fairs.
I have always been a big proponent of managed prostitution areas. They keep sex work in one area, meaning the girls there can be monitored and get access to the help they may well need. We have all seen the alternative; vulnerable women working on their own, putting themselves in all kinds of danger.
Here at XEscorts, we are continually looking for ways to make sex work safer. When a man or woman is working on the fringes of society, it is unfortunately obvious that they could be prey to those who would hurt them.
If you haven’t noticed, there is a general election happening next week. I for one will be happy when it is over, even if I am a bit of a politics buff (nerd). Now there are many factors which will be considered when it comes where the votes will be cast; Brexit, the NHS, security. But where do the parties lie on sex work? Which parties have the interests of sex workers at heart?
There has been some excellent news for sex workers in the last few days. It seem that in parliament, the Home Affairs Select Committee has called for the decriminalisation of sex work. If acted upon, it will open up a whole new, safer world for sex workers all over the country.
Just like in Northern Ireland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway, sex became illegal to buy in France. Sex workers were immensely upset since, though the laws are not against selling sex, placing the legal responsibilities on their clients, definitely ruins their business. Though we have another country on the “no” list, there are still many of places where buying sex is still legal.
While it’s not illegal to sell sex in Britain, it is illegal to offer sex in public unless it’s from 19.00 to 7.00 BST in Leeds. This ‘managed approach,’ allows sex workers to sell their services on a specified network of streets and during a specified time without being stopped by police! A suburb in Leeds is the first area in the UK that’s permitting prostitution and the sale of sex in hopes it can control the trade.