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"I highly advise you see this show. You will leave the theater wanting to make a difference."
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society: sex sells!
sex workers: okay great, i would like to sell sex
society: you are under arrest
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If you think sex work is exploitative just wait until you hear about literally every job ever.
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Selling sex is not morally corrupt. Incarcerating people, taking away their housing and/or children, and making it harder for them to support themselves financially is morally corrupt.
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Sex work is work and work is often a bummer. Please let us complain about our jobs without using it as proof that what we do is "wrong."
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If you think sex work is exploitative, just wait until you hear about every job ever.
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Anti trafficking hysteria leads to dystopian future where women are not allowed to eat/drink/travel alone without being accused of being a whore.
Who knew?
Oh, right. Sex workers knew.
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If you think sex work is exploitative, just wait until you hear about capitalism.
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Society: Sex sells!
SWers: Okay, great! I'll sell sex.
Society: You are under arrest.
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So many people are focused on ridding the world of sex work (impossible) when we should be working on ridding the world of the cruel ways we treat sex workers (very possible).
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People are obsessed with asking SWers how/why they got into the industry because they assume *something* big must have happened to make them consider doing this work. But in reality, the answer is often as simple and boring as needing to pay bills.
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Having sex for money and having sex for free are both okay, because having sex is okay. As a society, we really need to get more comfortable with the idea that sex is not bad.
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Instead of getting mad at people for having sex for money, you could mind your business for free.
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Incredible news for people who "could never do sex work, ew!": literally no one is asking you to apply.
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Sex work doesn't cause misogynistic behavior. That behavior was born from and remains normalized in our patriarchal society. You can't kill misogyny by abolishing sex work, you have to abolish the patriarchy.
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A good rule of thumb is to think about sex workers as human beings.
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SWers are, always have been, and always will be a part of the community. Stop trying to clean us up like trash. We are your neighbors, and we aren’t going anywhere.
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Sex work isn't always empowering but it can be. Same can be said for sex and work. How come when we put them together people demand that it always be empowering in order for it be "okay" and legit???
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Yeah sex is cool, but have you ever had sex for money?
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sex can be intimate. sex can be transactional. sex can be romantic. sex can be casual.
sex can be all sort of things and can be more than one thing at once.
what sex shouldn't be is criminalized.
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sex work is work, but that doesn't mean the industry is perfect.
however, sex work is held to a different standard than other professions due to whorephobia and social stigma.
stop expecting sex work to be flawless in order for it to be legit.
plz and ty xoxo!
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Slut shaming is out, supporting sex workers' rights is in.
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Friendly reminder to let sex workers complain about their jobs without being told that means their job is inherently bad!
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"I would never pay for sex." Incredible news: you don't have to if you don't want to! Sex work is consensual for all parties involved! Cheers!
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Why is everyone so obsessed with what is "real" or "hard" work anyway? We're all just trying to put food on the table, why does it have to be as hard as possible? Who is that for?
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Trying to "rescue" SWers is out, providing us with rights and resources is in.
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"sex work is work" legitimizes the work aspect but also legitimizes sex worker's right to be more than the work they do. work is just work, and that includes sex work.
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Hating sex workers must be so exhausting. Like, we are literally everywhere.
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Even if sex work is something you could never see yourself doing, you can still easily support sex worker rights!
Solidarity is needed and welcome.
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All we want for xmas is the full decriminalization of sex work.
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Yeah, sex work is cool, but have you ever decriminalized it?
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SO ACTUALLY WE WANT FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK, NOT LEGALIZATION. LEGALIZATION KEEPS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHOREPHOBIC REGULATIONS IN OUR WORK AND WE DON’T WANT THAT.
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If you're a feminist against slut shaming, may we interest you in also being against shaming people for having sex when money is exchanged as well?
Come on in, the water is fine.
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Telling sex workers their work isn't consensual, even if they think it is, is so condescending and harmful.
Please view us as the humans capable of full thought and comprehension that we are!
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A world without sex work will never exist, but a world with more violence against sex workers can. Stigmatization and criminalization only lead to harm.
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Porn is incredibly popular, and yet porn actors are widely shamed and stigmatized. How're you going to disrespect the people giving you the content you love?!
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Caring about sex worker rights is caring about human rights. Because -- get this -- sex workers are humans!
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If you're struggling to accept sex work as a legit job, perhaps ask yourself *why* you want someone to feel shame for how they pay their bills. Does it maybe have more to do with you and your ideas about sex than it does with the sex workers themselves?
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Sex work IS work and convincing people of that can feel like another job in and of itself. Stop making us do this convincing labor. We are tired.
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If you don't want kids learning about sex by watching porn, then you must provide comprehensive sex ed. Porn is not sex ed. Sex ed is sex ed. Resources are our friends.
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SWERFs are like, "You should really respect yourself more, you stupid fucking whore."
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People talk about SWers as if we're helpless victims, and not the resilient cultural leaders who have truly withstood the test of time that we are. Show some respect.
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jobs don't have to be empowering, they have to pay the bills and that's what sex work does.
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If the idea of selling sex doesn't sound like something you want to do, that's fine! You don't have to! Sex work requires consent.
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Selling sex isn't degrading. What is degrading? How society treats people who sell sex.
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Wild thought: All people, whether they have ever participated in sex work or not, should have access to services and support to avoid exploitation, stay safe, and make choices about their own lives.
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yes, sex work is work, but why are we as a society so obsessed with work? why is something only legitimate if it is difficult?
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"Sex work is dangerous!" Okay, then help protect us. And that does not include locking us up!
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sex work is work and we all deserve to be more than what we do for work.
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Reminder that the Nordic Model (an approach to SW policy that criminalizes the buyer but not the seller) aims to eradicate SW, and that is NOT what we are here for. Full decrim, now.
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Sex workers have a right to unencumbered access to the building blocks we all need to move our lives forward. This includes access to banking and investment services, healthcare, education, legal assistance, relevant government programs, and technology platforms.
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She's a 10 but she believes in the decriminalization of all sex work. She's 20.
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Anything other than the full decriminalization of SW falls short and ultimately fails SWers.
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Decriminalizing sex work creates a more compassionate world for *everyone*
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New Years resolution: abolish the whorearchy!
The whorearchy refers to an often classist and racist hierarchy that SWers engage in to differentiate themselves from other types of SWers.
Basically, it's when SWers weaponize what privilege they have at the expense of their peers.
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This just in: Cutting off access to resources does not help people. Taking away someone’s means for survival is cruel and inhumane. Period.
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Sex work is sex work. It's not like other jobs, but those who do it deserve rights just like everyone else, because we are all human beings.
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just like someone you know is a sex worker, someone you know is a client. neither parties engaging in sex work deserve to be shamed and/or criminalized for it.
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so POTUS gets a 12 hr timeout for inciting a coup and SWers get banned from social media for having the audacity to show some ass/exist? i need a drink.
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People will tell sex workers we have no morals and then literally not want to give us basic human rights.
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People are sometimes worried about what you can and cannot say to sex workers as allies, so may we suggest something that is always welcome: "How can I pay you?"
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The movement for SWer rights has always been a global issue, because SWers are everywhere.
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People stop projecting their personal insecurities and fears about sex onto sex workers challenge.
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Claiming Santa as a SWer ally because he's the ultimate sugar daddy AND he's always shouting us out with that "Ho(e) Ho(e) Ho(e)!"
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Sex work is work and work is exhausting. Don't forget to tip the sex workers you hire, they are likely tired.
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SWers don't need to be rescued. SWers need rights. Decriminalize now.
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Being against the exploitation of women should go hand in hand with being against the criminalization of women who choose to do sex work.
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it's totally normal that we all like to have sex in different ways. some of us are comfortable with having sex for money and others aren't. both are fine!
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September 14 is Sex Worker Pride Day.
First recognized in 2019 by
@globalsexwork
, this day extends to all communities marginalized by criminalization, discrimination, and stigma across the sex worker movement, including workers, clients, facilitators, friends, and family.
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Thankful for hoes, whores, sluts, bitches, witches, skanks, freaks, hustlers, tramps, foul mouths, strippers, full service sex workers, street workers, online sex workers, baddies, and all the old pros far and wide and in between.
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shoutout to all the feminists that include sex workers in their feminism <3
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New year resolution idea: be a better ally to sex workers!
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A lot of people think that selling sex is "wrong" or "degrading," but they never stop to ask themselves why.
Just because the patriarchy says so, doesn't make it true. In fact, it's quite the opposite.
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"You let men objectify you."
1. Objectifying a human being is entirely on the person doing the objectifying. No one else is in control of or responsible for that.
2. We get objectified everyday for free. Again, it's out of our control. At least in SW we are getting paid.
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Criminalizing SW — and we cannot stress this enough — does NOT help, it only harms. Sending in more police to harass, deport, and assault vulnerable migrant street workers does nothing but put these people in danger.
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When SWers and advocates ask repeatedly for the full decriminalization of SW, we very much mean the FULL decriminalization of SW. None of this "partial decriminalization" BS.
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What are your favorite sex work podcasts? Tag below!
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If you don't think people should be shamed for being sl*ts for free, wouldn't it make sense to also fight against people being shamed for being sl*ts for money???
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Another gorgeous day to tip a sex worker!
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first date idea: talk their ear off about sex worker rights
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Do the people who say that "selling sex is degrading" realize that they're the ones who are perpetuating that very idea by simply claiming that to be true when it is fundamentally and factually not the case. The call is coming from inside the house.
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Nothing is a greater reminder to sex workers that sex work is work more than tax season (YES, sex workers pay taxes.)
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I think it’s important for Christian legislators to ask themselves, what would Jesus do? I may be paraphrasing but I think he said “stop throwing rocks at whores!”
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Police officers engaged in sex acts with women before “rescuing them” by handcuffing them & confiscating their money.
With all of the news breaking of high profile subjects charged in our area for prostitution, we would like to keep the narrative alive about the victims and the problem of human trafficking. Please retweet!
@Polaris_Project
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If anyone ever tries to diss you by saying you look like a prostitute/stripper/etc. just say "thank you." They're basically just calling you hot and interesting.
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Here's an idea: instead of eradicating porn just bc it doesn't serve as a realistic form of sex ed for young people, we actually provide young people with comprehensive sex ed. Let porn be porn and sex ed be sex ed. Idk just a thought!
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The anti-porn movement won't stop at porn. People trying to abolish sex work won't stop at sex work.
If you believe in bodily autonomy, sexual freedom and expression, you will be a part of this fight eventually. May as well join us now.
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Where did the term “s*x work” come from? Carol Leigh, a.k.a. The Scarlot Harlot, coined the term and dedicated her life to the SWer rights movement. This episode of
#TheOldestProfessionPodcast
pays tribute to her life and legacy.
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Changing the stories we tell about sex workers can start with you. Talk to your people about sex workers in a positive light and help us eradicate the stigma surrounding sex work.
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Two of the most influential leaders of the LGBTQ+ movement were trans SWers, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. SWers have always been part of the making of history, and queer liberation would not be possible without us.
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Porn is sometimes unrealistic! It's not a documentary! Many movies are also not real! Lord of the Rings, for example...some pretty unrealistic things in there (elves, hobbits, a world with only white people)...
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It's actually not radical at all to think that workers deserve human rights. Supporting SWer rights is simply humane.
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If you want to help sex workers then your priority should be helping us attain our rights, not locking us up.
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A lot of people think of sex workers as home wreckers, but tbh we often help keep relationships alive.
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New year, new policies. Decriminalize sex work.
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Old Pros Tip: if you're thinking of asking a SWer a personal question, ask yourself if you would ask any other kind of worker that same question and feel comfortable and appropriate.
Treat SWers with the same respect you treat other workers <3
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Telling people how to have sex is puritanical and rooted in patriarchy.
Having sex for money should be a decision you get to make for yourself, not one the state can make for you.
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No one is more committed to ending violence in the s*x trade than the people who work in it.
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TGIF! Reminder to pay your SWers up front ;)
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Friendly reminder that sex workers do pay taxes, so if you want to say sex work isn't work you can take it up with the IRS.
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