{"id":22735,"date":"2017-03-23T10:38:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T10:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=22735"},"modified":"2017-03-23T10:38:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T10:38:28","slug":"student-sex-work-is-not-wrong-but-criminalising-it-is-say-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/student-sex-work-is-not-wrong-but-criminalising-it-is-say-experts","title":{"rendered":"Student sex work is not wrong, but criminalising it is, say experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Survey found that over one-fifth of university students across the UK had considered sex work. How are we reacting to this?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_23502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23502\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-04.jpg\" alt=\"Pole dance, club, sex workers, sex work\" width=\"622\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-04.jpg 622w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-04-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-04.jpg\" alt=\"Pole dance, club, sex workers, sex work\" width=\"622\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-04.jpg 622w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-04-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/noscript> Lap-dance in bars and clubs is a form of performance sex work.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rachel [nickname] always has so much on her plate. Working 14 hours a day nonstop, meeting new people, in and out of her house and her town. Not to mention\u00a0doing all while completing a uni degree. And of course, she squeezes in<em>\u00a0<\/em>to hang out with her friends. She is no different than any other ordinary students, except she could never answer where she gets her money from.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From time to time, Rachel would feel horrible, miserable, and lost about her life and her future. She feels like there is no way out. Little does everyone know she is living a double-life as a student and a sex service provider.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve convinced myself my work is going to destroy me. I\u2019ve got to a point that it\u2019s all just disgusting and grim. The money is not getting me anywhere. I\u2019ve got to be a bloody escort. I am losing my head, but what can you do?\u201d says Rachel in a video with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheStudentSexWorkProject\/?fref=tshttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheStudentSexWorkProject\/?fref=ts\">The Student Sex Work Project (TSSWP)<\/a>, research group from Swansea University for student sex workers across UK.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Rachel is not alone. According to a recent survey conducted by TSSWP on over 6,000 university students across the UK, 4.8% of them had been involved in some kind of sex work, while 22% of them had considered it.<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22790\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sex-worker-infographic-2-01-625x485.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"485\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22790\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sex-worker-infographic-2-01-625x485.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"485\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sex services can include direct sex work, aka escorting; indirect sex work, such as webcam sex; and performing organisational or auxiliary roles, traditionally known as \u2018pimps\u2019, according to the TSSWP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is real.\u00a0Looking at the various forms that sex work can manifest in,\u00a0whether it\u2019s on the Internet, whether it\u2019s on the street, we\u2019re all surrounded by it. There is no point of denying\u00a0it or escaping from it now,\u201d says Dr Tracey Sagar, one of the two leaders of the project. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But why sex work when students have so many other options? Financially supporting a lifestyle is the\u00a0most common cause for students to enter, or consider entering, the industry. What comes next is the belief that they would enjoy the work.<\/span><br \/>\nSagar suggests\u00a0the result shows students think more than just about money. She says: \u201cMoney is driving the sex industry predominantly, but you cannot discount the curiosity\u00a0and the desire of getting sexual pleasure.\u201d<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22771\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sex-worker-infographic-1-01-625x595.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"595\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22771\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sex-worker-infographic-1-01-625x595.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"595\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Given that providing sex services independently in our country is legal, and students could possibly get some \u2018perks\u2019 from it, why do some of them suffer?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being totally alone and off-the-radar while working is primarily what put most sex workers in danger. They could be out alone with strangers, and no one would have a clue if anything goes wrong.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sagar says: \u201cThe law forces you to work in complete isolation, and that\u2019s a safety issue, because no one else knows where you are going.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The minute you live a double-life in secret, can you imagine the psychological pressure? You can\u2019t even tell any friends because you worry about being judged.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The stigma surrounding sex work has clouded life\u00a0opportunities for students, especially for young practitioners in law and medical fields and the likes. Disclosing their identity as a sex worker could jeopardise their professional reputation, as well as the university\u2019s, and therefore many of them would stay quiet even when they are encountering critical issues, such as sexual health risks. This leads them to be incredibly vulnerable. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLike many other professional jobs, if a candidate makes clear that he\/she has been a sex worker on the application for a legal job, it will be more difficult in terms of employment,\u201d says Phillip Johnson, professor at Cardiff University Law School.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8216;We all have a view about sex work, but views are often morally loaded, creating stigma and stereotyping &#8211; often&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XkoIBV4pM6\">https:\/\/t.co\/XkoIBV4pM6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StudentSexWorkProj. (@TSSWP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSSWP\/status\/827467067322466306\">February 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even when they do seek for university support service, more often than not they would be asked to remove themselves entirely from the industry. \u201cIt\u2019s very dangerous to automatically take the moral high ground because that\u2019s what you think is the right thing to do. Sometimes students don\u2019t need to be rescued, they just need a little leg up with medical advice and that\u2019s it,\u201d says Debbie Jones, another leader of TSSWP.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s quite disempowering to tell them what they do is wrong, especially when it\u2019s legal,\u201d she adds.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22746\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22746 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-03.jpg 622w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-03-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22746 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-03.jpg 622w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Sexworker-03-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/noscript> The Student Sex Worker Project (TSSWP) have produced a documentary &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5040268\/\">Fog of Sex<\/a>&#8216; of nine female sex workers talking about their experience in the industry and as students. Photo courtesy of TSSWP.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the legitimacy to provide sex service, the duo state that they have never encouraged sex work, but they are concerned about the wellbeing of these workers. Stereotyping them will just make the situation even worse because all the unjustified perceptions can add to the student workers\u2019 negative emotions.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rachel, the student sex worker, says, \u201cIt\u2019s really frustrating \u2018cause sometimes guys forget that you\u2019re not just an escort or a prostitute, or whatever you want to call us. I go to university, I volunteer. We do have lives.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whenever people reckon someone is an escort, they immediately put all the good qualities of that person aside and only focus on the fact that he\/she gets paid by getting laid. Jones says it is unfair to think less of the student sex workers when they are no different than any other students out there.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The duo think it is not terminating sex work or criminalising it that will dissolve the stigma, but educating people more about it. \u201cCommercial sex is ever-changing because it is consensual, we want to consume it,\u201d Jones says, \u201cStudents have huge potential in taking up the educational work because they are not getting paid to be in universities, and that\u2019s their strength. They should use it when they can.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22744\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22744 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/sexworker-01-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22744 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/sexworker-01-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" \/><\/noscript> Dr Tracey Sagar and Debbie Jones have been delivering lectures about student sex workers in universities across UK and they suggest that students can help by taking up a part of the work. Photo courtesy of The Student Sex Worker Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIf you are a sex worker and think you could use some help, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saferwales.com\/\">Safer Wales<\/a>, a charity based in Cardiff, will be happy to\u00a0talk to you.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23585\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/1514705\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23585 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/timeline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/timeline.jpg 622w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/timeline-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/timeline-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23585 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/timeline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/timeline.jpg 622w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/timeline-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/timeline-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Click in the photo for an interactive timeline to history of sex worker rights since 2001.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSometimes guys forget that we\u2019re not just escorts. 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