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S2 Ep24: Nuances of Sex Work
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Sep 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
After our trafficking episode, we wanted to discuss some issues related to sex work. We dive into the history of sex work, deprogramming the stigma against legal & consensual sex work, and the ways that sex workers have had their lives unjustly impacted by law enforcement. We focus on a specific law that was made with good intentions, but in reality, made it immediately more difficult to track real trafficking victims online and pushed legal sex workers out of having their own full authority over how they work & back into unsafe situations on the streets or with pimps.
Sources
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Season 9 Episode 2 - Found on HBO
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/understanding-sex-work-open-society
https://sexworkersproject.org
https://decriminalizesex.work
https://www.britannica.com/topic/prostitution
https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/07/02/oakland-police-scandal-how-often-are-cops-having-sex-with-prostitutes/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/59mbkx/police-are-allegedly-sleeping-with-sex-workers-before-arresting-them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Enabling_Sex_Traffickers_Act
https://www.techdirt.com/2018/05/14/police-realizing-that-sesta-fosta-made-their-jobs-harder-sex-traffickers-realizing-made-their-job-easier/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/anti-sex-trafficking-advocates-say-new-law-cripples-efforts-to-save-victims-629081/
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-report-new-york-prostitution-arrests-target-women-and-people-of-color-301483872.html
https://www.zdnet.com/article/fosta-sesta-trafficking-law-used-once-since-2018-gao-report/
Sources
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Season 9 Episode 2 - Found on HBO
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/understanding-sex-work-open-society
https://sexworkersproject.org
https://decriminalizesex.work
https://www.britannica.com/topic/prostitution
https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/07/02/oakland-police-scandal-how-often-are-cops-having-sex-with-prostitutes/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/59mbkx/police-are-allegedly-sleeping-with-sex-workers-before-arresting-them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Enabling_Sex_Traffickers_Act
https://www.techdirt.com/2018/05/14/police-realizing-that-sesta-fosta-made-their-jobs-harder-sex-traffickers-realizing-made-their-job-easier/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/anti-sex-trafficking-advocates-say-new-law-cripples-efforts-to-save-victims-629081/
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-report-new-york-prostitution-arrests-target-women-and-people-of-color-301483872.html
https://www.zdnet.com/article/fosta-sesta-trafficking-law-used-once-since-2018-gao-report/
Released:
Sep 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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