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Student Strippers' Voices Should Be Heard...
I'm a Bryn Mawr College Social Work PhD student, working in my dissertation. My research is exploring how student sex workers construct their identities as students and as sex workers.
See my attached flyer to see see if you are eligible to participate. Small compensation available. Interviews in person or via video chat.
I'm a member of Philly SWOP and I believe the voices of sex workers should be heard!
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Sigh. I doubt you'll get any takers... we get a lot of grad students thinking they're being 'edgy' or supporting feminism by doing their projects on sex workers... I think generally most of the ladies on this board want to be left alone by this stuff.
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Selina M
Sigh. I doubt you'll get any takers... we get a lot of grad students thinking they're being 'edgy' or supporting feminism by doing their projects on sex workers... I think generally most of the ladies on this board want to be left alone by this stuff.
I don't even get why she's lumping dancers in with sex workers since those of us who work legally are dancing, not having sex. Groups like SWOP are using us as cover to gain acceptance for illegal activity. No one is constructing their identity based on their job or that ridiculous term. We're not movie characters, just women working and leaving the job at work once we go.
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Bmcswresearch
I'm a Bryn Mawr College Social Work PhD student, working in my dissertation. My research is exploring how student sex workers construct their identities as students and as sex workers.
See my attached flyer to see see if you are eligible to participate. Small compensation available. Interviews in person or via video chat.
I'm a member of Philly SWOP and I believe the voices of sex workers should be heard!
These topics on SWOP don't apply to dancers. They apply to escorts. Philly clubs are on a high enough level where the women working are not kidnapped or coerced and don't need rescue or laws reformed. Maybe you want to post this in the Other Work section?
http://www.swopusa.org/learn-about-s...rther-reading/
The Basics
Sex Work 101 (PDF) – A training by SWOP-Chicago, gives basic information about the sex trade, individuals involved in the sex trade, trafficking, and law that impact sex workers.
Understanding and Supporting Individuals Involved in the Sex Trade (PDF) – A training by SWOP-Chicago for social service providers and helping professionals, this gives a basic understanding of common experiences and needs of sex workers.
Great Websites, Writers, and Books
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women – Wonderful review of evidence-based approaches to address trafficking in the sex trade and other industries.
Global Network of Sex Work Projects – Awesome website! Tons of info!
SWOP USA’s blog – For all the latest news!
Tits & Sass – News & culture website for and by sex workers
Playing the Whore by Melissa Gira Grant – Great labor analysis of sex work
Sex at the Margins by Laura María Agustín – Migrant sex workers & the trafficking narrative
Sex Workers Unite by Dr. Melinda Chateauvert – History of the sex worker rights movement
Sex Work & The Law
10 Reasons to Decriminalize Sex Work – by NSWP
Laws & Policies Affecting Sex Work – by Open Society Foundations
Sex Work & The Law: Understanding Legal Frameworks and the Struggle for Sex Work Law Reforms – by the Global Network of Sex Work Projects
100 Countries & Their Prostitution Policies – ProCon.org
End Demand Fact Sheet – Desiree Alliance
Moving Beyond Supply and Demand Catchphrases: assessing the uses and limitations of demand-based approaches in anti-trafficking — Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women
Dangerous Liasons – A Survey of the Violence Experienced by Women Working in Oslo — Pro Sentret
Hands Off Our Clients–Advocacy and Activism Toolkit Against the Criminalization of Clients — IRCSE
The Real Impact of the Swedish Model on Sex Workers: Advocacy Toolkit – by NSWP
The Swedish Law to Criminalize Clients: A Failed Experiment in Social Engineering – by Ann Jordan
Position Statement – Canada Bill C-36 — Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women
Support for Decriminalization of Sex Work – Links to dozens of letters in support of Amnesty International Position on Decriminalization, from anti-trafficking, women’s rights, HIV/AIDS prevention, GLBT & sex worker organizations.
Sex Trafficking & Labor Migration
Moving Beyond ‘Supply and Demand’ Catchphrases: Assessing the uses and limitations of demand-based approaches in Anti-Trafficking — by The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women
Research Shows that Minor Sex Trafficking Narratives do not Reflect the Experience of Many Domestic Sex Workers – by The John Jay Research Team
Rescue is for Kittens: 10 Things Everyone Needs to Know About “Rescues” of Youth in the Sex Trade – by Eminism
Migrant sex workers and trafficking – insider research for and by migrant sex workers – by Jules Kim and Elena Jeffreys
From White Slaves to Trafficking Survivors: Notes on the Trafficking Debate – by Annuska Derks
New Directions in Research on Human Trafficking – by Ronald Weitzer
Only Rights Can Stop the Wrongs: A critical assessment on anti-trafficking strategies – by Marjan Wijers, Marieke van Doorninck
The ‘‘Natasha’ Experience: Migrant Sex Workers from the Former Soviet Union & Eastern Union in Turkey – by Leyla Gü¬lçür, Pinar Ilkkaracan
Violence Against Sex Workers
Violence Against Sex Workers Literature Review – by M. Dango for SWOP-Chicago
Violence Against Sex Workers Fact Sheet – by K. Koster for SWOP-Chicago
Addressing Violence Against Sex Workers – by the World Health Organization
Fact Sheet: Violence Against Trans Sex Workers – by SWOP-USA
Fact Sheet: Sexual Assault and Sex Work – by SWOP-USA
Policing Sex Work – by Incite National
Public Health
Facts About Sex Workers and the Mythes that Help Spread HIV – infographic by The Lancet
Global Commission on HIV & The Law: Sex Workers – by Open Society Foundations
Sex Work, Criminalization, and HIV: Lessons from Advocacy History – by Anna Forbes
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Please give her a break. If you are not interested then don't contact her. I am sure she means well and she's just trying to get her work done.
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Likethis
Sometimes I think that it's because people positive to the sex industry expect (consciously or subconsciously) these young cisgender female students to give them the type of answers that they want, overall positive, not too jaded, not too complicated or complex, not straying too far from society's norms, but maybe that's just me being cynical.
You're on the same track I am. I get the sneaking suspicion that there is this tragic, toxic vision of student strippers. It's a projection of outsiders who have no connection with our reality and who actively reject what we have to say about our labeling. This is why I say that the very people working so hard to shove us all under the sex work umbrella don't actually see US. The agenda, their resources, go to benefit escorts and those forced into prostitution whether underage or not. They are working to use our numbers, our legal status, etc. to get their goals met. There isn't a thing in that laundry list for us. That's why I gave a list of the articles on that group's site. These are not our industry problems. So, I don't know why this person and her ilk keep coming here.
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I replied to this. Ill let everyone know. Im pretty open minded.
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lynn2009
Please give her a break. If you are not interested then don't contact her. I am sure she means well and she's just trying to get her work done.
I have to agree with this. Even being a member of SWOP, I'm sure she doesn't know all of the issues that rub us the wrong way. I'm happy when people want to learn more about our perspectives... and how else are they going to learn than by asking us?
I would participate, but I finished my degree a few years ago.
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Bmcswresearch
I'm a Bryn Mawr College Social Work PhD student, working in my dissertation. My research is exploring how student sex workers construct their identities as students and as sex workers.
See my attached flyer to see see if you are eligible to participate. Small compensation available. Interviews in person or via video chat.
I'm a member of Philly SWOP and I believe the voices of sex workers should be heard!
What's the small compensation?
I'm a full time university student and a part time stripper, but I won't do a 2 hour interview for free LOL.
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I love how there's no reply from the OP... is this some kind of academic trolling. Transparency is a goal in any human research project.
I have as a straight stripper in the past used resources from a Swop type organization here in Canada. They have dedicated hours at a women's hospital so I got tested and a PAP for free I'm half the time it would take to access those services through normal channels - everything was anonymous... Why not?
I also use an accountant they hooked me up with who isn't scandalized or weird about my job. While I agree we aren't implicated in their legal reform agenda... I do think we have some commonalities.