current events: sex workers and #metoo

Question 1

sex workers, men and me too

Answer 1

sex workers have 45-75% rate of sexual assault but seriously underrepresented in the movement

Question 2

reasons for them being discounted in the movement

Answer 2

assumption that they can’t be assaulted sexually bc of their career “you’re just a whore anyway and how can you assault a whore”

• sex workers asking for it by nature of their job
• not a “perfect victim”
• cultural amnesia

Question 3

media barriers to them being counted in the movement

Answer 3

• lack of media attention and support for their cause

example: male sex worker (zayn) rape survivor who shared his story, felt he wasn’t believed both bc hes a SW and a man

Question 4

-prosecution barrier

Answer 4

• inability of SW to speak out due to fear of prosecution
• Nisha Powell, burlesque dancer
• 2017, at least 40 sex workers killed
• police profile SWs (give random reasons for why they’re accusing them), so SW don’t trust them when they’ve been assaulted
• domestic violence AND rape considered to be “trick gone bad” by police, something they brought upon themselves