'The cost of living forced me into sex work – and this winter many more people will be too' 🗨️ 'It is shameful that we live in a society where a lack of support mean people are taking huge risks to earn what they need to do to survive'
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the greatest support for sex workers came from other sex workers
. Selling sex has a low barrier to entry, it can be done around other responsibilities and commitments, and it can mean that someone makes money quickly. When the cost of living are rising, and wages aren’t filling the gaps, and government support isn’t keeping up, more people are going to be in need of that income. And sex work becomes a way for people to get it.
It’s easy to simplify our narratives into damaged victims, dangerous whores, or empowered women at the pinnacle of feminism. Most of, or at least can’t be reduced to mere stereotypes. It’s not a question of force or choice. Most of us aren’t forced into sex work by other people; we’re forced into it by the economic and social circumstances we find ourselves in.
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