Sex workers speak
Should sex work be decriminalised? A sex worker speaks out
It’s actually a very good and important question. Sex work needs to be recognised as a career and should involve career training. But before one can ask if sex work should be decriminalised and what kind of training skills are required for this career, it is important to note that sex work is one of those questions that many people seem have made up their mind about even before listening to the argument. In the same way that upon seeing a sex worker people then think they know what that person is like. Why must I be reduced to a stereotype, a fantasy, an object of some bodies hate, why am I made to speak on behalf of all sex workers yet at the same time I am invisible.
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Regrets rot the heart
My name is Muchaneta (‘you will eventually tire’) I come from Zimbabwe. I came to SA (South Africa) to look for work, but found things very difficult, so I decided its best I become a prostitute. It is very difficult to look for work in a foreign country especially when your papers are not in order and really, nothing comes to those who just sit. I have been working for two years now as a prostitute while staying at a hotel in Johannesburg.
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Memoirs of a sex worker
I would like to sit the whole of today and continue writing but that is not possible now.
The memories stir up emotions that won’t go away, seeking expression in words or images.
The words are in my head and the feelings are in my heart, buried under layers of lies, deceptions, addictions, denial and secrets.
They come from a dark and angry and lonesome place. A place where bad children go to because they don’t listen to their parents, go to church or follow the precise rules of community and society.
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I am a sex worker
This simple but very effective video was produced by the New York based advocacy organisation, Sex Work Awareness. It’s called I am a Sex Worker: