In the UK, it is also a day when sex workers across the country close their bedroom doors in protest against the lack of laws and regulations that surround sex work. In England, Wales and Scotland, prostitution is partially legal ; money can change hands for sexual services, but aspects of sex work such as working together with someone else and by doing so, protecting yourself from danger or soliciting in public places, as well as owning and managing a brothel are all crimes that women can be convicted for.
This is why sex workers, along with supporters, are calling for reform of the law. Making sex work fully legalised would not only provide sex workers with more rights, but many claim that it would improve safety issues. We played with them both, but one of the men had trouble finishing within the hour they had with us.
For people with disabilities, I am their sensory therapist, providing them with skin-on-skin body movements and a naked body against their body, which is a beautiful thing. To help protect themselves against creepy and aggressive clients or serial complainers, sex workers do their research when approached by a new client. For many, including all of the women interviewed here, this includes apps and websites like Smooci, Clients Eye and Ugly Mugs, where they can track their own whereabouts, leave reviews and share details about bad experiences, as well as warn fellow sex workers.
One guy I used to see took me trawling through the moors to find mud so that we could wrestle in, and even got me a wet suit. I, for instance, love food sploshing β baked beans in particular feel really nice on the skin. Jenni has been an escort for just over a year, having previously worked as a glamour model and cam model.
She is a high-class escort and works around three days per week. Like Charlotte, she will talk to her clients over the phone before agreeing to meet them. Jenni wants a law reform because she believes it would build a better community for sex workers and give them the same rights as other professionals in the UK.
