Self-esteem, Stigma and Sex Work Early on in my career an older worker tried to school me on the stigma of being a sex worker. We had been at work in a city brothel all night, the sun was rising, and cold air was coming through the back door. The…

Just because it’s misunderstood doesn’t mean it’s not labor — I often get asked, “How do you differentiate between sex for money and sex for free?” and it irks me. It seems rather pedestrian. To me, a sex worker, the answer seems obvious — one is work, and the other is not. The question also points to the way sex…