As a Sex Worker, I Would Never Recommend Another Woman Do Sex Work
My job can be emotionally damaging and physically dangerous. I can’t ethically advise another woman do it.
Every so often, a woman will ask me if I can help her get into the sex industry. This is usually after hearing about how I made my entire month’s rent in a couple of hours of work. Or how I’m my own boss, so I get to set my own schedule and travel whenever I want.
Or perhaps she’s witnessed me dressed in my fancy clothing, my hair perfectly styled, my Louboutins clacking against the floor as I walk. She thinks how elegant I look. What a glamorous life I must live! She wants to live this life too!
Yes, sex work has helped me in many ways, but day in and out, the job can be emotionally draining. It can also be dangerous.
This is why, sadly, even as a sex worker, I don’t recommend other women get into my industry. I just can’t ethically advise that other women pursue my career choice, seeing the inherent drawbacks and dangers to having this occupation.
Sex work can be emotionally damaging.
When you do sex work — any type of sex work — the job can eat away at you emotionally. In my case, men are constantly…
