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Taryn De Vere: making masks for sex workers in rural Ireland.
Ireland is a country that has undergone rapid social change in the past five years. In 2015, a nation that only decriminalised homosexuality in 1993, was the first in Europe to legalise same-sex marriage by referendum. In 2018, there was another seismic shift via referendum; most citizens voted to legalise abortion, overturning harsh, pro-life laws introduced in 1983.
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Being a sex worker makes me a better girlfriend.
Sex work is mostly about being able to be intimate and make a connection with a varied range of emotion. The skills I use in work have definitely improved how I am in my relationship.Sex work and civilian dating aren’t that different. Except for the money. As an independent escort I need to be able to understand what my client wants, what they need, even if they can’t explain it themselves. Need to help them bring out their fantasies, the desires they are too scared to talk about. And also be a listening ear, offer them intimacy and connection.
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Erotic Autonomy: Why We Should All Take Sex Work Seriously
As many of us are aware, sex is rarely just that, and this may also add to some people’s hesitance at making it a tradable service. To this I say that sex workers aren’t providing services that people can’t get in some capacity elsewhere, but what they do often do is compartmentalize many different areas of expertise in to one amazing package. Sex workers will regularly say that, alongside physical services, their job involves being a sex educator, a physical therapist, an improv comedian, a self-advocate for hygiene, a life coach, and a therapist.
