Hands up I'm probably the most vanilla person you could meet but your first question did raise a laugh from me. This is a really interesting conversation. It's hard not to predetermine a response based on what I've been taught or told about sex workers. In Ireland many women are trafficked into sex work and are victims of violence and coercion. It would still concern me how much choice very marginalised people have in regarding making a living in the face of discrimination. Taking what she has seen and learned at face value this while piece is really provoking and I have to frame of reference, that freedom does seem intriguing. Christianity is not the place to go to learn about sexual freedom or pleasure. Will go read that other piece of writing.
Yeah, trafficking is definitely a concern. I talked with Kari about that, and she did say she doesn't want to romanticize the problems sex workers face, including trafficking, homelessness, and substance use disorder, but did add that she thinks that it's an inaccurate stereotype that most sex workers are coerced into it. I'm intrigued by your last sentence! For sure Christianity (at least in its current, common practices) deals much more with sexual shame than pleasure.
Hands up I'm probably the most vanilla person you could meet but your first question did raise a laugh from me. This is a really interesting conversation. It's hard not to predetermine a response based on what I've been taught or told about sex workers. In Ireland many women are trafficked into sex work and are victims of violence and coercion. It would still concern me how much choice very marginalised people have in regarding making a living in the face of discrimination. Taking what she has seen and learned at face value this while piece is really provoking and I have to frame of reference, that freedom does seem intriguing. Christianity is not the place to go to learn about sexual freedom or pleasure. Will go read that other piece of writing.
Yeah, trafficking is definitely a concern. I talked with Kari about that, and she did say she doesn't want to romanticize the problems sex workers face, including trafficking, homelessness, and substance use disorder, but did add that she thinks that it's an inaccurate stereotype that most sex workers are coerced into it. I'm intrigued by your last sentence! For sure Christianity (at least in its current, common practices) deals much more with sexual shame than pleasure.
The last sentence was related to the article of hers you shared.