It may be the oldest occupation, however prostitution and different types of intercourse work are additionally among the many most prohibited and controlled around the globe.
On the newest Cause Speakeasy—a month-to-month stay occasion in New York Metropolis with outspoken defenders of free speech and heterodox considering—Nick Gillespie talked with Kaytlin Bailey, the founder and govt director of Outdated Professionals, a intercourse employee rights group and the author and performer of Whore’s Eye View, a one-woman present about 10,000 years of prostitution, feminine emancipation, and sexual freedom.
Bailey and Outdated Professionals search not simply to decriminalize intercourse work however to destigmatize it too, arguing that intercourse staff haven’t solely offered a much-in-demand service however helped to push the boundaries of freedom and liberty.
Produced by Nick Gillespie; edited by Adam Czarnecki and Justin Tuckerman; sound enhancing by Ian Keyser
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