In a fully booked red salon, Ruby Rebelde read very personal excerpts from her soon-to-be-published book ‘Why They Hate Us’ and then discussed the background and effects of hostility towards sex work with Christine Nagl. Where does the stigma attached to sex work come from? What different models for regulating sex work exist in Europe […]
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The lockdown during the 2020 pandemic posed major challenges for many industries, and sex work was not unaffected. With the photo project ‘Sexwork – Lock Down’, Helena Manhartsberger addressed the impact of the pandemic on sex workers, their working conditions and their strategies for dealing with restrictions. On the basis of reports and very personal
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Together with a trainer, we visit sex workers directly at their workplace and offer self-defence on site. This is an innovative approach that has not yet been offered in Austria. Under the title ‘Safety in Sex Work’, sex workers receive valuable tips on how to prevent assaults, information on the different levels of intervention, and
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Sexual companionship and sexual assistance play an important role in the area of sexual health, particularly for people whose needs are often overlooked. Sexuality is still treated as a taboo subject in our society, which particularly affects people with disabilities or older people. In numerous institutions for people with disabilities, there is a lack of
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Sex work is a highly polarizing and controversial topic within feminist discourse. Some feminists advocate for sex work to be respected and regulated as a legitimate career choice. This is to ensure the safety of sex workers. Others, however, radically reject prostitution, seeing it as an expression of structural oppression and gender-based violence (‘paid rape’).
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