“I don't really think myself that sex work is necessarily more demeaning than other kinds of demeaning work.” ThinkingKindSexSex WorkDemeaning Author:Alix Kates Shulman
“Sex work may be an illegal thing, but it's far from being a bad thing. Quite a few of us on the male-to-female side of the coin have done sex work. I've done it myself for a couple of years. It's a place we can make a living and have some fun doing it. It's a place we seem to fit in.” YearsMayDoneSeemsFunSexSidesCoupleFitFemaleMalesIllegalBad ThingsCoinsSex WorkIllegal Things Author:Kate Bornstein
“Look, nearly everything in the culture says we're freaks. Doing sex work, we're desired; we can get rewarded for being what we've always wanted to be. What's so bad about that? My own notion is I wish sex work would be decriminalized (not legalized, please note the distinction) so that more trannies could get into the field if they wanted to and not get into trouble for it.” IfsLooksWould BeWantedCultureWishSexMy OwnTroubleFieldsPleaseNotesNotionDistinctionFreakSex Work Author:Kate Bornstein
“Here's how men think. Sex, work - and those are reversible, depending on age - sex, work, food, sports and lastly, begrudgingly, relationships. And here's how women think. Relationships, relationships, relationships, work, sex, shopping, weight, food.” ThinkingMenAgeSexSportsWeightShoppingSex Work Author:Carrie Fisher
“I don't know why it's anyone's business! People do what they need to do. I did it, and it was nowhere near as traumatic as being raped. I was so numb for so long that sex work for me was not a big deal.” PeopleKnowsNeedsLongBigsSexDealsBig DealNumbSex Work Author:Margaret Cho
“I don't like people telling other people what to do. Sex work for a lot of women is really important, especially in countries where women don't have a lot of power. Here we can have at least some form ... of making money.” PeopleImportantCountryFormSexMaking MoneySex Work Author:Margaret Cho
“Where do people get off telling people what to do? It's their bodies. If you legalized sex work and legally protected the sex workers, you wouldn't see anything like human trafficking. All of that would be obliterated.” PeopleIfsHumansBodyWould BeSexWorkersProtectedHuman TraffickingTraffickingSex Work Author:Margaret Cho