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Haven't watched it yet but i will. However claiming sex trafficking is a myth is a pretty big claim to make. I have no doubt that sex trafficking does exist. Maybe a mistake by the op as the video is called Dispelling the trafficking myth not "dispelling the sex trafficking myth"Originally Posted by johnwin530
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I agree, and your right the video title is Dispelling the trafficking myth. I have copied and pasted the information from below the video in order to give a better explanation of her talk at ted
Legislation around sex work is a hot topic. At the same time, Governments all over the world are legislatively buckling down on sex trafficking. But, what happens when sex work and sex trafficking are treated as one and the same? In ‘Dispelling the Trafficking Myth’ sociology student and sex worker rights activist, Fez Endalaust poignantly highlights the nuance’s of the experiences of migrant sex workers in the UK. By placing the thoughts, experiences and perspectives of migrant sex workers at the forefront of their talk, and against the backdrop of recent legislative changes around sex trafficking, Fez thoughtfully demonstrates how the conflation of sex work with sex trafficking threatens the safety and autonomy of sex workers at every level. Fez is a sociology student, disabled migrant sex worker, and an activist with the Sex Worker Advocacy & Resistance Movement (SWARM). They campaign for the full decriminalisation of sex work and delivers talks on various aspects of sex work including legal models, stigma, immigration, disability, and student sex work. Fez is particularly interested in the legal conflation of sex work and sex trafficking, how anti-immigration policies are disguised as anti-trafficking efforts, and how these measures are beginning to bleed into the civil liberties of everyone - in and out of the sex industry.
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When it comes to trafficking, people who have no clue about the sex trade all believe that the movie 'Taken' is what sex trafficking is about.
That unfortunately does happen, but it is a very small percentage.
Some people don't realise that that trafficking is different in many ways.
One example:
As innocent as it is, if you're a happily married man and the wife wants to be an escort and wishes to work in a different country and you're happy for her to do so, you then decide to pay for the flight, then you are breaking the law and have now become the trafficker.
Even being consented by the wife, you can be done.
The law is funny in many ways, but is also there for a reason.
If you're suspicious about somebody who could be a trafficker, then this could help you find signs in finding one....
To claim sex trafficking is a myth is a bit to much, Years ago in my country was many cases of Guys sent in jail for forcing girls into prostitution. Was big cases of hundred of girls beaten up, some killed by a gang specialised only in recruiting innocent girls promising them and their families they are going to get a job in working in a bar or looking after kids or elderly people but when they got in that country their passports and phones was taken away and they were locked and forced to see clients sent by pimps , who didnt submit was beaten up or punished in different ways. I had a friend 12 years ago(before to start to work as escort myself) she was a victim of this type of people in Turkey, she escaped and went straight police in my country and the guy was arrested together with his complice . Sex trafficking is not a myth , have been around a lot before , might be and today isolated cases , i cant talk in the name of girls form all countries as i dont know their situation , if they work by themselves or not , but personally in this 10 years being escort i never came across of anybody being forced to work in this job. At list nobody told me this or appeared as being forced. Police should target this particularly cases if they still does exist because they are the ones who harm other people lives , not us the independent escorts who chose willingly to make a living in this way neither our clients who just come to a service provider paying for their offered services. In a relation escort-client nbody is harmed only when is the case of the girl being forced to do this so pls dear politicians dont put us in same bucket , dont u see that u punish us, the innocents, and in mean time the real criminals remain untouched?
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ANd if the girls have a wife or gf? Then her partner is considered trafficker?When it comes to trafficking, people who have no clue about the sex trade all believe that the movie 'Taken' is what sex trafficking is about.
That unfortunately does happen, but it is a very small percentage.
Some people don't realise that that trafficking is different in many ways.
One example:
As innocent as it is, if you're a happily married man and the wife wants to be an escort and wishes to work in a different country and you're happy for her to do so, you then decide to pay for the flight, then you are breaking the law and have now become the trafficker.
Even being consented by the wife, you can be done.
The law is funny in many ways, but is also there for a reason.
If you're suspicious about somebody who could be a trafficker, then this could help you find signs in finding one....
But what about i,m a married woman working in Tesco and my husband is a escort male or working as TV escort, this make me his trafficker because i pay his ticket t flight in.. Ireland to work ? Why only men are punished? but if a woman will be in their situation is not ..same?Why only the women body is considered used but not ad the male body? WHy nobody talk about male escorts being used by women who pay to 'buy their body' or their wives / gfs are not considered their traffickers like in girls escorts case? This law seems to be very gender oriented inequal i would say were for the same actions and position the male is seen as 'predator' 'trafficker' etc but the female... well nobody talk about the woman who 'buy the man body ' when she pay him for escort services ... is that right?is that correct?
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True. Even for example if you were to pick up a escort friend from the airport or from one location and drive the escort to a different location technically its trafficking. Or if you were providing security for the escort and driving them to outcalls its classed as trafficking.When it comes to trafficking, people who have no clue about the sex trade all believe that the movie 'Taken' is what sex trafficking is about.
That unfortunately does happen, but it is a very small percentage.
Some people don't realise that that trafficking is different in many ways.
One example:
As innocent as it is, if you're a happily married man and the wife wants to be an escort and wishes to work in a different country and you're happy for her to do so, you then decide to pay for the flight, then you are breaking the law and have now become the trafficker.
Even being consented by the wife, you can be done.
The law is funny in many ways, but is also there for a reason.
If you're suspicious about somebody who could be a trafficker, then this could help you find signs in finding one....
The law claims its also designed to make sex workers safe, this is a myth for the reasons i stated above.
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By the law Dublin Bus, GOBE and Aircoach are the biggest traffickers, everyday they cary escorts in tour
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Punter08 (16-05-19)
Good piece of work tackles most of the issues head on. Trafficking has become a loaded expression which has started to lose meaningful value from an analytical perspective. As I have stated on many occasions in the past the TORLERS have skillfully conflated all sex work with the unwilling transportation of exploited individuals across national boundaries.
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If the sex was the other way round, then I would expect that the women would also be done for trafficking, but is probably less likely to be looked at for being a trafficker as she is not the one who is being trafficked.ANd if the girls have a wife or gf? Then her partner is considered trafficker?
As for men in working in sex industry, we hear less about them as they more likely don't see men are able to suffer or be trafficked as we are meant to be the dominant sex and are not vulnerable.
All this is due to the ignorance of many people.
It's the same when it comes to rape. if a man was raped by a woman (which does happen more than you would expect), then some people would just laugh and turn away as they don't believe it can happen.
Especially when another man may hear about it.
Again, this is due to ignorance, which is the biggest issue we are facing in the industry itself.
These people who are trying to stop sex work need real education and maybe even work on our side of the business for a short time to understand everything and then maybe they will think differently.
I have to say, before working here, I had no idea about much of the industry and would more likely have believed in anything that was told to me, even if it was those dicks Ruhama.
The lack of education leads to ignorance.
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