Confronting The Harm…

[DrAlan]

tbh, haven’t read it, but I get the feeling it’s not balanced and doesn’t encompass the total population of sex workers in Ireland.


“The chilling reality of the health, psychological and emotional problems suffered by many women trapped in Ireland’s sex trade have been revealed in a new study.
Confronting the Harm documents the experiences and impacts on the health and wellbeing of women in prostitution. The research was carried out by UCD’s Sexual Exploitation Research Programme (SERP) and the HSE's Women’s Health Service (WHS).
It took a sample of 144 women currently involved in the sex trade who are accessing the WHS. They examined 50 of their medical files and conducted in-depth interviews.
Some 94% of the women were migrants: 37.5% were Brazilian, 31.9% were Romanian, 6.3% were Irish, 3.5% were Hungarian and 2% were Bolivian.
On average, women were aged 27, but they ranged in age from 18 to 56. Transgender women made up 6.3%.
Only 8.3% were registered with a GP.
Precarious immigration and poverty had driven many into prostitution.”

https://www.ucd.ie/geary/static/publ...g_the_Harm.pdf

[DrAlan]

Have read it now…some harrowing stories, which I’m sure are true.
However, not a true representation of the total population of escorts in Ireland.

[pDiddy1]

When you see it was carried out by UCD you know they have an agenda and tailor the narrative to suit.

[Banger]

Propaganda. Ignore it.

[Airbusdriver]

Excellent research. I certainly wouldn't ridicule that.

[MidlifeCrisis]

I did not read past the name of the lead author. I have read her crap before. She will ignore any evidence that does not support her agenda.

It is depressing that people like this are able to survive in academia.

[Creeper]

That was some read Lads. Some insight, I never think of the worker as someone who probably has a few kids, a broken relationship and is trapped in a rut.
I always thought just easy money for a few years but not according to this.

[Noregrets]

That was some read Lads. Some insight, I never think of the worker as someone who probably has a few kids, a broken relationship and is trapped in a rut.
I always thought just easy money for a few years but not according to this.

There will always be ladies who end up in sex work due to personal circumstances. It is a difficult one, but if a lady decides it is the best way for her to pay her bills look after her kids etc, surely the answer is better support for ladies that find themselves in such situations and not attacking them or their clients for the choices they make.

Life is far from fair, and there are also a lot of ladies trapped in abusive relationships due to the financial consequences of leaving such relationships.