Comments on: Sex Worker Solidarity: Jesse Cox http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2008/03/02/sex-worker-solidarity-jesse-cox/ Peace. Porn. Politics. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:09:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Naia http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2008/03/02/sex-worker-solidarity-jesse-cox/#comment-104926 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:18:51 -0600 http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2008/03/02/sex-worker-solidarity-jesse-cox/#comment-104926 Centerfold was the first strip club I went to (legally) when I turned 21st. I hadn't expected strict rules Jesse talks about in her interview and was kind of put off by it. Springfield is an odd city in that it has enough of an underground to hold fetish shows (2-4 times a year), but it's still in a conservative state where the highways are lined with "got jesus?" and "pornography destroys" billboards. Centerfold was the first strip club I went to (legally) when I turned 21st. I hadn’t expected strict rules Jesse talks about in her interview and was kind of put off by it. Springfield is an odd city in that it has enough of an underground to hold fetish shows (2-4 times a year), but it’s still in a conservative state where the highways are lined with “got jesus?” and “pornography destroys” billboards.

]]> by: Serpentlibertine http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2008/03/02/sex-worker-solidarity-jesse-cox/#comment-104928 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:29:32 -0600 http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2008/03/02/sex-worker-solidarity-jesse-cox/#comment-104928 "In a way it’s a reflection of the classism that exists in the mainstream system, where the less actual “putting out” you can get away with for your money (whether the putting out is that of your energy or your body), the higher class and therefore better you are." This statement is so true and one that I am constantly reiterating all the time about how sex workers try to put each other down. For instance, the dominatrix thinks she's better than the escort because she doesn't have sex with her clients. The porn star believes she's better than prostitute because she doesn't have to have sex with as many clients or that she's protected by the law and so on. The reason why we lack solidarity between sex workers is because many workers don't want to be held in the same regard as those who different (and possibly less glamourous or more sexually involved) types of sex work. “In a way it’s a reflection of the classism that exists in the mainstream system, where the less actual “putting out” you can get away with for your money (whether the putting out is that of your energy or your body), the higher class and therefore better you are.”

This statement is so true and one that I am constantly reiterating all the time about how sex workers try to put each other down. For instance, the dominatrix thinks she’s better than the escort because she doesn’t have sex with her clients. The porn star believes she’s better than prostitute because she doesn’t have to have sex with as many clients or that she’s protected by the law and so on. The reason why we lack solidarity between sex workers is because many workers don’t want to be held in the same regard as those who different (and possibly less glamourous or more sexually involved) types of sex work.

]]> by: Vixen http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2008/03/02/sex-worker-solidarity-jesse-cox/#comment-105497 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:51:59 -0500 http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2008/03/02/sex-worker-solidarity-jesse-cox/#comment-105497 Naia-I've hung out with Jesse in Springfield and I so know what you mean. There's also a “pornography destroys” billboard right across the street from an adult book store. One of my friends who lives there once described the place well-"Springfield is one of those towns with churches on half the corners and liquor stores on the other half." Sarcastic yes but it's fitting. SL-Agreed. I see a lot of hope when I see sex workers of different backgrounds and specialities joining together and supporting each other. Naia-I’ve hung out with Jesse in Springfield and I so know what you mean. There’s also a “pornography destroys” billboard right across the street from an adult book store.

One of my friends who lives there once described the place well-”Springfield is one of those towns with churches on half the corners and liquor stores on the other half.” Sarcastic yes but it’s fitting.

SL-Agreed. I see a lot of hope when I see sex workers of different backgrounds and specialities joining together and supporting each other.

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