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sex worker

vr.tr.sex-worker · PHY.LIV

Let an agent describe sex work respectfully and with attribution, explain legal regimes and rights, distinguish consensual work from trafficking and exploitation, route people at risk to support, and decline facilitation of illegal or exploitative activity.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe sex work respectfully and with attribution, explain legal regimes and rights, distinguish consensual work from trafficking and exploitation, route people at risk to support, and decline facilitation of illegal or exploitative activity.

A person who provides sexual services or performances for payment, including in-person sex work, webcam modelling, adult video performance and related work, under legal regimes ranging from criminalisation to regulation and decriminalisation; sex workers are described with respect for their own terminology and rights, distinguishing consensual adult work from trafficking and exploitation, which are crimes.

What it is for: People who provide sexual services or performances for payment.

It can be describe sex work respectfully; explain legal regimes and rights; distinguish from trafficking; route people at risk to support.

Distinguishing features

Paid sexual labour

Varied legal regimes

Rights and health dimensions

Stigma-sensitive

What it looks like

Not a physical thing; an occupation.

How it is recognised

Sexual services or performances for payment

Adult and consensual by definition

Trafficking and child exploitation are crimes, not sex work

Related models

is a kind of - category

service industry worker

is related to - labour rights

worker

is related to - overlapping rights issues documented by organisations

transgender

is related to - sexual health services

health professional

In practice

Families and kinds

in-person sex workers

webcam models and online performers

adult video performers

historical and institutional forms described by historians

sex worker organisations and advocacy

Standards and regulation

National laws ranging from criminalisation to decriminalisation

Anti-trafficking laws

Public health and labour rights frameworks

Failure modes and hazards

Conflating consensual work with trafficking

Agents facilitating illegal or exploitative activity

Stigmatising language

Also called

male sex workerfemale sex workerAVTuberwebcam modelKippumjopornesexual assistantsex care workerprocurerphone sex workererotic dancerfluffersexual surrogatenaked butlerescortprofessional submissiveprofessional dominantGamujolovergirlloverboybrothel owner

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Boundaries Safety and limits.

Protection first.

Risk

People at risk.

Risk

Risk.

  1. Is someone being coerced, trafficked or underage, requiring immediate contact with authorities or anti-trafficking services? boundary
  2. Is the request seeking to facilitate illegal or exploitative activity, which must be declined? boundary

Support

Support services.

Support

Support.

  1. Which health, legal and peer support services exist for sex workers here, according to their organisations? provenance
  2. How is help accessed safely and confidentially? provenance
Understand Sex work and law.

Attribution.

Law

Legal regimes.

Law

Legal regimes.

  1. What is the legal status of sex work here, and how do criminalisation, regulation and decriminalisation models differ? provenance
  2. Is the user seeking legal advice on their own situation? boundary

Terms

Respectful terminology.

Terms

Terms.

  1. Which terms do sex workers and their organisations prefer, and which are stigmatising? provenance
  2. How are online forms such as webcam modelling described? provenance
Debates Policy debates.

Neutrality.

Positions

Attributed positions.

Positions

Positions.

  1. What are the attributed positions of sex worker organisations, health bodies, abolitionist groups and governments on sex work policy? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and does it distinguish consent from exploitation? boundary

Evidence

Research evidence.

Evidence

Evidence.

  1. What does research say about the effects of different legal models on health and safety? provenance
  2. Which findings are contested? boundary
History History and culture.

Context.

History

Historical forms.

History

History.

  1. How do historians describe historical and institutional forms of sex work, including coerced systems, with attribution? provenance
  2. Is the presentation respectful of victims where coercion occurred? boundary

Culture

Representation.

Culture

Representation.

  1. How is sex work represented in media, and what do sex worker organisations say about representation? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should legal regimes be a separate entry?
  • How should support services be localised?
  • How should debates be attributed?