RT @EllyArrow: Because most women in the sex trade earn far less then is often claimed by proponents and media and because seing a female relative sexually exploited can prime a younger one for the same fate, intergenerational prostitution has long ...
RT @angijones: @EllyArrow I lived in a red light district in Melbourne, Australia for over 10 years. I was propositioned by gutter crawlers nearly every day. In my suit on the way to work, & in my tracksuit walking my dog. They didn’t care I ...
RT @EllyArrow: Over 1000 women replied to my question of whether they've been harassed for paid sex. 63% said yes. 23% experienced it 1x, 40% multiple times. Dozens upon dozens tell their stories in the comments. Don't ever tell us we can't discuss ...
RT @comradeswift: wanna know the org whose work helped me understand my experiences in the sex trade? AF3IRM — the fact that sex trade apologists attack the leading anti-imperialist feminist org who actually get work DONE & keeps survivors safe ...
RT @Savannah_FDS: This is why the consent argument in BDSM is so flawed. Crying after every sexual encounter is not a normal response, yet because the woman “consented”, her distress is being completely overlooked and dismissed. ...
RT @Ziggystairlift: Excellent bbc radio 4 short series about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe… I never knew half of the story…she is an innocent victim being used as a hostage for cash that was promised by the uk to Iran years before she was in the wrong ...
RT @Amandalavan1: Hopes are rising that #FreeNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other British prisoners held in Iran may soon be released, as the final stages of a new nuclear deal are thrashed out. @trussliz @BorisJohnson @Jeremy_Hunt @USEnvoyIran ...
RT @cbucksrules: It's scary to think that the generation raised online, by porn and trauma is going to be the generation which I will turn to, to heal me physically, to heal me from trauma and to look after me when I'm old and dependent. I'm actually ...
margaret atwood likes to listen to both sides, even defend opposing views? So when will she listen to those opposed to the strip/sex sex trade, esp survivors, and not just those who support it 🤔 https://t.co/I9DfS0...
RT @IrishTimes: Mia Döring speaks to Róisín Ingle about her new memoir, Any Girl, which "excavates dark memories from her past, laying bare in stark, unflinching prose a bleak catalogue of deeply traumatic personal experiences" https://t.co/cw8VIu...
RT @therowanproject: Happy #Valentines Just because you bought them dinner or spend a night away in a hotel, it doesnt mean they owe you one. You can't buy #consent & you do automatically have it because you had sex previously You don't need to ...
RT @therowanproject: People pleasing can be an effect of #trauma. Those who have experienced abuse may of gained safety by merging with the needs, & demands of others, which then continues into future relationships. We can become so focused on ...
RT @therowanproject: Guilty as charged! How often do we do this? Practise talking to yourself the way you would a friend. Would you criticise everything they do, berate them if they made a mistake or convince them they are weak? Treat yourself with ...