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Sex Workers Are Built Different (Graph Dump)

https://aella.substack.com/p/sex-workers-are-built-different-graph
13•surprisetalk•3h ago

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xvxvx•2h ago
A few years ago I saw a Twitter post highlighting 2 studies asking sex workers if they had been the victim of childhood sexual assault. One study reported 70% responded ‘yes’. The 2nd study reported 90%.

If 70-90% of people working in AI had been the victim of childhood sexual assault, we would question WTF was going on. Yet ‘sex work’ gets a pass.

purpleflame1257•1h ago
1) Sex work is largely criminalized around the world today.

2) Yes, childhood sexual abuse (again, also a crime) is associated with both hypo and hyper sexuality. Hypersexual individuals are more likely to engage in sex work.

happytoexplain•1h ago
Gets a pass on what? Asking "what is going on" with the correlation? Is it mysterious? It's very unclear what you're trying to say.
kayodelycaon•1h ago
I absolutely believe it could be 90%. And it happens a lot more often than people think. The estimated average across the general population is roughly 1 in 4 for girls and 1 in 6 for boys. The vast majority are by family (3 in 4).

But I'd hesitate to say that is conclusive without seeing how it is across other professions as well.

I suspect it's more strong correlation than strong causation without more data to the contrary.

wenjel•1h ago
It gets a pass because there are far too many men out there who self-servingly advocate for this form of paid rape.
readthenotes1•41m ago
Full service escort only 61 clients? Would expect that to be per month, not per lifetime.

Asian only 5% of sex workers and Indigenous 12%?

The survey results seem kinda odd.

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452•meetpateltech•5h ago•194 comments

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122•ra7•7h ago•91 comments

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