Thoughts From The Peacock Angel: Non-Sex Worker Privilege List (Trigger warning)

thepeacockangel:

So I was looking for one of these and couldn’t find one, anyone else who wants to contribute, feel free to.

    • People do not assume I am sexually available because of my profession.
    • People do not assume I am a drug user because of my profession.
    • People do not question my sexual orientation because of my profession (in cases where my profession does not fall outside social gender norms, as in the case of male ice skaters etc)
    • I am not harassed by police officers for my profession even if what I do is strictly legal.
    • I am not blamed for harassment in the work place because of my profession.
    • Provided it is legal, my profession does not make people think I am an unfit parent.
    • Romantic prospects do usually not react with horror at the mention of my profession.
    • People do not question my ability to be monogamous because of my profession.
    • People do not assume I am traumatized because of my profession.
    • People do not try to dictate my experience of my profession to me.
    • I am not told my profession is tantamount to selling my soul (unless I’m a corporate lawyer, in which case I probably have in fact sold my soul) sorry couldn’t resist the joke.
    • There are depictions of my profession in popular media that do not make me either the victim or perpetrator of a crime.
    • My profession does not discredit me when I accuse someone of rape or sexual harassment.
    • News stories about people in my profession (provided it is legal) do not automatically make us monsters or martyrs.
    • My boundaries and limits are not assumed to be for sale.

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