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In Praxis: Sex Work Today: Erotic Labor in the Twenty-First Century

Presentation type: General

Conference Session| Panel Presentation

Track Work, Labor, and Class

Sub-Theme Work, Labor, and Class

Sex Work Today: Erotic Labor in the Twenty-First Century

Chair:

Dr. Bernadette Barton

Morehead State University

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Presenter Details:

Dr. Barbara Brents

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Dr. Angela Jones

Stony Brook University

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Dr. Siobhan Brooks

California State University at Fullerton

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Dr. Elena Shih

Brown University

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Abstract

Featuring thirty-one original essays by sex workers, advocates, researchers, and activists, Sex Work Today is the first compilation of research on new forms of digital sex such as camming, sugar dating, and AI sex dolls. Providing a lens to understand contemporary labor dynamics and the nature of sex work itself, this collection captures formerly ignored aspects of the sex industry including: fatphobia and disability; transmasculine and nonbinary sex workers; racialized emotional labor in the digital sex industry; high job satisfaction among professional dominatrixes; and sex worker scholars.

With federal policies ostensibly aimed at combating sex trafficking鈥揳ffecting all sex workers鈥搖nderstanding this industry is more vital than ever. Decentering Western, white, cisgender voices, Sex Work Today underscores the global repercussions of these misaligned policies, which make sex work more challenging and less safe, and provides valuable insights for those seeking to shape policies, and challenge prejudices.