How women in the sex industry are protected under the Nordic Model legislation. Watch a buyer's arrest in Sweden! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OofRzb5gDBE&t=2s

The Prostitution Unit of the Stockholm Police in Sweden arrests a man for the buying of sex according to the so-called sex purchase law in Sweden which crimi...

'I want people to understand that to be able to shut down and switch off our sensations of pain, fear and disgust — to enter a state of dissociation — and to do it all while smiling and faking arousal (cognitive dissonance) is not something to be celebrated as a special quality that a special class of women possess. Dissociation is a defence mechanism, not a special job skill!' Valérie Pelletier https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-sex-work-isnt-work-its-sexual-exploitation?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2gmPtHyKMsj4YSW4SSWf2xNcRo8HZjxA93YZOTgJHtn5Pg_eQLw0vGzPk#Echobox=1581546050 ... See more

As a survivor of prostitution, I commend MP Arnold Viersen’s effort to make a point, Valérie Pelletier says.

Huschke Mau, survivor: 'It took me several years to learn that what I sometimes feel is hunger. And that this means I should eat something. Or that what I’m experiencing means that I’m cold. And I need to put on something warm. To practice ‘self-care’ and not to treat yourself like shit any longer is difficult. To sleep, when you are tired – because you’re not sitting in a 24-hour brothel and have to take the next punter. That you don’t have to feel cold any longer because you’re in street prostitution when it’s below freezing. That you can change situations that cause pain instead of eliminating the pain through dissociation, drugs or alcohol. But trauma doesn’t let go of you easily: You get used to it. This ph enomenon is called trauma bonding, and it is the reason why women who are battered by their husbands keep going back. Traumatic situations can be addictive because they cause a massive release of adrenaline – and that is addictive. Situations in which people are nice to me, do not shout, do not batter, and do not abuse me, feel creepy. I promptly feel inferior. My soul signals: “Something is wrong here. This is alien.” Prostitution is like self-harm. No. Prostitution IS self-harm'. https://nordicmodelnow.org/2020/01/20/what-makes-exiting-prostitution-so-hard/ ... See more

Huschke Mau, who was herself in prostitution for around 10 years, writes about the psychological and structural barriers that make it difficult, or even impossible, for women to exit prostitution a…