Sex Work Funds Uni
4% of university students are involved in sex work to fund their courses, and 28% of those said they'd either slept with someone or escorted. It's not uncommon nowadays to hear stories of both men and women who are studying by day, but come night time, their life takes a very different turn. But should universities be protecting their students from having to turn to sex work because they cannot afford the extortionate course fees, or should adults be left alone to make money in any way they like -without judgement? Sex work covers a huge area, from prostitution to glamour modelling, to selling naked images of yourself. Hundreds of pounds a month can be made on certain sites where you sell sexy images or videos of yourself, and if you can do this all from the comfort of your own home, no boss, as well as the financial motivation being rather appealing, well, what's the issue? Unfortunately there is still a stigma - especially for women - who choose to use sex work as a form of income. Is it the view of feminists that women should be allowed to use their body however they like, or rather that they should most definitely not be letting their bodies be used by men? Of course education should be affordable to all (but that's not the point I'm making here), and I do believe that women should have the freedom to make money however they choose, the operative words here are "freedom" & "choose".
Hannah Hunter
