Chances are, though, that even if their children haven’t read the book, they’ll have read much the same message countless times on social media. Sadly, sex work is generally misunderstood, judged, and criminalised.”Īccording to the New York Post, some parents aren’t tremendously happy about this particular message. Some of us hate our jobs and some of us love them – the same goes for those who do sex work. The book continues: “We all, unfortunately, have to do work to make a living.
It’s a job like being a store clerk, an architect, or a freelance writer.” “One important thing to note is that sex work is work. “Over time, sex work has shifted from something common and even celebrated to something highly stigmatised,” writes Iris Gottlieb, author of Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression. And among them, reports the New York Post, is a book which argues that “sex work” – the progressive, “non-stigmatising” modern term for prostitution – is a perfectly normal job, just like working in a shop or “being an architect”. The city’s department of education has provided all high school pupils with free access to a digital library full of age-appropriate books. In New York, however, pupils are arguably being given more information than they need. All schools have a duty to provide pupils with information about careers.
