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DI Squared: Dream It, Do It, Episode 8
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info_outlineWorkers in the sex industry are a very diverse group. They include prostitutes, strippers, performers, models, retailers and others, like people who wash dishes at clubs, and valet parkers, and the whole class of people who manage these workers. Last week we put out our “educated guess” that there are roughly 5,000 employees working in the business of sex in the Portland area, or one out of 25 service workers. Keep in mind we are including all the support personnel at strip clubs, as an example, as well as people more directly involved. Yep, it’s an industry.
Keep in mind that there are many part-time sex workers, some in households struggling to pay the rent, some students carrying big tuition costs. Research in the UK in 2015 found that 1 in 20 university students were employed in the industry. Here’s Dr. Hakim:
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Some people make big money in this business. Dept. of Justice lawyer Scott Kerin is referring here to a recent study of pimps conducted by the Urban Institute.
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Some sex workers, maybe a minority, have what our labor economist Dr. Marina Della Giusta calls “agency.” Here’s Dr. Della Giusta speaking on this subject:
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For some in the industry, sex work may be a sustainable career path. Here’s porn film maker Lily Campbell on making a living for life.
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And sex workers do have workers’ rights, at least some of them do. Let’s hear Commissioner Brad Avakian tell a story from the State of Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry.
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We’ll have more to say on this later in this series when you hear it again from another perspective…
How about immigration? Does the legal status of immigrants have any special bearing on the sex industry? Are foreign nationals any more likely to be working in this industry? It looks like there’s no significant connection. Here’s Attorney Kerin:
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So, yes, the sex business is an industry and it seems to be thriving here…Next time, in Episode 5, we’ll talk more about the law enforcement issues. Who’s doing what, and…are they making progress?
Of course we’d like your feedback. At the end of this series we’ll do a full episode in which you get to speak your mind on this subject. If you have a comment or question about the series or about the sex trade, we’d like to hear it. Call the KBOO Newsroom at 503-231-8032 ext. 202 and we’ll hear you out and put you on the air.