{"id":3157,"date":"2022-04-20T01:49:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T01:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iconrefined.com\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2024-04-08T21:21:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T21:21:36","slug":"bti-362-sex-sells-part-3-decriminalizing-sex-work-with-ariela-moscowitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iconrefined.com\/bti-362-sex-sells-part-3-decriminalizing-sex-work-with-ariela-moscowitz\/","title":{"rendered":"BTI #362: Sex Sells Part 3 &#8211; Decriminalizing Sex Work with Ariela Moscowitz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/22853087\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/4427553\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, we&#8217;re going to be talking about sex. Specifically, we will be unpacking the act of having sex as a means of labor. If you&#8217;re thinking,<\/span> <em><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">I don&#8217;t have sex for money, nor do I want to have sex for money and I don&#8217;t know anyone who does have sex for money. Why would I continue listening to this episode?<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;re right to ask that question &#8211; and what you will discover is that even if you are not in the sex work industry, there is still a lot you can do to both end human trafficking as well as promote health and safety for all those who are involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To give this episode some further context &#8211; earlier this year, I had an unpleasant interaction with a man who was under the full belief that because a woman was doing a photoshoot in a public setting, that she had given up her own rights to the agency of her body and could be leered at and gawked at by anyone who chose to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the exact same rhetoric that leads to statements like,<\/span> <em><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">she would not have been sexually assaulted had she not worn that outfit.<\/span><\/em> <span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">What this did was create an ongoing conversation around the idea &#8220;sex sells.&#8221; I was asking the question, who is profiting? It seemed to be okay if a man was profiting but raised a lot of concerns when it was a woman who was profiting.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ve talked to my dear friend and sex therapist, Dr. Jordan Wiggins about what consent is and is not. I also had a conversation with Nikole Mitchell, a top OnlyFans worker, about the misconceptions of sex workers and why there are such stigmas around those who choose to sell images of themselves if they are profiting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, we&#8217;re going to zoom out and take a look at sex work from a broader context. My intention is to provide an economic exploration into the world&#8217;s oldest profession and efforts to decriminalize sex work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My guest is Ariela Moscowitz who is the Director of Communications for Decriminalize Sex Work, a national organization pursuing a state-by-state strategy to end the prohibition of consensual adult prostitution in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;If you really hate it so much and you don&#8217;t want people to do it, the best thing you can do is to decriminalize it.<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">The true definition of sex work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">What makes sex work illegal by the definition of the law.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">The difference between consensual sex work and human trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">The historical context of sex work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">The 3 major objections to the trade.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">Why sex work needs to be decriminalized.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">Discrimination in the field.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">Selling a service versus selling their bodies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">How the legal system punishes sex workers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">The currently role that police play.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">Legalization versus decriminalization.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">Steps we can take to improve the safety of those involved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Connect with James&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website:<\/span> <a href= \"https:\/\/jamespatrick.com\/\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">jamespatrick.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram:<\/span> <a href= \"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jpatrickphoto\/\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">@jpatrickphoto<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Text me marketing questions @: 480-605-3254&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with Ariela Moscowitz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website:<\/span> <a href= \"https:\/\/decriminalizesex.work\/\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">decriminalizesex.work<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share this podcast with a friend and remember to leave a 5-star review!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more, visit<\/span> <a href= \"https:\/\/www.jamespatrick.com\/\"><span style= \"font-weight: 400;\">jamespatrick.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/22853087\/tdest_id\/4427553\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we&#8217;re going to be talking about sex. 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