Title: I Asked 3 Women to Talk About Sex Work & Trafficking in the U.S. | HuffPost
Headings: I Asked 3 Women to Talk About Sex Work & Trafficking in the U.S.
I Asked 3 Women to Talk About Sex Work & Trafficking in the U.S.
What’s the difference between sex work and sex trafficking?
Lexie
Mistress Matisse
Rachel
Should sex work be decriminalized or legalized?
Lexie
Matisse
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Content: From what I and the trauma experts I studied under know, a foundation of trauma that hasn’t been dealt with will not allow you to operate at 100% in your adult life. It is no wonder victims of child sex abuse flock to the sex industry. They get to live out their trauma every day and try to process it, live under those false beliefs, and be what their abuser said they are rather then what they want to be. Whether they are conscious of that or not, it is what many are doing. Everyone deserves healing from that.” Matisse, on the other hand, holds a much different view of sex work and sex trafficking. She sees a big difference between the two, noting that engaging in consensual sex work is a decision any woman should be free to make and not one she should be ‘saved’ from. “A ‘sex worker’ is an inclusive and nonjudgmental term for someone who chooses to exchange either sexual services or a sexual performance for money,” says Matisse. “ But ‘sex trafficking’? That’s a vague term.