Thread by @swopbehindbars

Coercive interventions like #EndDemand and #NordicModel are knee jerk reaction policies that are not sound economic or social policies and continue to perpetuate stigma, discrimination and increase exploitation and violence. #ListenToSexWorkers and include them in MEANINGFUL ways

https://twitter.com/AILAAssoc/status/1487600794304073733

Meaningful involvement is not performative. It is not an afterthought. It means including us before you start, while you develop and as you implement programs that affect our lives. And INSIST on having #SexWorkers evaluate the success in an ongoing plan.

Our community is packed with a variety of lived experiences & we will share these experiences to help you reduce exploitation and violence. Come with an open heart and a willingness to listen and learn the logical way to meet needs of the people who need good policies the mostly

And this ridiculous economic strategy of #EndDemad is just ridiculous and makes NO SENSE if you give it just minute and think it through. Reduced demand make vulnerable people more vulnerable and they have to take greater risks to meet their needs. Leading to violence.

This traditional “supply and demand” economic theory can’t be applied to #SexWork because it’s based on the PRICE OF goods and services - not the availability. #EndDemand #Entrapment models of criminal justice interventions. Only in an opposite way for the most vulnerable.

When demand slows down, exploiters and #SexWorkers and even trafficking survivors don’t just decide to pack up and take that corporate job with a company car and a 401k. They are forced to lower boundaries and prices and their safety is dramatically reduced. Hence - #Violence

They have housing instability because of criminal records and waxing and waning of market share. The constant threat of arrest and general fear about losing fragile infrastructures leads to living in fear ALL THE TIME. And most of don’t make the best decision while in crisis mode