Good afternoon! Sian here. I recently watched an interesting webinar by CSE Aware on consent in the sex industry (link to website in reply). Take away: the 'two consenting adults' idea is very different in reality, and 'consent' is challenged in many ways. CSE Aware point out that it's often not just the woman involved in 'consent', but also 3rd parties like pimps, escort agencies, parlours, online hosting sites - all of whom wish to profit from this 'consent'.

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Good morning! Sian here. In light of our recent article on some Job Centres encouraging women to into OnlyFans, I'd like to comment a little on it from a survivor's point of view.

For someone still in the sex industry - perhaps doing street work when short of cash - going to the Job Centre and then being told that I should sell myself even more, simply to get another person off the welfare books, is a horrifying position to be in. Benefits are supposed to be a support net and a helping hand up, not a push into a misogynistic trap. Women deserve better. We deserve real jobs. If you've gotten out of the sex industry, going to the Job Centre only to be told to go right back into it is a punch in the gut. Many survivors already struggle with feeling as though all they're worth is sex. The DWP reaffirming that is a horrifying thought. It would send so many survivors spiralling right back into the hell they've managed to claw their way out of.

I had years of counselling and hard work trying to get myself on an even keel after prostitution. Some of the survivors I know had to spend time in hospital, their mental health was that bad. Yet here we see a government office actively trying to corral us into the very thing that left us so damaged in the first place.

🧵We will be live tweeting the second half of 'POWER PLAY: Is the Sex Industry REALLY empowering for women?' conference, in Coventey. The time is 3:30PM BST. We welcome Esther to the stage. Esther has a longstanding interest in research on legal and public policy approaches to sexualised violence and domestic abuse. She uses her own experience of porn and prostitution to reflect on these issues.

"I was VERY VERY fortunate for not falling into a drug addiction" "The most cathartic thing for me was creating 'Build A Girl'. It works with girls and young women who are victims of sexual abuse. They are not going to go down the road I've gone down. It is a female only space, I am very serious about that"

🧵We will be live tweeting 'POWER PLAY: Is the Sex Industry REALLY empowering for women?' conference, in Coventey. This event will commence at 2PM BST. Our first speaker is Heli St Luce. Under the pseudonym Maxi McNaughty, she is a therapist, healer, and ceremony and ritual guide. As Ms Ina Propriate she performs. Her powerful and moving voice inspires and gives her work a unique quality.

This event begins in 5 minutes, and will be live-tweeted by @JadeSerpentsCns from this account, using the hashtag #WhatsWrongWithSurrogacy. Please join us, or follow along!

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The event has begun - Charlie is the chair of this webinar. She introduces the subject matter of surrogacy and says this presentation intends to provide a balance to the overly rosy picture painted in MSM. #WhatsWrongWithSurrogacy

This webinar commences in 5 minutes! This event will be live-tweeted; please follow the #NMNTalk hashtag for updates.

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Welcoming remarks are now being made by Rachel, who is the chair. She gives some background on herself and involvement with NMN. She also introduces other members of NMN and the speakers, Lilly and Esther. #NMNTalk