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As TUC Women’s Conference prepares to debate the decriminalisation of prostitution, EMMA, who exited the sex industry more than nine years ago, reflects on how her harrowing experience changed her initial view that ‘sex work is work’
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This article contains explicit details of experiences in prostitution some readers may find upsetting
FOR THOSE, like myself, who have exited prostitution, describing the experience, that world, can be difficult.
But lived experience matters — and if we as a society are to adopt effective policy towards prostitution, it is important to take the voices of those who have left the industry seriously, to pay attention to what we have to say.
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